Project Accountant

Accentuate Staffing has an immediate opportunity with an experience Project Accountant for an established commercial construction company in Raleigh. This position is direct hire with a competitive benefit package and onsite Monday- Friday. The Project accountant’s responsibilities include project billing; process bi-weekly payroll; maintain project files; receive A/P invoices; review job status reports and advise project manager of any problem areas; issue purchase orders to project technicians and sales team; review revenue recognition and over/under adjustments; accounts payable processing: resolution of vendor issues; reconciliation of statements; pay vendors in a timely manner, coordinate cash requirements with controller; file paid invoices and check copies in a/p paid file. Review and maintain Open PO Log.

Responsibilities:

File Maintenance

Accounting will be responsible for maintaining all project agreement files in an up to date and accurate fashion. All files shall contain current signed proposals; sales booking package signed by general manager; all project service reports; all written correspondence; copies of invoices. Any paperwork to be filed into these agreement files is accounting’s responsibility. File paid invoices and check copies in an up to date and accurate fashion.

Financial Audits

• Accounting will review job status reports, over/under billing reports, percentage of complete reports on weekly bases to assure we are billing correctly and efficiently. Review monthly financial gross profit reports. Any problems or deviation from the budget should be investigated to find out why there is a variance. Any variance should be noted and reported the general manager. .
• Accounting will process service reports weekly for payroll and ensure data entered correctly.
• Receive all A/P invoices weekly. Process check and coordinate cash requirements with controller on a weekly basis.

Accounting Processes

• Billings: produce billings on a weekly basis from information provided at weekly project meetings.
• Review monthly revenue for all project accounts.
• Prepare job status reports for weekly review with project manager and sales team.
• Enter data from all service reports into operating software. Enter all project budgets into operating software for new projects.
• Accounts payable invoice processing. Pay vendors in timely manner.
• Review Open PO log and reconcile statements as needed.

Requirements:

• 2-year degree in accounting or 5 years of related accounting experience
• Construction industry experience is preferred
• Experience with AIA Billing is preferred
• Ability to multi-task
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Great Plains Accounting experience a plus
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills
• Detail oriented