Project Accountant
Vision Technologies • September 13
Overview
Provide project accounting support to our Finance, Sales, and Operations departments as they relate to job set up, invoicing, and the month-end close process
Responsibilities
Other duties assigned as needed
Qualifications
Education
Provide project accounting support to our Finance, Sales, and Operations departments as they relate to job set up, invoicing, and the month-end close process
Responsibilities
- Maintain monthly operating reports, project review meetings, and special projects as requested
- Coordinate with Revenue Operations on Project, Service and Product Billing to ensure timely project set up and billings
- Report financial data and provide updates on unbilled projects and accounts receivable support
- Support the revenue and bill forecasting process
- Act as primary point of communication for project accounting activities between Finance, Sales and Operations (Project Managers) teams
- Participate in job P&L reviews with Project Managers, SAs and AEs for Estimated Cost to Revenue
- Update and communicate project budgets and estimated time to completion
- Support Finance department by assisting in driving required account reconciliations to include vendor invoice approvals
- Assist PMs with customer invoice requests and tracking same.
- Review WIP reports to ensure proper revenue recognition to be used on monthly Accruals report
- Enter/Submit new jobs, change orders, sales orders, Sub Contractor PO's, and/or RMA's
- Maintain project documents on network shared drive
- Monthly review of AR Aging
- Request bid bonds and/or performance bonds, as needed
- Update Project Managers on PO tracking, equipment and billing
- Coordinate with AP on subcontractor invoices
Other duties assigned as needed
Qualifications
- Knowledge of AIA Billing
- Certified Payroll experience
- OCIP-CCIP experience
- Efficient in reading and reviewing contracts
- Ability to balance multiple tasks with changing priorities
- Ability to work and think independently and ensuring to meet deadlines
- Strong organizational skills and excellent attention to detail
- Must have clear and professional communication skills (written and oral) both internally and externally
- Effective communication and interaction with employees, clients, and colleagues and the ability to work effectively with all levels of the organization
- Demonstrated customer service focus and client communication skills
- Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information
Education
- Minimum of a High School Diploma or equivalent is required. Bachelors in Accounting, Finance, Business or related field is preferred
- Minimum 4 years of accounting experience, preferably in a construction or government contracting environment
- Experience in the AV industry is a plus
- Demonstrated experience with Project Accounting
- Intermediate/Advanced proficiency in PC/Microsoft applications (Excel, Access, Word, Powerpoint)