PROJECT ACCOUNTANT - Lyon Shipyard Inc

Job purpose

As a PROJECT ACCOUNTANT, the purpose of this role is to manage the full project revenue cycle, including billing, collections, and reporting, while ensuring accurate project setup, cost analysis, and government contract compliance.

Duties and responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Summary of Essential Job Functions:

• Manage the full project revenue cycle, including preparation of monthly billings, collections, and providing updates to the Controller and GM.
• Conduct project analysis and closeouts, identifying issues, explaining variances, and communicating findings to relevant parties.
• Set up projects and work orders in the ERP system, including managing change orders, budgets, and growth tracking.
• Prepare monthly project-related journal entries.
• Generate daily and month-end WIP reports for distribution to key stakeholders.
• Update daily time reporting and track equipment usage.
• Review cost reports for accuracy and ensure correct capitalization transactions.
• Assist with government contract reporting and billing through WAWF.
• Perform additional tasks as directed by management.

Competencies

1. Accounting Capacity.
2. Numbers Focused
3. Customer/Client Focus.
4. Ethical Conduct.
5. Personal Effectiveness/Credibility.

1. Confidentiality

Supervisory Responsibility

None

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment on the shipyard. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. Routinely, there will be a need for the incumbent to work/walk Lyon shipyard and all areas therein.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell.

Position Type/ Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday. This position periodically requires long hours and weekend work. Regular and predictable on-site attendance is an essential function and a prerequisite to perform other essential functions of the position.

Travel

None

Required Education and Experience

1. A bachelor’s degree in Accounting, with 3 years of cost/project accounting experience and related financial procedures.

Preferred Education and Experience

Education based on requirements that are job-related and consistent with the business necessity.

AAP/EEO Statement

Equal Employment Opportunity has been, and continues to be, a fundamental principle at Lyon Shipyard, Inc. It is the company's policy that opportunities be available to all persons without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, citizenship status, or any other category protected under state or local law. This policy applies to employees and applicants and to all phases of employment including hiring, promotion, demotion, and treatment during employment, rates of pay or other forms of compensation, and termination of employment. Lyon Shipyard is proud to be a drug free workplace.