Project Accountant at Creative Financial Staffing
Westmont, IL
About the Job
PROJECT ACCOUNTANT
needs to come from construction industry
Responsibilities
- Process monthly client invoicing for assigned projects
- Create, update, verify, and understand project budgets
- Communicate with Project Management regarding project costs, project status and project performance/profitability
- Educate Project Management on financial aspects of project accountability
- Prepare and submit MBE reporting and other project-specific reporting requirements
- Process consultant invoices and determine payments due to consultants based on daily accounts receivable
- Generate and distribute monthly project and profitability reports
- Prepare special project analyses for the CFO & Project Management
- Assist in training and education on financial aspects of project management to various groups within the organization
- Grow and develop to support department and organization growth
Requirements
- Minimum 3 years of relevant experience
- Strong working knowledge of project budgeting and billing, general ledger, and month-end closing processes
- Previous hands-on project accounting experience
- Critical thinker and problem solver
- Must be extremely detailed oriented and able to work independently
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance or equivalent experience
- Experience with Textura software is a plus