Project/Cost Accountant

Rapidly growing global design-build enterprise is seeking a Project Accountant at our facility in Akron, OH.  We are a global leader in services related to the design, construction, augmentation, and fortification of mission critical infrastructure, such as datacenters, power generation/transmission and telecommunications. 

  

Our lines of business include: 

• Fee-based Services – design, engineering, consulting, project management, program management, owner representation and staff augmentation. 
• Construction - at-risk construction management/contracting, and self-performed construction in MEP, concrete and EMP/IEMI shielding.   
• Manufacturing - engineer to order manufacturing of custom modular power and cooling systems. 

 

The Project Account role directly assists in multiple enterprise activities. You will be responsible for setting up projects in our accounting system, certify for employee charging, revenue recognition and billing requirements. Additional responsibilities include maintaining project budgets and ensuring all job cost transactions are properly recorded and reconciled job cost to the general ledger. 

 

Additional Responsibilities:

• Job Costing and accounting allocations
• Responsible for A/R and customer billing/invoicing on assigned projects
• Review and approve accounts payable
• Inventory adjustments
• Accounting for warranty and non-warranty repairs
• Liaison with sales, engineering, manufacturing, project management and lead project reviews
• Journal entries and Intercompany accounting and reconciliation
• Assist in project budget development and forecasting activities

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, CPA or MBA a plus, but not required
• At least 3-5 years of project accounting experience, construction experience required 
• Relevant certifications and professional associations:  CMA (Certified Management Accountant), CGMA (Chartered Global Management Accountant), APICS a plus
• Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) 
• Knowledge of FASB ASC 606 (“Contracts with Customers”) revenue recognition and deferred revenue 
• General familiarity of IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) helpful
• Ideal candidate should be detailed oriented and well organized
• Ability to communicate and work with project managers to establish budgets
• Experience with Discrete Manufacturing (project-based), also referred to as Job Shop
• Manufacturing, or Engineer to Order (ETO) Manufacturing
• Deltek Costpoint experience preferred.  Similar ERP/MRP would be SAP, Oracle/JD Edwards, Infor, Syteline, Syspro, MS Dynamics o
• Deltek Costpoint Materials modules (Procurement, Manufacturing) experience a major plus
• Cognos business intelligence/SQL experience a plus
• International and multicurrency experience a plus, but not absolute requirement
• Strong Microsoft Office skills including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook 
• Advanced Excel skills, pivot tables, lookups, etc.

 

 This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions. Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.