Senior Accountant

Our recruiting team is searching for a hands-on Senior Accountant to join a well-established construction and engineering organization supporting a variety of active projects throughout the region. This position offers the opportunity to work closely with project managers, operations leadership, and finance professionals while overseeing project-level accounting and supporting the company's broader financial reporting needs. The right candidate will understand how project activity flows through the accounting department, enjoy digging into job cost details, and be comfortable identifying financial discrepancies before they impact project profitability. This is a great fit for someone who brings strong technical accounting knowledge but also enjoys being involved in the operational side of the business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee accounting activity for multiple active projects, ensuring costs and revenue are recorded accurately and in the appropriate accounting periods.
• Review project budgets, cost reports, commitments, change orders, and job cost transactions for accuracy.
• Prepare and post monthly journal entries, accruals, prepaid expenses, and other general ledger adjustments.
• Perform detailed balance sheet reconciliations and investigate discrepancies between project management and accounting systems.
• Monitor labor, materials, subcontractor expenses, equipment costs, and other project-related expenditures.
• Assist with percentage-of-completion accounting and revenue recognition for long-term projects, where applicable.
• Analyze project profitability and identify unexpected cost overruns, margin fluctuations, and budget variances.
• Work closely with project managers to review financial performance and provide timely reporting on project costs.
• Reconcile accounts payable and accounts receivable activity related to project billing and vendor payments.
• Support progress billing, contract documentation, and project-related financial schedules.
• Participate in monthly and year-end close, ensuring project financials are complete and properly supported.
• Prepare financial reports and analysis for senior leadership, including explanations of significant variances.
• Assist with external audits, tax preparation requests, and internal financial reviews.
• Recommend improvements to job costing procedures, reporting tools, and accounting controls.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance preferred.
• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, ideally within construction, engineering, manufacturing, or another project-based environment.
• Strong knowledge of general ledger accounting, reconciliations, financial reporting, and month-end close.
• Previous exposure to job costing, project accounting, percentage-of-completion accounting, or WIP reporting.
• Experience with construction or project accounting software such as Sage 300 CRE, Viewpoint, Procore, Deltek, or similar platforms.
• Advanced Excel skills and comfort analyzing large volumes of financial data.
• Ability to communicate financial information clearly to both accounting and non-accounting teams.
• Strong attention to detail, independent problem-solving abilities, and a proactive approach to resolving discrepancies.
• CPA certification or progress toward a CPA is a plus.