Senior Project Coordinator

Lockwood Andrews & Newnam Inc; Austin; In loco; AUD 129.000 - 171.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. seeks an experienced Project Accountant to support project managers, business groups, and executives. You will prepare financial reports, conduct audits, and assess project performance against budgets, providing clear status updates using metrics.

You will coordinate monthly project reviews, manage month-end accruals with the accounting team, and oversee contracts with legal oversight. The role sits in Houston, Austin, or San Antonio.

Competenze

• Bachelor degree in accounting, business or related field; 10+ years of related experience.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles and project finances.
• Proficient in MS Office and Deltek VantagePoint.

Mansioni

• Preparation of Financial reports for management.
• Completion of project audits including quality and contract compliance audits.
• Assessment of the performance of a project against the project budget.
• Communicating project status and direction using tools and metrics.
• Establishment and coordination of monthly project reviews between PMs and supervisors.
• Communicating with PMs and the Accounting department on month-end revenue accruals and progress reporting.
• Administration and development (with Legal oversight) of contracts/agreements.
• Project set-up including setup documents, schedules, filing procedures, and work plans.
• Project close-out ensuring proper filing and write-ups per policy.

Conoscenze

Accounting principles

MS Office

Project accounting

Contract management

Communication

Formazione

Bachelor of Science in Accounting

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

Law degree (preferred)

Strumenti

Deltek VantagePoint

MS Excel

MS Word

Descrizione del lavoro

Description

Support project managers, business groups, profit center leaders, and executives on various project functions including but not limited to:

• Preparation of Financial reports for management.
• Completion of project audits including quality and contract compliance audits.
• Assessment of the performance of a project against the project budget.
• Communicating project status and direction effectively and efficiently utilizing tools and metrics available.
• Establishment and coordination of monthly project reviews between Project Managers and supervisors.
• Communicating with the Project Managers and the Accounting department month end revenue accruals and progress reporting.
• Administration and development (with Legal department oversight) of contracts/agreements.
• Project set-up including generating setup documents, helping develop project schedules, filing procedures, and project work plans.
• Project close-out by ensuring proper filing, project write-ups, etc. are completed in accordance with company policy

This role serves as a critical liaison between our day-to-day project managers and accounting department, thus it is critical to bring an understanding of accounting principles and practices in a spirit of collaboration with technical, client facing staff as these reports and processes are critical to the financial management of the firm.

This is one position that can sit within our Houston, Austin or San Antonio location.

Requirements

• A Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Business Administration, Law, or 10+ years of related experience.
• 7+ years of relative experience in managing contracts, and/or project finances.
• An understanding of the engineering and architectural consulting practice preferred.
• Proficient with MS Office, including Word and Excel.
• Experience with Deltek VantagePoint is highly recommended.

Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, status, or local laws and to prohibit discrimination and harassment based on any of these factors. Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc., is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity, including providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with a disability. Applicants with a physical or mental disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process may contact the Human Resources Department at 713-266-6900 or by email using [e-mail] . For more information about your rights under the law, see: Know Your Rights