Construction Project Accountant - Growth, Impact & Fridays

RWC Systems Inc.; Surrey; On-site; CAD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Tuition assistance

Benefits

Flexible Fridays

Team events

High-profile projects

Job summary

RWC Systems Inc. is seeking a Project Accountant to own project finance and serve as the primary connection between Operations and Finance.

This role ensures project financial information is accurate, timely and complete and supports project billing, job-cost monitoring, change orders, commitments, WIP, holdbacks and project closeout. Working closely with Project Managers, Operations team and Finance leadership, you will be responsible for validating and reporting financial information.

Qualifications

• Diploma or degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or related field.
• 3+ years of relevant accounting/project accounting experience.
• Strong Excel and accounting-system skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work with both Finance and Operations.

Responsibilities

• Set up new projects in the accounting system.
• Maintain project financial records.
• Ensure contract information is accurately captured.
• Maintain project documentation.
• Monitor job costs against contracts and approved budgets.
• Identify missing, unusual or incorrectly coded costs.
• Track committed costs and outstanding obligations.
• Investigate project accounting discrepancies.
• Provide project financial information to the Controller and CFO.
• Support project billing.
• Monitor billing requirements and supporting documentation.
• Track approved, pending and disputed change orders.
• Ensure approved changes are incorporated into billing and project records.
• Identify unbilled project amounts.
• Prepare and maintain project information supporting WIP.
• Provide project cost and billing information to the Controller.
• Investigate project variances and unusual movements.
• Support project profitability analysis.
• Maintain project-level holdback/retainage schedules.
• Track contractual and statutory requirements applicable to each project.
• Track certificate dates and applicable release deadlines.
• Track lien/claim deadlines.
• Track required statutory declarations, WCB clearances, lien documentation and other release requirements.
• Proactively follow up with customers/GCs regarding outstanding holdbacks.
• Reconcile holdback balances.
• Monitor expected release dates and actual receipts.
• Escalate overdue, disputed or high-risk holdbacks.
• Coordinate final holdback release and project closeout.
• Monitor outstanding project requirements.
• Ensure final billing is completed.
• Track outstanding holdbacks and receivables.Coordinate required closeout documentation.
• Confirm project financial records are complete.

Skills

Excel proficiency

Accounting-system skills

Attention to detail

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Diploma or degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or related field

3+ years of accounting/project accounting experience

Tools

Excel

Accounting software

Job description

RWC Systems Inc. is seeking a Project Accountant to own project finance and serve as the primary connection between Operations and Finance.

This role ensures project financial information is accurate, timely and complete and supports project billing, job-cost monitoring, change orders, commitments, WIP, holdbacks and project closeout. Working closely with Project Managers, Operations team and Finance leadership, you will be responsible for validating and reporting financial information.