Project Accountant

EXP; Burnaby; On-site; CAD 75,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Project Accountant and contribute to innovative solutions for the built and natural environments. In this dynamic role, you will be part of a collaborative finance team, where your expertise in accounting and billing will help optimize project management and client invoicing. You will engage with diverse professionals and tackle complex challenges, ensuring accuracy and efficiency in financial processes. This position offers a unique opportunity to grow within an employee-owned company that values diversity and encourages personal and professional development. If you are detail-oriented and passionate about accounting, this is the perfect chance to design your future with us.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of accounting experience with a focus on billing.
• University degree in accounting or related field is required.

Responsibilities

• Communicate effectively with Project Managers regarding contracts and billing.
• Set up projects in Deltek and maintain budgets throughout the project.

Skills

Accounting knowledge (AP/AR/Billing)

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Attention to detail and accuracy

Self-motivated with independent work habits

Understanding of revenue recognition

Education

University degree in accounting or related field

Enrolled in CPA program

Tools

Microsoft Office

Deltek Vision software

Job description

Project Accountant Burnaby, BC
At EXP, we’re driven to provide innovative solutions for the world’s built and natural environments. As a team of engineers, architects, designers, scientists, creators and a community of professionals, we bring diverse and talented people together to solve the world’s most complex challenges. Here, you join a team that leverages differences, harnesses their entrepreneurial spirit in an employee-owned company, that believes diversity is what gives us strength, seeks sustainable results and shares ambitions for each other, our clients and the communities we are part of and serve. To be a part of EXP means to have your own experience, while staying connected to a global network of professionals, who believe we are a part of something bigger. Together, we are EXP.

Are you ready to design your future?

Be our next Project Accountant!

Your work environment at EXP

In this role, you will join the Finance group, based in the Burnaby office reporting to the Vice President of Finance.

What a day at EXP has in store for you

1. Effectively communicate with Project Managers and Sector Leads, regarding contract documents, change orders and other contract modifications, approvals, and any additional services-related to billing
2. Set up projects in Deltek and maintain budgets and backlogs throughout the life of the project
3. Prepare final invoice package containing draft and final invoices for all billable projects, including all applicable backup
4. Mail final invoices, file client invoice copies and backup documents in the billing folder
5. Assess and pursue opportunities for maximization of client billing; communicate with the parties involved as to your observations and actions taken
6. Research any unbilled issues to optimize the billing possibilities for the billing period
7. Maintain the billing folders for all projects, with all the appropriate documents; contracts, change orders and monthly invoices, in accordance with standard processes and procedures
8. Investigate project variances and submit variance reports to management
9. Carry out Progress Project Reports
10. Provide the accounts payable team members with advice on client billing, relative to consultant invoicing and reimbursable expenses. It is expected that the Biller maintain a continuous line of communication to clear any open issues
11. Work with the cash receipts team members to reconcile variances that occur in the application of cash
12. Work with accounts receivables team members regarding unpaid project billings
13. Write off any uncollectible receivables, labour or expenses, as directed by the appropriate person
14. Close out projects upon completion
15. Prepare special project analyses for the Sector Leads, PMs and Billing Management
16. Compile information for internal and external audits, as required
17. Perform additional assignments, as directed by the Billing Manager
18. Communicate and coordinate with the local offices

What your experience looks like

1. University degree in accounting or a related field
2. Minimum 3-5 years of Accounting (AP/AR/Billing) knowledge
3. Enrolled in CPA program is an asset
4. Understands revenue recognition
5. Proficiency in Microsoft Office and computer applications
6. Excellent verbal and written communication skills
7. Self-motivated with independent work habits
8. High attention to detail and accuracy
9. Experience working in a fast-paced office and deadline oriented
10. Working knowledge of Deltek Vision software is a definite asset.

The salary range for this role is between $75,000 to $80,000. The actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location.

EXP subscribes to the Workplace Equity Program. Applications from women, members of visible minorities, Indigenous peoples and persons with disabilities are encouraged. Persons with disabilities can obtain accommodation for the selection process by contacting us at the following email address: [e-mail].