Project Accountant (6-Month Contract)

Bosch Building Technologies; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Bosch Building Technologies is seeking a Project Accountant for a 6-month contract in Vancouver, Canada. You will manage budgeting, forecasting, invoicing, and cost tracking for construction projects, partnering with Project Managers to ensure contract compliance and financial health.

Responsibilities include variance analysis, monthly invoicing, compliance documentation, and producing job costing reports. The role requires experience in project accounting, progress draws, and ERP systems, with

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of project accounting experience.
• Experience with progress draw invoicing and billing portals.
• Intermediate to advanced Excel skills are required.
• Post-secondary accounting education is preferred.
• Knowledge of WIP and long-term contracts is advantageous.
• Strong teamwork, communication, and multitasking abilities.

Responsibilities

• Perform variance analysis and monitor project profitability monthly.
• Coordinate monthly invoicing with Project Managers and AR.
• Prepare compliance docs like waivers and insurance certificates.
• Review contracts and set up projects in the ERP accurately.
• Import quotes and generate customer invoices with backups.
• Analyze costs, update estimates, and produce job costing reports.
• Support cost-plus contracts and change order entries.
• Collaborate with operations, finance, and customers.

Skills

Progress invoicing

Billing portals

Excel skills

Team collaboration

Budgeting & forecasting

Cost tracking

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Communication skills

Education

Post-secondary education in accounting

Asset: construction accounting knowledge

Tools

D365

NetSuite

Viewpoint

Job description

**Please note: This position is a 6-month contract opportunity**

TheProject Accountant supports the financial management of construction projects by partnering closely with Project Managers to ensure accurate budgeting, forecasting, invoicing, and cost tracking. This role is responsible for maintaining project financial health through variance analysis, progress billing, compliance documentation, and customer invoicing, while ensuring adherence to contract terms and company processes.

Responsibilities:

• Perform detailed variance analysis for projects on a monthly basis to ensure projects remain on budget, or strategize on ways to improve profitability, together with the Project Managers
• Hold monthly meetings with Project Managers to determine monthly invoicing requirements, and support AR to ensure invoices are received timely
• Assist in preparing compliance documentation, including collection of waivers, certificates of insurance, bonding, amongst others
• Review construction contracts and ensure project is accurately set-up in the system, including contract value, costs, division, branch, etc.
• Importing of quotes from quoting software into ERP
• Produce customer invoices/project draws for a variety of projects, ensuring formatting is compliant with contract terms and customer specifications, including preparation of required backup to accompany invoice
• Supporting large, enterprise customers through gathering backup pertaining to cost-plus contracts
• Entering change orders into the system in order to update contract values and costs
• Performing cost analysis on projects to create projections on remaining costs to complete
• Create and provide job costing reports to project managers to assist them in updating estimates on budget projections
• Work directly with customers to ensure invoices have been received, approved, and actioned
• Assist with ad-hoc projects and other duties as required

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 1 year of experience performing in a project accounting role, or similar
• Experience with progress draw invoicing
• Experience using billing portals
• Intermediate excel skills
• Post-secondary education in accounting, an asset
• Construction project accounting knowledge, specifically around long-term contracts (WIP), an asset
• Detail oriented, organized, able to problem solve, multitask, work effectively under pressure, meet deadlines and prioritize workload
• Ability to effectively work in a team environment
• Self-starter and able to take initiativeReceptive to coaching and willing to learn and develop skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Eager to learn and able to apply newly acquired skills for immediate results

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in construction or project-based accounting environments3+ years of experience supporting progress billing, WIP reporting, or cost tracking on long-term contracts
• Experience in construction, low-voltage, or specialty contracting environments
• Familiarity with ERP systems (e.g., D365, NetSuite, Viewpoint, or similar)
• Experience supporting large-scale or enterprise-level projects, including cost-plus contracts
• Knowledge of lien waivers, bonding, and insurance documentation processes
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, financial modeling)
• Ability to collaborate cross-functionally with operations, finance, and customers
• Strong analytical mindset with a proactive approach to identifying cost or billing risks
• Experience working in fast-paced, high-volume project environments

Salary Range:

$60,000 - $75,000 DOE

Physical Demands:

In general, the following physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.

• Must be able to effectively communicate, (iesee, hear,speakand write clearly)in order tocommunicate with colleagues and/or customers; manual dexterityrequiredfor occasional reaching, lifting of light office objects, and operating office equipment

Working Conditions:

In general, the following conditions of the work environment are representative of those that an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• The office is clean, orderly, properlylightedand ventilated. Noise levels are considered low to moderate

Company Info;

Backed by more than a century of Bosch innovation, Bosch Building Technologies North America is driven by a simple belief: buildings should protect, inspire, and empower the people inside them. We partner with organizations to create smart, connected environments that feel safer, work smarter, and support a more sustainable future. With decades of regional experience and teams rooted in communities across North America, we bring together integrated security, fire detection, building automation, and energy solutions, all delivered by people who genuinely care. Our experts are committed to excellence, guided by digital innovation, and passionate about creating experiences that make every building feel like it’s working for you.

In 2026, Robert Bosch unified its global building technology integrator operations under the name of Bosch Building Technologies. As part of this transition, Paladin Technologies and Climatec combined their branch networks, creating a product-agnostic systems integrator focus on delivering flexible, future-ready solutions, offering customers an expanded, cross-domain service portfolio working as one cohesive team to deliver greater value under a stronger Bosch identity.

This company considers candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability & veterans, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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