Strategic Project Accountant – Colombia

WSP USA; Colombia; Remote; COP 60,000,000 - 110,000,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP USA is seeking a Project Accountant in Colombia to provide financial support and advisory to the Project Manager. You will be responsible for ensuring accurate project financial reporting, coordinating with BST (Colombia) and Horizon (Canada/US), and monitoring revenues and costs across multiple projects.

The role requires 5 years of experience, strong English skills, and a background in finance or accounting.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience, with excellent English skills and preferably a financial background.
• Family: Finance & Accounting.
• Function: Project Accounting.
• Oracle Persona(s): Project Accountant (including Contract Administrator) within PPM and Contract Modules.

Responsibilities

• Set up project in financial systems including project funding, revenue recognition, bill plans, contract overrides and billing/revenue controls.
• Provide project pricing support (bill rates, contract overhead allowance, etc.).
• Support/review project setup and change orders in financial system (WBS, budgets, margin expectations, and contingency/reserves).
• Provide contractual and client compliance support including maintaining certificates of insurance, subcontractor/DBE reporting, rate/per diem caps, and identifying unallowable costs.
• Ensure project financials are accurately reported in line with the Project’s commercial authorization.
• Support financial performance of the project through monitoring project costs and recognized revenue (including calculating labour breakage/enhancements, overruns, missing bill/revenue rates, etc.).
• Support project team in monthly reviews from a financial perspective, including estimated gains/losses.

Skills

English

Job description

WSP USA is seeking a Project Accountant in Colombia to provide financial support and advisory to the Project Manager. You will be responsible for ensuring accurate project financial reporting, coordinating with BST (Colombia) and Horizon (Canada/US), and monitoring revenues and costs across multiple projects.

The role requires 5 years of experience, strong English skills, and a background in finance or accounting.