Assistant Area Accounting Lead

HDR; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 76,790 - 109,700; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

A leading engineering firm seeks an Assistant Area Lead to provide support and management to the accounting staff in Colorado Springs. You'll supervise and mentor team members, ensuring adherence to financial management practices and company policies. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills, a Bachelor's degree in accounting, and at least 5 years of relevant experience. Competitive compensation is offered, along with a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in MS Office products, especially Excel.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a relevant field.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership support to accounting staff.
• Supervise, train, and mentor accounting staff.
• Ensure compliance with HDR policies and accounting principles.

Skills

Leadership

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting or closely related field

Associate degree in a closely related field

Tools

MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook)

Oracle EBS/Hyperion

Job description

Overview

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?

Watch Our Story: https://www.hdrinc.com/our-story

Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world.

Role Summary

In the role of Assistant Area Lead, we count on you to provide leadership support and management to accounting staff, and to help ensure practices and procedures are followed in accordance with HDR policies, accounting principles, and federal government compliance standards. This position works closely with Area Management and supports the Area Manager/Managing Principal/Regional Operations Director and Regional/Assistant Regional Accounting Directors (RAD/ARADs). The primary responsibilities include supervising, training, and mentoring accounting staff for all facets of project and contract financial management, as well as maintaining general accounting functions for the Area.

Responsibilities

Routine/Ongoing Monthly Responsibilities:

• Invoicing
• Ensure PAs meet invoice deadlines, and balance their workload as needed
• Understand monthly invoice cycle and identify process improvements to increase efficiencies
• Revenue Review
  • Facilitate Business Group/PA/Project Coordinator preparation for monthly watchlist meetings
  • Ensure meaningful notes are maintained
  • Follow-up and track action items from watchlist reviews
• Rolling 12/Forecast
  • Build file or drive process to build file; review with AM/MP/BG Managers; coordinate with Marketing to clean up opportunity data
  • Assist in reviewing Area NFE Forecasts monthly, and support Midyear and Year-end budgeting forecasts
• Review and coordinate AR tracking with updated and meaningful notes in the system
• Monthly OH/GL Analysis
  • Review OHs for accuracy and correct coding
  • Research, monitor, and escalate potential issues and explanations for variances to AM/RAD/ARAD
  • Review and Track Seminars, Training, and Conference Costs
  • Review and Track Indirect Labor costs
  • Review Cost Recovery
• Identify and understand Area Management financial and other reporting needs; provide solutions as needed
• Area Management Reporting Needs (examples may include):
  • Loaned and Borrowed - BI reports
  • Utilization reports
  • Area marketing reporting needs
  • AR reports
  • MSPL
• Marketing/proposal data requests; build/maintain rate sheets for clients
• Ensure best practices and guidelines in accordance with project accounting SharePoint are followed
• Utilize BI projects dashboard for ongoing project financial reviews and discussions with PMs
• Promote use and training of Power BI Operations Accounting Reporting Suite (OARS)
• Project accounting for large/complex projects
• Ensure project closeout processes are followed and closeouts completed timely
• Elevate and communicate potential issues to Area Accounting Lead, Area operations management, and RAD/ARAD
• Special Projects as requested by Area Accounting Lead/AM/MP/BG Managers/RAD/ARAD

Project Accounting (PA) Functions Maintained for Area:

• Managing PA teams, including performance reviews, timesheet approvals, and other supervisory activities
• Workload balancing
• Monitor monthly deadlines
• Push for efficiencies and standardization of processes
• Integrate Engineering/Architecture teams if in combined office locations
• Training and cross-training
• Backfilling in case of staffing issues at PA level

General Accounting Functions Maintained for Area:

• Department accounting/Accounting Assistant team responsibilities
• Accounts Payable processing, including:
  • Vendor invoices to corporate finance and accounting group
  • Processing AP transactions for sub consultants
  • Corporate credit card transactions and on-demand check requests
  • Release of subconsultant payments to corporate finance
  • Accounting for Seminars & Conferences for in-house and external events
  • Internal cost recovery for billable project charges of vehicles and equipment
  • Track Area Vehicles with mileage logs for cost recovery
  • Track TDY costs
  • Assist with procurement purchase requisitions as needed
  • Pull back-up for Project Accounting needs
  • Pull reports for OH/GL research
  • Monitor timesheet labor adjustments and AP/Expense report adjustments
  • Assist with approval of employee timesheets per HDR timekeeping policies
  • Review and answer questions on employee expense reports per HDR travel and business expense policy

Qualifications

Preferred qualifications:

• Positive leader who is a team player and proactive in providing solutions
• Energetic, detail-oriented with strong organizational skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or closely related field
• Minimum 7+ years of experience
• Proficiency with MS Office products including Excel, Word, and Outlook
• Oracle EBS/Hyperion experience a plus
• A/E/C experience is highly desired
• Commitment to being an active participant in the employee-owned culture

Required Qualifications

• Associate degree in a closely related field or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Minimum 5 years of experience; an advanced degree may offset years of experience
• Proficiency with MS Office including Word and Outlook
• Excellent verbal and written communication, grammar, proofreading and editing skills
• Ability to prioritize, manage multiple tasks, and collaborate in a fast-paced environment
• Self-motivated, well-organized and detail-oriented
• Ability to handle confidential information
• Commitment to being an active participant in the employee-owned culture

What We Believe

HDR is our company. We build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day, shaping our collaborative culture and client relationships.

Our Commitment

As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where everyone is welcomed, valued, respected, and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work every day. Our eight Employee Network Groups foster belonging and open engagement. We provide a comprehensive benefits package to support health, performance, and success, including medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, paid time away, parental leave, holidays, retirement savings with employer match, employee referral bonus, and tuition reimbursement. Compensation varies by skills, experience, education, and location.

Pay Transparency Colorado Springs, CO: $76,790 - $109,700; Pay Transparency Denver, CO: $84,469 - $120,670

Location and Details

Primary Location: United States-Colorado-Colorado Springs

Other Locations: United States-Colorado-Denver

Industry: Accounting

Schedule: Full-time

Employee Status: Regular

Business Class: Marketing and Admin

Job Posting: Jan 26, 2026

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.