Construction Project Accountant: Cost Control & Billing

C. A. Murren & Sons Company, Inc.; Aiken (SC); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401K match

Career development

Job summary

C.A. Murren & Sons Company, Inc. is seeking a Project Accountant to partner with project leadership and ensure the financial health of a large-scale construction program.

You will manage job costing, billing, commitments, and reporting while maintaining project controls and documentation. You will collaborate with project managers, subcontractors, and the corporate accounting team to drive accurate financial information and successful outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field is preferred.
• 4–8 years of accounting experience, ideally within construction or another project-based environment.
• Strong understanding of job costing, WIP reporting, contract billing, revenue recognition, and change management.
• Experience with construction ERP or project-management systems such as Procore, Viewpoint Vista, CMiC, Sage 300, Acumatica, or comparable platforms.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables and lookup formulas.
• Excellent communication, organization, administrative, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, deadlines, and high-volume workloads while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.
• Strong documentation, financial-control, and compliance discipline.
• Ability to work effectively with project leadership, field personnel, subcontractors, vendors, and corporate accounting teams.

Responsibilities

• Monitor actual project costs against budgets and forecasts; identify variances, potential exposures, and opportunities for cost improvement.
• Prepare detailed monthly project cost reports and assist with cost-to-complete estimates, forecasts, revenue projections, and work-in-progress calculations.
• Track committed costs, pending commitments, change orders, and other potential financial impacts to the project.
• Prepare monthly progress billings, including AIA forms, schedule-of-values updates, retainage, and required supporting documentation in accordance with contract requirements and submission deadlines.
• Coordinate with project managers to validate quantities, percent complete, billable items, and change-order billing; track accounts receivable and follow up on outstanding payments.
• Review subcontractor pay applications for accuracy, contract compliance, insurance requirements, lien waivers, approved change orders, retainage, and required documentation.
• Review vendor invoices and match them to purchase orders, supporting documentation, and appropriate cost codes; coordinate with project management and procurement to resolve discrepancies.
• Maintain the project change-order log and ensure requested, pending, and approved changes are accurately reflected in budgets, forecasts, commitments, and billing schedules.
• Validate field timecards for labor classification, cost-code assignment, job allocation, and accuracy; coordinate with payroll to support timely and accurate labor postings and certified payroll reporting when required.
• Maintain organized and accurate project financial records, including contracts, pay applications, change orders, certificates, lien waivers, and other supporting documentation.
• Ensure project financial practices comply with internal accounting policies, audit standards, contractual requirements, and established financial controls; assist with internal and external audits as needed.
• Collaborate with project management, procurement, AP/AR, payroll, and corporate finance teams; communicate project financial status, risks, and issues in a timely manner.
• Provide financial analysis and reporting to support project leadership decision-making and successful project outcomes.
• Follows all company policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Operates ethically to protect the assets and image of the company.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as per business needs.

Skills

Job costing

WIP reporting

Contract billing

Revenue recognition

Change management

Excel

Pivot tables

Lookup formulas

Communication

Organization

Analytical

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance/Business

Tools

Procore

Viewpoint Vista

CMiC

Sage 300

Acumatica

Job description

C.A. Murren & Sons Company, Inc. is seeking a Project Accountant to partner with project leadership and ensure the financial health of a large-scale construction program.

You will manage job costing, billing, commitments, and reporting while maintaining project controls and documentation. You will collaborate with project managers, subcontractors, and the corporate accounting team to drive accurate financial information and successful outcomes.