Contract Administrator/ Project Cost Accounting

Atlas Asphalt, Inc.; Batesville (AR); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlas Asphalt, Inc. in Batesville, AR is seeking a Contract Administrator / Project Cost Accounting professional who is highly organized and detail oriented.

You will work with project managers, subcontractors, and accounting staff to ensure contracts, costs, billing, and payments are accurate and up to date. Responsibilities include preparing and reviewing contracts, tracking documents from creation to execution, maintaining the project contract database, integrating subcontracts into the

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting is required.
• Construction accounting, project accounting, contract administration, or bookkeeping experience preferred.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles, numbers, and financial records.
• Excellent organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and follow-through skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and accounting software.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines independently.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Construction industry and/or subcontractor experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and review contract/subcontract documents.
• Track and file documents from creation to execution.
• Maintain project contract database.
• Integrate subcontracts into accounting system.
• Perform project cost analysis, including tracking labor, materials, equipment, and subcontractors.
• Compare actual cost to budgeted cost.
• Ensure project costs are applied appropriately.
• Reconcile project costs and resolve discrepancies.
• Communicate with project managers, subcontractors, customers, and accounting personnel.
• Perform other accounting, contract administration, and project-support duties as needed.

Skills

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Excel proficiency

Accounting software

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Tools

Accounting software

Job description

Description

We are seeking a highly organized, detail-oriented, and dependable Contract Administrator / Project Cost Accounting professional. This position will work closely with project managers, subcontractors, and accounting personnel to ensure contracts, costs, billing, and payments are accurate and up to date.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and review contract/subcontract documents
• Track and file documents from creation to execution
• Maintain project contract database
• Integrate subcontracts into accounting system
• Perform project cost analysis, including tracking labor, materials, equipment, and subcontractors
• Compare actual cost to budgeted cost
• Ensure project costs are applied appropriately
• Reconcile project costs and resolve discrepancies.
• Communicate with project managers, subcontractors, customers, and accounting personnel
• Perform other accounting, contract administration, and project-support duties as needed.

Requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting required.
• Construction accounting, project accounting, contract administration, or bookkeeping experience preferred.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles, numbers, and financial records.
• Excellent organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and follow-through skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and accounting software.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines independently.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Construction industry and/or subcontractor experience is a plus.

Physical Requirements:

The incumbent in this position can typically expect to sit and use his/her hands to handle and feel for more than 2/3 of the day. He/She can expect to stand or walk for more than 1/3 of the day. Talking and listening is also expected for more than 2/3 of the day. The ability to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, or reach with arms will be needed for less than 1/3 of the day.

The incumbent in this position should have clear vision at 20 inches or less. He/She should be able to view various reports and forms as well as information displayed on a computer monitor and have the ability to distinguish between different colors. Depth perception, peripheral vision, the ability to focus and the ability to see for a distance are also necessary.

The Job description is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.

EEO/AA/Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)