Project Accountant

Aventia; Hammond (LA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Participation in matching 401(k) Savings Plan

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Nine paid holidays and Paid Time Off (PTO)

Job summary

Aventia is looking for a skilled Project Accountant in Lakewood, CO. This role involves managing project financials, ensuring profitability, and providing insights to project managers.

The ideal candidate has at least 5 years of experience in project accounting and a related degree. Benefits include competitive salary, 401(k), and health coverage.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in project accounting or related financial roles.
• Proficiency with office automation and accounting software.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyze project financial data, including revenue, expenses, and profitability.
• Generate financial reports and dashboards for project financial performance.
• Prepare regular financial summaries and variance analysis reports.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Problem-solving skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Business, Finance, or related field

Tools

Deltek Vantagepoint

MS Excel

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: Lakewood, CO 80228

Salary Range: $75,000.00 - $90,000.00

Project Accountant

Aventia has an amazing opportunity for a highly motivated, skilled Project Accountant!

What we’re looking for

The Project Accountant plays a crucial role in evaluating project profitability and ensuring the financial health of projects. This role manages the collection, recording, and allocation of project costs and revenue, ensuring accurate project profit and loss calculations, and communicating project financial performance and profitability to project management.

Key Responsibilities for Project Accountant

• Monitor and analyze project financial data, including revenue, expenses, and profitability.
• Identify trends, cost overruns, and financial risks to provide early insights to project managers.
• Generate financial reports and dashboards to provide the project team with a clear understanding of project financial performance, identify items that need escalated for review by senior management as necessary.
• Prepare regular financial summaries and variance analysis reports.
• Partner with the project manager and project team to establish the project budget, updating budgets, and making project accounting recommendations as needed when contract modifications or budget changes arise.
• Prepare and submit accurate and timely invoices to clients based on project milestones, terms, and contracts.
• Authorize access to project accounts, and the transfer of expenses into and out of project‑related accounts in compliance with established accounting practices and guidelines.
• Verify contract and change order characteristics for projects that are of a moderate level of complexity, including reading and interpreting contract language, method of compensation, modifications, purchase orders, and subcontract/consultant terms.
• Maintain effective communication with clients regarding billing, payments, and financial inquiries.
• Maintain quality control standards and procedures for generating accurate and precise project-related financial records.
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards, company policies, and client agreements.
• Maintain accurate and organized financial records, contracts, and supporting documentation.
• Monitor key indicators for managing and analyzing problem projects, keeping project managers and/or senior management informed on any noted concerns.
• Subcontract management and coordination include evaluating subconsultant invoice submittals for accuracy, establishing and maintaining purchase orders of subconsultants and examining subcontractor payment requests with accounts payable.
• Attend project related meetings to inform the team regarding the current status of project financials, articulating problem projects, and following up on any identified actions as discussed.
• Stay updated on best practices in project accounting and suggest improvements to streamline processes and enhance financial management.

Qualifications / What you’ll need

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Business, Finance, or a related field (or demonstrated proven equivalent experience).
• At least 5 years previous experience in project accounting or related financial roles.
• Experience in Deltek Vantagepoint preferred.
• Proficiency with technical writing, office automation and accounting software, technology, math principles, spreadsheets, MS Excel, pivot tables, formulas, data format/sort/filter, VLOOKUP, predictive models, and tools.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and organization.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively and meet deadlines in a dynamic project environment.

What you’ll get

• A competitive annual salary based upon the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate.
• Participation in our matching 401(k) Savings Plan.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Employer paid life and disability insurances.
• Nine paid holidays and Paid Time Off (PTO).
• Continuing education and professional development opportunities.

Sounds like you? Please apply!