Project Accountant

barrywehmiller; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

BW Design Group is seeking a Project Accountant in the Sacramento region. You will join a team of professionals supporting capital projects, ensuring accurate financial tracking and reporting. You will collaborate with project teams and clients to maintain robust forecasts, controls, and timely invoicing.

The role emphasizes GAAP-compliant accounting, budget monitoring, and process improvement across the firm."

Qualifications

• Experience in finance or accounting
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, formulas)
• Knowledge of equipment and service procurement is a plus
• Understanding of financial practices, principles, and processes (GAAP)

Responsibilities

• Support capital projects and client engagements with project finances.
• Act as financial gatekeeper for project revenues, costs and margins.
• Provide project finance oversight, analysis, and forecasting per GAAP.
• Prepare and issue client invoices; coordinate with clients and AR for collection.
• Track labor and expenses; monitor budget variances and recommend actions.
• Assist month-end close and provide KPI trend analysis.

Skills

Finance experience

Excel advanced

Procurement knowledge

GAAP understanding

Job description

About Us:

BW Design Group is a fully integrated architecture, engineering, construction, system integration, and consulting firm committed to helping our clients realize their most critical goals from Strategy to Commercialization. As the only firm born from a manufacturing technology company to become an independent and fully integrated firm, we combine deep domain expertise in the manufacturing environment with an approach that is built to serve the dynamic needs of our clients. Rooted in our distinct culture of Truly Human Leadership, we cultivate the leaders who will define tomorrow and partner with our clients in the food & beverage, life sciences, industrial, and advanced technology industries to build the future of manufacturing and technology.

Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries. By blending people-centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose-driven growth, Barry-Wehmiller has become a $3 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief: to use the power of business to build a better world.

Job Description:

Project Accountant

Who You'll Work With

You will join one of our 45 offices in the US, be part of a committed team of over 1500 professionals, and work in teams and directly with our clients doing work that is shaping the world around us. You will be welcomed into a rapidly growing business and team and empowered to make an impact. You will be valued, cared for, and challenged on your path to becoming a world-class professional and surrounded by leaders who are committed to creating an environment that enables you to realize your own success and fulfillment.

When you join Design Group as a Project Accountant, you are joining a team that will challenge you and position you for growth. In this role, you will work with a team of industry experts to help the world's leading companies solve their most difficult problems. You will partner with seasoned leaders, technical specialists, and subject matter experts to deliver the highest quality solutions to our clients with consistency and accuracy.

What You'll Do

• You'll work individually and in teams to support capital projects and implement solutions for our clients. Together, you will help our clients make critical changes to improve their performance and realize their most important goals.
• Serve as the financial gatekeeper for project revenues, costs, and margins that flow through to the business' audited financial statements
• Provide project finance support, oversight, and analysis to local offices and the region
• Ensure appropriate project set-up in compliance with finance department guidelines and GAAP
• Review and analyze project forecasts and ensure that revenues and margins are accurately forecasted based on finance department guidelines and GAAP; enter the finalized forecast into the EMS software system
• Review and approve monthly project revenue/cost recognition following GAAP
• Review and analyze project forecast variances, and present analyses to management
• Prepare, review, and issue client invoices; work with clients, project teams, and the A/R department to ensure timely collection on invoices
• Analyze project risks and identify opportunities for profitability; make recommendations to the project accounting manager on the appropriate amount of risk or reserve to apply to the project
• Issue purchase orders and verify their financial terms and conditions
• Track project labor and expenses; advise the project team on any budget variations and make appropriate recommendations
• Track and audit travel and expense expenditures to ensure compliance with company policies
• Ensure compliance with client agreements, billing policies, and internal financial policies; address any adverse findings
• Communicate with the project teams and accounting manager regarding all significant client/project financial matters; participate in monthly project review meetings with the regional accounting manager
• Provide support to financial department leadership during month-end close and in the tracking and analysis of business trends, KPIs, and other financial indicators
• Provide financial support for new and active proposals; update the proposal software system
• Support training of new project accountants and project managers; ensure training complies with established financial processes and policies
• Work to improve financial processes and communication across the firm
• Participate in the annual external audit
• Make an impact day-to-day with your skills and expertise, strengthening that relationship with our clients and team

What You'll Bring

• Relevant financial or accounting experience (preferred)
• Advanced Excel skills
• A working knowledge of equipment and service procurement (preferred)
• An understanding of financial practices, principles, processes, and systems (pr