Project Accountant

Vee-Jay Cement Contracting Company Inc.; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Vee-Jay Cement Contracting Co. is seeking a Project Accountant to join the Accounting team. The role focuses on accurate job cost analysis and aligning financial data with field projects, budgets, and profitability. You will bridge Accounting and Operations to deliver actionable insights to project managers and leadership.

The position emphasizes hands-on financial data work, process improvement, and collaboration across departments in a fast-paced construction environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to task accuracy.
• Comfort with Excel (e.g., basic formulas, filters, sorting).
• Ability to work independently and collaborate with employees at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Perform job cost analysis, identify overruns and margin trends.
• Monitor project budgets, costs, and profitability.
• Analyze budget-to-actual results and explain variances.
• Support month-end close with job cost and accrual adjustments.
• Compile cost data for internal reporting and management review.
• Act as liaison between Accounting, PM, Estimating, Payroll and Operations.
• Communicate regularly to collect updates and resolve discrepancies.
• Resolve cost coding, billing, payroll, and reporting discrepancies.
• Ensure consistency between field reports, payroll data, invoices, and financial records.

Skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Excel

Independent & collaborative

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Vee-Jay is a concrete contracting company built on trust, craftsmanship, and teamwork. We’re looking for a Project Accountant to join our Accounting team — someone who takes pride in accuracy, thrives in a fast-paced construction environment, and enjoys connecting the dots between numbers and real-world projects.

This role bridges Accounting and Operations, providing accurate and actionable job cost insight that helps Project Managers, Estimators, and company leadership make informed decisions. It’s hands-on and detail-driven, involving both transactional work and data analysis, with growing opportunities to improve systems and reporting processes as we modernize.

Position Description

Key Responsibilities

Job Cost & Accounting Support

• Perform job cost analysis and identify cost overruns, margin risks, and trends.
• Monitor and maintain project budgets, costs, and profitability.
• Analyze budget-to-actual results and explain cost variances.
• Support the month-end close process with job cost and accrual adjustments
• Compile cost data and documentation for internal reporting and management review
• Act as a key liaison between Accounting, Project Management, Estimating, Payroll and Operations.
• Communicate regularly with team members to collect updates and resolve discrepancies at all levels.
• Resolve cost coding, billing, payroll, and reporting discrepancies.
• Ensure consistency between field reports, payroll data, invoices, and financial records.

Process Improvement & Reporting

• Contribute to developing and analyzing new reports, templates, and internal dashboards
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve efficiency and accuracy in cost tracking
• Support ongoing initiatives to automate or streamline manual processes
• Assist in documenting procedures and standardizing recurring workflows

Administrative & Systems Tasks

• Assist with automating and streamlining manual procedures.
• Manage updates and changes to project-specific financial data
• Maintain strong version control and backup practices for reporting files
• Support audit and review requests with organized, clearly labeled documentation

What Makes This Role Right for You

• You enjoy structure, accuracy, and following data from source to outcome
• You take pride in being the steady, reliable point of contact others count on
• You like seeing how your work connects to real projects in the field
• You’re curious about improving processes and open to learning new toolsYou want to be part of a close-knit team that values accountability and progress

Position Requirements

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to task accuracy
• Comfort with Excel (e.g., basic formulas, filters, sorting)
• Ability to work independently and collaborate with employees at all levels of the organization.

Preferred but not required:

• Experience in construction, manufacturing, or job cost environments (1-2 years)
• Familiarity with journal entries and basic GL principles
• Experience with Power BI or other reporting/dashboard tools is a plus but not required.

Success in This Role

A successful Project Accountant provides accurate job costing, meaningful financial analysis, and reliable reporting that helps project teams manage costs, improve profitability, and make informed business decisions. Strong Excel skills, attention to detail, and the ability to communicate effectively across departments are critical for success in this position.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Vee-Jay Cement Contracting Co. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.