Project Accountant - Commercial Construction

Level Workforce; Cartersville (GA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Level Workforce is seeking a Project Accountant for Ely Concrete Construction's Place & Finish division in Cartersville, GA. You will manage project costs, AP runs, pay apps, lien waivers, and cost-to-complete analyses with the Finance Director and executive team.

Focus is on accurate, timely project financials, with a Monday–Friday in-office schedule and clear opportunities to grow as the division scales.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of hands-on project accounting experience in commercial construction/related environment
• Working knowledge of job cost coding, lien waivers, and change orders
• Experience with Foundation Accounting software or a comparable construction accounting platform
• Strong Excel skills and comfort working with financial data
• Proven ability to own multiple projects, deadlines, and competing priorities while maintaining detail
• High school diploma or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Code job costs, enter accounts payable invoices, and run weekly payment cycles
• Track committed versus actual costs; identify discrepancies across budgets, invoices, commitments, and forecasts
• Create, process, and track change orders across active projects
• Partner with Finance Director on cost management, forecasting, and cost-to-complete analysis for multiple projects
• Prepare monthly cost analyses and present to executive staff

Skills

Job cost coding

Excel skills

Multi-project management

Communication with non-accounting

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance/construction management

Tools

Foundation Accounting

Procore

Texture

GCPay

Job description

• Title: Project Accountant, Place & Finish Division
• Schedule: Monday - Friday
• Reports To: Director of Finance and Legal Compliance

Position Overview

Level Workforce is hiring on behalf of Ely Concrete Construction, a growing commercial construction firm, for a Project Accountant to run the financial engine of its Place & Finish division.

This is not an invoice-processing seat. The right person understands how costs move through a commercial construction project, notices when something looks wrong or out of scope, and says something before it becomes a problem.

You will code job costs, run the weekly AP cycle, manage monthly pay applications and lien waivers, track committed versus actual costs, and turn project data into the cost analysis leadership uses to make decisions - working directly with the Director of Finance and Legal Compliance and presenting to executive staff every month. The mandate: own the details, understand the bigger picture, and give leadership confidence that project financial information is accurate, timely, and under control.

In return, you get monthly visibility with executive leadership, a stable Monday-Friday schedule with a collaborative in-office project team, and real room to advance as the division scales.

About Ely Concrete Construction

Ely Concrete Construction is one of the Southeast's leading commercial concrete subcontractors - a Cartersville, Georgia company that has built its name since 2011 by taking on the toughest jobs in the business. The project list backs it up: data centers, cold storage, multifamily, healthcare, and industrial work: including projects like Amazon DAT8, AMLI Brookhaven, and Agile Cold Storage, performed through three specialized divisions (Structural, Place & Finish, and Pumping).

The culture at Ely is the same from the field to the office: hard work, accountability, and doing the job right, with people treated as the company's greatest asset - and foresight, anticipating problems before they arise, held up as an core value.

The Place & Finish division is growing, and it needs someone who brings the same precision to the numbers that the crews bring to the pour. As part of the Ely Corporation family of companies, this is a stable platform with real room to build a career.

Core Responsibilities

Project Accounting & Cost Control

• Job-cost code vendor and supplier invoices
• Enter accounts payable invoices and process weekly payment runs
• Track committed and actual costs; identify discrepancies across budgets, invoices, commitments, and forecasts
• Create, process, and track change orders across active projects
• Partner with the Director of Finance and Legal Compliance on cost management, forecasting, and cost-to-complete analysis for multiple concurrent projects - flagging potential overruns early

Billing, Pay Applications & Subcontractor Compliance

• Own the monthly pay application and lien waiver process
• Review subcontractor pay applications for completeness and accuracy
• Manage subcontractor onboarding and compliance documentation
• Maintain organized project files and manage the project closeout process
• Prepare monthly cost analysis reports for current and upcoming projects
• Present cost data at monthly executive meetings alongside the Director of Finance and Legal Compliance
• Communicate financial and project issues clearly to accounting and non-accounting audiences alike - project managers, operations, executives, vendors, and subcontractors

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• 2-5 years of hands-on project accounting experience in commercial construction, architecture, engineering, or a closely related environment
• Working knowledge of job cost coding, lien waivers, and change orders
• Experience with Foundation Accounting software or a comparable construction accounting platform
• Strong Excel skills and comfort working with financial data
• Proven ability to own multiple projects, deadlines, and competing priorities without losing the details
• High school diploma or equivalent - relevant experience matters more to us than the degree

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, construction management, or a related field
• Experience with construction ERP systems such as Procore, Texture or GCPay
• Cost-to-complete and project forecasting analysis experience
• Experience working directly with project managers, operations teams, or construction leadership
• Experience preparing financial reporting for leadership or executive teams