Remote Construction Cost Accountant — WIP & Sage/Procore

Entrepreneur Cooperative; United States; Remote; USD 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Entrepreneur Cooperative is seeking a seasoned Job Cost Accountant to own cost data across multiple active construction projects. You will run weekly and monthly cost reports, reconcile Sage 100 with Procore, and partner with Project Managers to ensure accurate cost coding and forecasts.

The role emphasizes hands-on finance partnership with operations in a fully remote setup. You will manage WIP, review cost-to-complete estimates, and provide defensible financial detail for project leadership

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of job cost accounting experience in construction
• Strong written and verbal communication in English
• Ability to work with U.S.-based teams in a fully remote environment

Responsibilities

• Run, review, and distribute weekly and monthly job cost reports from Sage 100 for all active projects.
• Reconcile Procore commitments, change orders, and invoicing against Sage 100 job cost detail.
• Identify variances and work with project teams to resolve discrepancies at the source.
• Review cost coding for AP invoices, subcontractor billings, labor, and equipment charges before they close to the job.
• Identify misallocated expenses and coordinate corrections with the appropriate project stakeholders.
• Maintain an accurate cost code structure in collaboration with finance and project leadership.
• Ensure job cost information rolls up accurately for financial reporting, project analysis, and estimating feedback.
• Conduct formal monthly job cost reviews with Project Managers and Construction Managers.
• Review budget vs. actual costs, committed costs, job cost detail, and forecast-to-complete estimates.
• Partner with project teams to identify and correct misallocated expenses.
• Serve as a primary finance resource for questions related to job costs, cost code selection, and committed cost reconciliation.
• Escalate recurring coding or accountability issues to finance and project leadership when appropriate.
• Own the monthly WIP schedule across all active projects.
• Maintain accurate calculations for cost to date, estimated cost at completion, percentage complete, earned revenue, and over/under billings.
• Partner with Project Managers to validate monthly cost-to-complete estimates.
• Identify and challenge outdated or unsupported project forecasts.
• Deliver a clean, accurate, and defensible WIP package as part of the monthly financial close process.
• Partner with project leadership to capture the true cost of specialized construction activities when deeper cost analysis is required.
• Establish tracking approaches before activities begin, including appropriate cost codes, labor tracking, equipment capture, and reporting structure.
• Ensure cost information is collected accurately in real time rather than reconstructed after project activities are completed.
• Prepare actual-cost reporting that can support future estimating, purchasing, project planning, and strategic decision-making.

Skills

Job cost accounting

English proficiency

Remote collaboration

Tools

Sage 100

Procore

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Entrepreneur Cooperative is seeking a seasoned Job Cost Accountant to own cost data across multiple active construction projects. You will run weekly and monthly cost reports, reconcile Sage 100 with Procore, and partner with Project Managers to ensure accurate cost coding and forecasts.

The role emphasizes hands-on finance partnership with operations in a fully remote setup. You will manage WIP, review cost-to-complete estimates, and provide defensible financial detail for project leadership