Senior Project Accountant

HDR; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR is seeking a Senior Project Accountant to deliver detailed analysis and reporting on project status within our established project controls framework. You will manage cost plans, baselines, and earned value analyses while collaborating with project leads to optimize schedules and budgets.

Ideal candidates bring a minimum of 10 years of experience, an associate degree or higher in related fields, and a strong proficiency in MS Office.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting is preferred.
• Associate degree in a closely related field or combination of education and relevant experience.
• A minimum of 10 years of experience; advanced degree may offset years of experience.
• Ability to build and status schedules, cost plans, and spend plans in project controls tools.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, including grammar, punctuation, and proofreading.

Responsibilities

• Provide detailed analysis and reporting on project status within established project controls.
• Analyze, develop and report on cost estimation, EV/VM, variance, schedules, and budget/cost.
• Support technical project management activities and assist with customer interactions.
• Supervise junior project accountants as needed; collaborate with managers in a fast-paced environment.

Skills

Communication skills

Time management

Attention to detail

Education

Associate degree in a related field

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Tools

MS Office (Word & Outlook)

Job description

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?

Watch Our Story: ' https://www.hdrinc.com/our-story'

Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world.

In the role of Senior Project Accountant, we'll count on you to:

• Provide detailed analysis and reporting on project or program status within an established system of project controls
• Be responsible for analysis, developing and reporting associated with various project controls job duties, such as project baseline, work package agreements, cost control, cost estimation, earned value management (EVM), projections, variance analysis, schedules, project/program/portfolio integration or technical project reviews
• Be responsible for using knowledge and experience in project controls, support the technical project management team in project management activities
• Serve as the centralized point of contact to internal and external business
• Team with technical staff, project leads and managers to make recommendations to influence key decision-makers within the scope of project controls (work breakdown structure, schedule, and budget/cost)
• Utilize information management, access controls management, configuration management, program integration and communications and risk management processes to support project teams
• Assist with customer interactions, including arranging and documenting periodic reviews and tracking project management deliverables and presenting project management status to external or internal customers
• Analyze, prepare, validate and maintain cost estimates, detailed baseline budgets, work package agreements, and monthly cost variance reports
• Utilize earned value management techniques or other management techniques to understand relationships between planned work, executed work, and actual costs
• Analyze the schedule, including ensuring that schedule logic is consistent and maintained, analyzing what-if scenarios, reviewing critical-path reviews (including secondary or tertiary critical-path, where applicable) as required
• Work with technical leads and/or project managers to ensure that risks and opportunities are integrated with schedule and budget and that goods and services of the proper quality are obtained when needed by the project, according to the project schedule
• Supervise junior project accountants as needed
• Perform other duties as needed

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Required Qualifications

• Associate degree in a closely related field or combination of education and relevant experience
• A minimum of 10 years of experience; an advanced degree may offset years of experience
• Understands the scope of work to sufficiently build and status schedules, cost plans, spend plans, within a variety of project controls tools
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including grammar, punctuation, proofreading, spelling and telephone skills
• Flexibility and ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks and collaborate with various managers in a fast-paced environment
• Self-motivated, well-organized and detail-oriented
• Ability to handle confidential information
• Proficiency with MS Office including Word and Outlook
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must

What We Believe

HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.

Our Commitment

As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.

Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.

Primary Location: United States-Idaho-Boise

Industry: Accounting

Schedule: Full-time

Employee Status: Regular

BusinessClass: Marketing and Admin

Job Posting: Oct 14, 2026