Senior Project Accountant – EPC & Construction

SunEnergy1; Charlotte, Northern (NC, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

SunEnergy1 is seeking a highly detail-oriented Senior Accountant – Project Accounting to support project financial management, reporting, and analysis for a growing EPC organization in Charlotte, NC. This role focuses on tracking project costs, budgets, commitments, and job profitability, partnering with Project Management, Procurement, and Corporate Accounting.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in construction/EPC accounting, strong knowledge of percentage-of-completion, WIP, and NetSuite;

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 5+ years of accounting experience, preferably in construction, EPC, engineering, infrastructure, renewable energy, or other project-based environment.
• Strong understanding of project/job-cost accounting.
• Experience with percentage-of-completion accounting and WIP.
• Experience with project budgets, forecasts, commitments, purchase orders, and change orders.
• Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, formulas, and financial analysis.
• Experience working with an ERP/accounting system; NetSuite experience strongly preferred.
• Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Ability to analyze large amounts of financial data and identify discrepancies or trends.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively with both accounting and operational teams.

Responsibilities

• Own project-level accounting activities for assigned EPC and construction projects.
• Maintain accurate project cost structures, cost codes, budgets, commitments, and actual costs.
• Prepare and analyze monthly project financial reports, including budget-to-actual and forecast-to-actual results.
• Monitor project revenue, costs, gross margin, committed costs, and projected profitability.
• Review project transactions for accuracy, proper coding, and appropriate accounting treatment.
• Assist with preparation of project financial forecasts and estimates at completion (EAC).
• Identify project cost variances and work with Project Managers and Project Controls to understand and resolve discrepancies.
• Support accurate job-cost reporting and project financial closeout.
• Prepare and post project-related journal entries and accruals.
• Review accounts payable, accrued expenses, prepaid expenses, and other project-related accounts.
• Reconcile project subledgers and general ledger accounts.
• Analyze work-in-progress (WIP), unbilled costs, and other project balance sheet accounts.
• Assist with percentage-of-completion and revenue recognition accounting.
• Ensure project accounting is completed accurately and within established monthly close deadlines.
• Track purchase orders, subcontracts, change orders, commitments, and invoices against project budgets.
• Review project expenditures for proper cost classification and allocation.
• Partner with Procurement and Project Management to ensure commitments are accurately reflected in project forecasts.
• Monitor subcontractor and vendor costs and identify unusual or unexpected variances.
• Assist with project accruals for work performed but not yet invoiced.
• Support analysis of labor, material, equipment, subcontractor, and other direct project costs.
• Support project billing processes, including progress billings, milestone billing, retainage, and change orders.
• Reconcile project billings to contracts and accounting records.
• Assist with accounts receivable and collections related to assigned projects.
• Support project cash-flow forecasting and analysis.
• Investigate billing discrepancies and coordinate resolution with Project Managers and customers when necessary.
• Provide financial insight and analysis to Project Managers and senior leadership.
• Develop recurring and ad hoc project financial reports.
• Analyze project trends, cost overruns, margin erosion, and potential risks.
• Help Project Managers understand financial performance and the impact of operational decisions.
• Support management with project profitability analysis and forecasting.
• Assist with internal and external audits related to project accounting.

Skills

Attention to detail

Financial analysis

Communication skills

Multi-project management

ERP systems knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field

Tools

NetSuite

Job description

SunEnergy1 is seeking a highly detail-oriented Senior Accountant – Project Accounting to support project financial management, reporting, and analysis for a growing EPC organization in Charlotte, NC. This role focuses on tracking project costs, budgets, commitments, and job profitability, partnering with Project Management, Procurement, and Corporate Accounting.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in construction/EPC accounting, strong knowledge of percentage-of-completion, WIP, and NetSuite;