Senior Project Accountant: GMP Billing & Forecasting (Kent)

Addison Group; Kent (WA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Addison Group is seeking a Project Accountant to join our Kent, WA team on-site. The role focuses on GMP contract billing, cost tracking, and audits, coordinating with project managers and client teams to ensure accurate monthly billings and timely A/R collection.

You will perform monthly reconciliations, progress reporting, and labor-cost validation, while supporting subcontractor billing and change orders. A strong Excel skill set is essential.

Qualifications

• Construction industry and project-based accounting experience.
• 5+ years of experience as an Accountant or Senior Accountant.
• Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, vlookups)

Responsibilities

• Coordinates preparation and review of billing information for completeness and adequacy, coordinating the collection of substantiation for GMP contracts.
• Completes monthly reconciliation and forecast for all GMP contracts, communicating opportunities and risks to the project team.
• Keeps up-to-date reconciliation of contract amount, system contract amount, and billed/substantiated amount by project for all GMP Contracts.
• Coordinates preparation and review of response to all project audits.
• Takes initiative to establish accounting contact with client project teams.
• Teams with Project Manager to execute both accurate and timely monthly billings in accounting system.
• Assists in collecting outstanding Accounts Receivable (A/R), including providing additional documentation, as required.
• Executes lien releases in conformance with client and contract guidelines to mitigate potential risks.
• Reviews project timecard process and ensures labor cost code accuracy weekly.
• Provides project cost reporting to the project team weekly, highlighting and communicating budget overruns.
• Assist in reviewing, and/or facilitating subcontractor billing.
• Partners with Project Manager to maintain project cost budgets and change orders, posting budget and contract revisions in the accounting system and opening/closing cost codes as needed.
• Coordinates and actively participates in monthly cost reviews/forecast (Stat) with project team to foster maximum forecasting accuracy.
• Reviews final Stat for outstanding commitments & cost to ensure project is ready for financial closeout in the accounting system.
• Collects project use tax reporting to submit to General Ledger accountant, making necessary journal entries to correctly allocate tax cost to project.
• When needed, teams with project foremen/superintendents to assist with project specific labor-related forecasts.
• Assist with other duties throughout the Project Accounting team as needed.

Skills

Excel skills

Job description

Addison Group is seeking a Project Accountant to join our Kent, WA team on-site. The role focuses on GMP contract billing, cost tracking, and audits, coordinating with project managers and client teams to ensure accurate monthly billings and timely A/R collection.

You will perform monthly reconciliations, progress reporting, and labor-cost validation, while supporting subcontractor billing and change orders. A strong Excel skill set is essential.