Senior Project Accounting & Audit Lead (Construction)

KALCON; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Accident Insurance

Long Term Disability

401(k) retirement plan with 4% KALCON

15 days paid time off

8 paid National Holidays

Licenses/certifications reimbursement

Job summary

KALCON is seeking a Project Accounting & Audit Manager to oversee financial controls, audit compliance, contract validation, and project accounting across data center construction projects.

The role partners with the Director of Construction, Program Managers, Cost Managers, Procurement, Finance, Contractors, and Consultants to ensure reporting accuracy, regulatory compliance, and adherence to budgets throughout project lifecycles.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in project accounting, construction auditing, project controls, financial management, or contract administration for large capital construction projects.
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Construction Management, Business Administration, Engineering, or related field.
• Experience supporting data center, mission critical, industrial, infrastructure, semiconductor, or large commercial construction projects preferred.
• Strong understanding of construction contracts, GMP agreements, change orders, pay applications, procurement processes, and cost controls.
• Proficiency with Procore, SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Excel, Power BI, and project financial management systems.
• Experience performing financial audits, compliance reviews, invoice validation, and forecasting assessments.
• Strong analytical, reporting, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Ability to analyze project budgets, commitments, forecasts, and contractor financial documentation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to interact professionally with contractors, executives, project teams, and finance stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provides independent owner-side financial oversight, validation, reconciliation, and audit support to maintain accurate project budgets, commitments, forecasts, invoicing, and reporting.
• Oversee project budget setup, reconciliation, corrections, transfers, vendor allocations, commitments, allowances, and contingency tracking.
• Maintain alignment among approved budgets, contracts, purchase orders, change records, forecasts, invoices, and actual expenditures.
• Monitor subcontractor and vendor spend and validate projected expenditures and forecast-at-completion.
• Identify budget gaps, duplicate commitments, unallocated costs, unsupported forecasts, and financial variances.
• Support development and maintenance of financial models, cash-flow forecasts, and management.

Skills

Project accounting

Audit compliance

Forecasting

Financial management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Construction Management, Business Administration, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Procore

SAP

Oracle

Microsoft Excel

Power BI

Job description

KALCON is seeking a Project Accounting & Audit Manager to oversee financial controls, audit compliance, contract validation, and project accounting across data center construction projects.

The role partners with the Director of Construction, Program Managers, Cost Managers, Procurement, Finance, Contractors, and Consultants to ensure reporting accuracy, regulatory compliance, and adherence to budgets throughout project lifecycles.