Senior Project Coordinator

LAN, Inc.; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

LAN, Inc. is seeking a seasoned project accounting professional to support project managers and executives across diverse functions.

The role focuses on financial reporting, contract compliance, and project financial performance against budgets, with close collaboration with accounting and legal teams. The position involves project setup, monthly reviews, and end-of-project close-out activities, ensuring accurate filings and adherence to policy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor/BS in accounting, business, law, or 10+ years of related experience.
• 7+ years of relative experience in managing contracts and/or project finances.
• Understanding of engineering/architectural consulting practices can be an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Support project managers, business groups, profit center leaders and executives on project functions.
• Prepare financial reports for management.
• Complete project audits including quality and contract compliance audits.
• Assess project performance against budget and communicate status using metrics.
• Coordinate monthly project reviews between PMs and supervisors.
• Assist with month-end revenue accruals and progress reporting with accounting.
• Assist in contracts/agreements administration and development under legal oversight.
• Set up projects, schedules, and project work plans; ensure proper filing and documentation.
• Close-out projects with proper write-ups and filing per company policy.

Skills

Financial reporting

Budget analysis

Communication

Education

BS in Accounting

BS in Business Administration

Law degree or related experience

Tools

MS Office (Word, Excel)

Deltek VantagePoint

Job description

Description

Support project managers, business groups, profit center leaders, and executives on various project functions including but not limited to:

• Preparation of Financial reports for management.
• Completion of project audits including quality and contract compliance audits.
• Assessment of the performance of a project against the project budget.
• Communicating project status and direction effectively and efficiently utilizing tools and metrics available.
• Establishment and coordination of monthly project reviews between Project Managers and supervisors.
• Communicating with the Project Managers and the Accounting department month end revenue accruals and progress reporting.
• Administration and development (with Legal department oversight) of contracts/agreements.
• Project set-up including generating setup documents, helping develop project schedules, filing procedures, and project work plans.
• Project close-out by ensuring proper filing, project write-ups, etc. are completed in accordance with company policy

This role serves as a critical liaison between our day-to-day project managers and accounting department, thus it is critical to bring an understanding of accounting principles and practices in a spirit of collaboration with technical, client facing staff as these reports and processes are critical to the financial management of the firm.

This is one position that can sit within our Houston, Austin or San Antonio location.

Requirements

• A Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Business Administration, Law, or 10+ years of related experience.
• 7+ years of relative experience in managing contracts, and/or project finances.
• An understanding of the engineering and architectural consulting practice preferred.
• Proficient with MS Office, including Word and Excel.
• Experience with Deltek VantagePoint is highly recommended.

Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, status, or local laws and to prohibit discrimination and harassment based on any of these factors. Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc., is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity, including providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with a disability. Applicants with a physical or mental disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process may contact the Human Resources Department at 713-266-6900 or by email using [e-mail] . For more information about your rights under the law, see: Know Your Rights