Senior Staff Accountant - Project Execution

Messer Americas; Bridgewater (MA); On-site; USD 102,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Paid time off

401(k) Plan

Bonus program

Job summary

Messer Americas seeks a Staff Accountant - Project Execution to drive project control, reporting and transactional processes across the portfolio. This role interfaces with Procurement, Accounts Payable, Treasury, and Finance to enable effective project execution.

Based in Bethlehem, PA, Bridgewater, NJ, or Houston, TX, the position emphasizes cost reporting, portfolio forecasts, and SAP/COUPA-led processes, with opportunities to influence capital budgets and schedules.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Business required.
• 5–10 years experience in Project Reporting, Project Controls, or related capital projects.
• Experience in a capital project organization is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist in monthly project reports including cost, schedule, and future spending.
• Collaborate with Procurement, Accounts Payable, Treasury, and Finance to optimize project delivery.
• Prepare capital project budgets and capitalization of projects.
• Review EPC progress reports and scheduling.
• Support SAP, COUPA, and payables processes.
• Maintain documentation for costs and schedules; manage portfolio forecasts.
• Support databases for proposals and projects; assist with invoicing resolution.

Skills

Project Reporting

Project Controls

SAP

COUPA

Business Acumen

Communication and reporting

Team-oriented

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Business

Job description

This position can be based in Bethlehem, PA, Bridgewater, NJ, or Houston, TX

Job Summary:

The Staff Accountant - Project Execution is responsible to drive all Project control, reporting, and transactional processes for Messer Americas. This includes cost reporting and control, project portfolio management, and transactional management of procurement activities. The position will participate in spend reporting into Messer’s integrated financial planning system. In addition, this role is part of the team responsible for the back-office functions that enable project execution and is one of the key interfaces for the department to Procurement, Accounts Payable, Treasury, and Finance.

Why Messer?

• Assist with preparation of monthly project reports for the department including cost, schedule and future spending requirements.
• Collaborate with adjacent departments to help drive company business processes (those not controlled by execution) to align and optimize project execution delivery (procurement, payables, treasury, etc.)
• Assist in preparing capital project budgets, capitalization of projects
• Review EPC progress reports and scheduling
• Assist with and be a key point person of the SAP, COUPA, and payables processes
• Provide effective management of all documentation pertaining to costs, schedule, etc.
• Prepare portfolio forecast based on input from Project Managers
• Assist with maintaining databases for proposals and projects
• Assist with payment facilitation and/or invoice resolution supporting PE Requisitioner Team
• Maintain working relationships with Execution, FICO, Accounts Payable, and Procurement as it relates to the area of responsibility.

Required Skills:

• Functional Skills:
• Accounting, Data Management or Engineering
• Project Reporting
• SAP
• COUPA
• Managerial Skills:
• Business Acumen
• Communication and reporting
• Interpersonal Skills:
• Team-oriented

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Business
• 5-10 years’ experience in Project Reporting, Project Controls, or Projected Engineering/Management or other business discipline in a capital project organization

Preferred Qualifications:

• The salary range for this position is $102,000-$136,000.
• Messer provides medical, dental, vision, short term disability, life insurance and paid time off as well as other voluntary benefits, such as, long term disability in accordance with the terms and conditions of these Plans.
• Employees are eligible to enroll in Messer’s 401(k) Plan.
• Employees may be eligible to participate in the company’s bonus program.

About Messer:

Messer’s safety culture, commitment to providing dependable supply and innovative gas technology solutions help customers unlock opportunities to be safer, more sustainable, more productive and more efficient, so their business thrives. We nurture lasting, meaningful relationships with customers, our communities, and with one another.

We offer comprehensive benefits and appreciable pay, with steady schedules and opportunities for ongoing training and career progression. We prioritize and invest in our people at every level of our organization – the dedication, knowledge, customer focus and entrepreneurial spirit of our employees is what make Messer refreshingly different.

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