Position Summary

The Project Accountant is a staff position that is responsible for the day-to-day maintenance of all job cost accounting aspects of a development project. This requires coordination with the Project Development Team and will include budget variance analysis, contract and change order maintenance, and draw preparation. In addition, the project accountant will perform other accounting duties as required.

Responsibilities

• Receives requests for payment including invoices and contractor pay applications (AIA), verifies documents, assigns General Ledger or Job Cost coding per Budget
• Review Contractor and Trade Contractor AIA requisition(s) to ensure schedule of values and change orders are approved
• Enter bi-weekly construction and sales payroll cost
• Ensures signature authority rules are maintained on all requests for payment
• Requests issuance of checks and disburses payments
• Monthly preparation of bank draws and periodic capital calls
• Obtains and maintains required documentation including W-9’s, notices to owner, lien releases, certificates of insurance and other documents as required
• Maintain and monitor OCIP and CCIP program if applicable
• Review of electronic filing system for required documents and requests for payment
• Reconciles vendor statements and ensures timely receipt of requests for payment
• Maintain internal control procedures for approval of all commitments
• Generates commitments for contracts and change orders in Yardi upon receipt of fully executed summary contract form
• Update monthly sales tax schedule
• Enter banks fees via journal entries for bank reconciliations
• Prepare monthly bank and deposit reconciliations
• Enter Purchaser Escrow deposits
• Assist in coordination of job close out
• Analyze sales commissions schedules for accuracy
• Performs other duties as required. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to perform any other job-related duties assigned by their supervisor or management.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in accounting
• Bachelor’s degree with a major in accounting or related discipline preferred
• Construction Accounts Payable experience preferred
• Yardi and Microsoft Office experience preferred
• Intermediate Excel knowledge
• Strong math and communication skills
• Excellent organization and prioritizing skills
• High level of interpersonal skills, tact and diplomacy