What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Accountant position at Alterman Group Inc?
Overview
The Project Accountant manages project setup and budgets in the ERP system and ensures accurate billing and accounts receivable reporting for all assigned projects.
Essential Functions:
1. Project Set Up and Duration: 75%
- Responsible for setting up new projects in ERP with proper coding for cost centers, sales tax, use tax, and payroll compliance.
- Enters project budgets and modifications, including change order modifications to contract values.
- Works with Project Managers on cost, budgets, and Purchase Orders (POs) as needed.
- Processes and prepares monthly billing.
- Reviews and verifies billing/invoice data for accuracy.
- Prepares and submits billings to customers.
- Prepares billings for entry into Spectrum and Customer’s online billing platform.
- Cleans aged accounts receivables.
- Creates T&M billing coding in ERP for specific types of contracts.
- Assists with accounts receivable aging, reporting, and collections.
- Coordinates with Accounts Payable on major POs approval and correct posting to the job.
- Adds new customers into the ERP financial system.
- Validates tax classification for jobs/customers/vendors.
- Responds to vendor and/or customer inquiries.
2. Compliance and File Maintenance: 15%
- Maintains waivers, conditional and unconditional, and handles sales tax certificates.
- Coordinates with the Risk department to store contractual documents in required locations.
- Assists corporate staff with monthly/quarterly/annual tax compliance, reporting, and audits.
3. Performs other duties as assigned. 10%
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree with a concentration in accounting and one to four years of relevant experience OR an equivalent combination of education and experience required.
Skills/Abilities:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Able to participate in meetings.
- Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, or other related software.
- Able to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages.
- Able to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Able to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
- Able to balance team and individual responsibilities.
- Able to complete administrative tasks correctly and timely.
- Able to adapt changes in the work environment.
Work Environment:
- Office environment with moderate noise level.
Physical Demands:
- Must be able to frequently sit.
- Must be able to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects; must be able to reach with hands and arms. Manual dexterity associated with computer data entry required.
- Must be able to talk and hear.
- Close vision required.
