Project Accountant

Build More with Your Career at Christman

Are you interested in becoming an employee-owner with a leading national general contractor that will provide you with opportunities to Build More in your professional career? The Christman Company is looking for a Project Accountant in our Knoxville, Tennessee region. This position is responsible for supporting the project team throughout the completion of a project. This includes providing regular updates regarding project profitability, sub-contractor compliance and any outstanding risk management issues requiring the team's attention.

What You Will Do:

As Project Accountant, your primary daily responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to:

1. Support Construction Operations With Accurate Financial Data

• Assist Project Managers with project cost projections and reconciliations through project cost reports.
• Support executive project financial status review through Project Financial Status Reports (PFSR).

2. Ensure Compliance with Company Risk Management Practices

• Collect and track signed contracts, builder's risk insurance policies, trade contractor insurance, waivers, sworn statements, bonds, and notice of furnishings.
• Maintain accurate and detailed project financial records including client, trade contractor, and project information files to a quality level expected by auditors.

3. Serve as a Personal Point-of-Contact with Trade Contractors

• - Provide orientation conversations for trade contractors working with Christman for the first time.
• - Answer questions and provide information regarding payments and contract compliance.

4. Process Project Financial Transactions

• Manage and process all financial transactions performed in the normal course of a construction project between our company, the project owner, and trade contractors using our database system.
• Manage Project Start Up; load project budgets, issue subcontracts, and perform all other activities required to appropriately structure accounting systems for the project type.
• Process Owner Invoices; reconcile job costs, load schedule of values, billing rates, and other information needed to support the contractual invoicing procedure and company risk management and accounting standards.
• Process Trade Contractor Invoices; reconcile trade contractor invoices, batch, cut and post trade contractor payments, and print checks.
• Project Changes; manage and process all financial transactions generated by changes to the original project contract and scope (owner change order and trade contractor change orders).
• Project Close-Out; manage final billing adjustments, subcontract finalization, archiving, and other processes that confirm complete execution of the project contract.

5. Contribute to Corporate Financial Accounting

• Each member of the project accounting team has an opportunity and responsibility to contribute to corporate financial accounting systems.
• Depending on background and capabilities, contributions may include supporting tasks or system responsibility related to: bank reconciliations, cash receipts, property management, payroll administration, trade contractor evaluations, joint venture financial statements, insurance audits, sales and use tax audits, accounting and project management software enhancements, etc.

6. Complete assigned and required training for this role.

What You Will Bring to the Team:

Required experience, knowledge, and skills for this role include:

1. Associate's or Bachelor Degree in Business, Accounting, or related field.
2. Two (2) or more years of accounting/project accounting experience.
3. -or- Equivalent combination of the above education, training, and experience.

Preferred experience, knowledge, and skills for this role include:

1. Associate's or Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Business.
2. Detailed knowledge of project contracts and change order documents.
3. Knowledge of the construction industry and industry terminology.
4. Three (3) years of experience in project accounting.

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

1. Proven ability to maintain the highest levels of integrity, and handle, update, and maintain sensitive information in a confidential, timely, and professional manner.
2. High level of accuracy and advanced attention to detail.
3. Excellent communication and writing skills.
4. Ability to work independently, take initiative, set priorities and see projects through to completion.
5. Employ problem-solving skills and analysis and report problems to the Project Leader and/or Controller.
6. Strong service orientation and knowledge of the project structure in a client/consultant business environment.

Work Environment and Physical Demands:

This position will be conducted in a temperature-controlled professional office environment, with moderate noise. The role will routinely use standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, scanners, and file cabinets. While performing the duties of this role, the employee is regularly required to talk, listen sit, walk, reach, kneel, stoop, crouch, and use hands and fingers to handle or feel and to operate a computer keyboard and phone while maintaining visual acuity. The employee may occasionally be required to lift and or carry lightweight (under 20 pounds) objects. The ideal candidate must be able to complete all physical requirements of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Why Christman?

Here at Christman, everyone is an owner. Through our employee stock ownership plan, each employee-owner shares in the collective success and wealth of our collective hard work and dedication. Through our excellent total compensation package, eligible employees will receive benefits including employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA contribution, 401K contribution, professional development and tuition reimbursement, and much more! Learn more about how you can become an employee-owner and Build More in your career at Christman!

The Christman family of companies is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or disability status. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Notice to Recruiting Agencies (Unsolicited Resumes): The Christman Company does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Please do not forward unsolicited agency resumes to our applicant tracking system, website, or to any Christman employee/affiliates. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Christman employees or its' affiliates will be considered property of The Christman Company and will be processed accordingly. Christman will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume without an executed agreement and assigned to a specific search.