Project Cost Accountant - Construction

The Project Cost Accountant is a key member of each project team providing general accounting support and timely, accurate project financials. This position is responsible for reviewing invoices, reviewing budgets, preparing financial reports, creating monthly pay applications, and ensuring project costs are appropriately reflected in project budgets.

Essential Responsibilities

• Responsible for all construction projects accounting functions
• Create project accounts in the accounting system
• Maintain project related records and change orders and be proactive on any deficiencies
• Review and approve supplier invoices related to a project
• Understand, review, and approve overhead charges to be applied to a project
• Review account totals related to project assets and expenses
• Investigate project variances and submit variance reports to management
• Create or approve all project-related billings to customers
• Confer with client regarding unpaid contract billings
• Confer with management on any opportunities for additional billings
• Respond to requests for more detail from customers
• Close out project accounts upon project completion
• Compile information for internal and external auditors, as required
• Assess and improve internal processes and controls as appropriate

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Working knowledge of project cost accounting and construction pay applications
• Familiarity with MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel), Procore, and NetSuite
• Analytical ability to compile relevant data into useful information
• Communication and interpersonal skills to work in a team environment
• Customer service skills to service needs of field personnel and management
• Ability to meet deadlines and work well under pressure
• Organizational skills and problem solving abilities

Education

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or equivalent field preferred
• Minimum 5 years' work experience in accounting environment, with minimum of 3 years' experience in preparation of financial statements, and 2 years of accounting experience in the construction industry

About Fairway Construction

Founded in 1984, Fairway Construction Co., Inc. (FWC) offers design and build services to construct single, multi-family and senior housing, as well as renovate and rehabilitate historic buildings. FWC excels at supervising projects on-site, coordinating with subcontractors and tightly managing the construction schedule to ensure the project is accurately completed on time and on budget. Together with JES Dev Co, Inc., FWC has completed more than 150 projects over a seven-state area.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We will consider applicants for this position without regard to any category protected by applicable federal, state or local law, including but not limited to: race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status or uniformed service member status.

This company is an at-will employer as allowed by applicable state law. If hired, I understand this means that either the company or I may terminate the employment relationship at any time, for any reason, with or without notice or cause. Further, no employee or representative of the company is authorized to enter into an agreement, express or implied, with me or any other applicant for employment for a specified period of time unless such an agreement is in a written contract signed by the President of the company.

Please note, the company does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies without pre-approval. Pre-approval by Human Resources is required before any external candidate can be submitted for consideration. The company is not responsible for fees related to unsolicited resumes and for candidates who are sent directly to our hiring managers, employees or company representatives.

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