Project Accountant II

SummitHR•Los Angeles, CA

About The Position

Project Accountant with Construction Management experience needed. This role involves reviewing bond program invoices and encumbrances, assisting with financial analyses, identifying and resolving discrepancies, ensuring accurate data entry in PMIS (Proliance), and resolving integration issues between Proliance and Costpoint. The position also requires evaluating bond compliance, reconciling financial accounts, preparing journal entries, developing reports for transparency, and communicating with vendors and outside team members regarding cost and invoice matters. Collaboration with other departments to resolve payment issues and obtain necessary authorizations is also a key part of the role, along with performing other activities as requested by the Finance and Accounting Manager.

Requirements

1 year of work experience, specifically in invoice processing or accounts payable.
Associate's degree or College Certificate.
Ability to work with business enterprise software including MS Office, Excel, Word.
Ability to perform historical trend analysis and propose action plan for resolution.
Ability to create and analyze financial reports.
Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to communication and present effectively.

Nice To Haves

Construction Management experience
Bachelor's Degree in business or related degree/certificate.

Responsibilities

Review Bond Program invoices and encumbrances and process per accounting procedures.
Assist Finance and Accounting team with analyses of ongoing financial activity for the Bond Program.
Identify discrepancies or inconsistencies in invoice documentation and resolve expeditiously.
Ensure invoice and encumbrance entries in PMIS (Proliance) are correct and supporting documentation is provided.
Resolve integration issues for invoices and encumbrances between Proliance and Costpoint.
Evaluate and ensure bond compliance in regard to all payment requests.
Reconcile financial accounts/escrow bank statements.
Prepare and process journal entries and Debit/Credit Memos.
Assist Finance and Accounting team in identifying errors and develop innovative approaches to minimize risk of repeat discrepancies.
Develop new reports and assist with form revisions to help provide transparency into Bond Program expenditures.
Communicate with applicable construction and professional services vendors as needed.
Work directly with outside team members and campuses on cost and invoice commitments and expenditure matters.
Work effectively with other department personnel in order to resolve any invoice payment issues and obtain signatures of authorization on invoice matters.
Other activities as needed as requested by the Finance and Accounting Manager.