Project Accountant

Geostabilization International • Folsom, NJ

10d

About The Position

GeoStabilization International (GSI), Access Limited, and RoadGuard form an infrastructure solutions platform serving North America and New Zealand. As the company grows through acquisitions and integrates systems and teams, accurate project financials are an important driver of performance. The Project Accountant works at the intersection of accounting and operations, making project economics visible, reliable, and useful to Project Managers and finance leadership.

The role is responsible for maintaining accurate and auditable project financials, reconciling job costs, preparing contract-aligned billings, and partnering with Project Managers on revenue recognition, work-in-progress, cost-to-complete estimates, and margin projections. It also tracks change orders and helps recover revenue for work performed. The Project Accountant identifies and implements improvements to project-accounting processes and systems, and translates financial information into clear guidance for field teams, finance leadership, and other stakeholders. Experience with Viewpoint Vista ERP is a strong advantage.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future visa sponsorship. The company does not accept candidates relying on H-1B, OPT, CPT, TN, or other sponsored work authorization statuses.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• At least 2 years of accounting experience; general ledger, cost, or project-based experience is preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Strong attention to detail, time management, and critical-thinking skills.
• Comfort collaborating across teams, including operations and project leaders.
• Willingness to learn project-accounting concepts such as work-in-progress, change orders, and forecasting.
• Must be currently authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship, now or in the future; sponsored work authorization statuses including H-1B, OPT, CPT, and TN are not accepted.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in construction, engineering, or another project-driven industry.
• Familiarity with Viewpoint Vista ERP.
• Exposure to job costing, billing, or revenue recognition.
• Interest in growing into a business-partnering or forecasting role.

Responsibilities

• Reconcile labor, materials, and subcontractor costs across active jobs, ensuring every dollar can be traced to its source and variances are explained.
• Prepare timely, accurate project billings that align with contract terms.
• Partner with Project Managers on revenue recognition, work-in-progress, cost-to-complete estimates, and margin projections.
• Track change orders from the field through the ledger and pursue unsubmitted work so revenue earned is recovered in billing.
• Maintain accurate, auditable project financials that comply with accounting policy and withstand internal review, external audit, and leadership scrutiny.
• Identify manual, slow, or fragile project-accounting processes and design and implement improvements.
• Partner with field teams, finance leadership, and cross-functional stakeholders, translating project financials into clear, usable guidance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level