Project Accountant

Shive Hattery Group, Inc.•Iowa City, IA

15d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Project Accountant with 3+ years of experience, you will play a key role in supporting the firm and shaping projects from concept through completion. You will collaborate with talented teammates, contribute your expertise, and help deliver thoughtful, high-quality solutions for clients. This role involves being a financial partner to project leaders, bringing clarity to project financials, uncovering issues and opportunities, and helping teams make decisions that lead to stronger outcomes. You will develop a strong understanding of client contracts, master service agreements, and project-specific billing requirements, preparing accurate, timely monthly client invoices with supporting documentation. You will also identify and resolve unbilled items, monitor accounts receivable, maintain financial documentation, make necessary adjustments to billable hours and expenses, and support project closeout by reviewing financials and reconciling work-in-progress.

Requirements

3+ years of experience
Bachelors degree in accounting or related field
Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and excellent communication skills
Familiar with accounting principles and practices and have experience working with financial systems and tools
Comfortable working in a team environment, collaborating with project managers, engineers, architects, and other stakeholders to achieve project goals
A full clean driver’s license is required.
Candidates must have current and ongoing authorization to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

AEC industry experience
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Enjoy digging into the details, solving problems, building relationships, and seeing the impact of your expertise on meaningful work

Responsibilities

Be a financial partner to the people leading our projects.
Collaborate with project managers, architects, engineers, and other professionals to bring clarity to project financials, uncover issues and opportunities, and help teams make decisions that lead to stronger outcomes.
Develop a strong understanding of client contracts, master service agreements, and project-specific billing requirements and apply this knowledge across a portfolio of projects.
Prepare accurate, timely monthly client invoices that align with contract requirements, including supporting documentation for project manager review and approval.
Identify and resolve unbilled items, helping teams capture billing opportunities and keep projects financially healthy.
Monitor accounts receivable and partner with project managers to support timely client payments.
Maintain client and project financial documentation, including contracts, MSAs, invoices, and related records.
Make necessary adjustments to billable hours and expenses and open or close project phases as work evolves.
Help project teams navigate client agreements, billing requirements, and internal financial policies, identifying and addressing issues before they become larger problems.
Support project closeout by reviewing financials, reconciling work-in-progress (WIP), and closing project phases and accounting periods.