Project Accountant

Equus • Eugene, OR

10d • $80,000 - $95,000

About The Position

- Responsible for tracking, analyzing, and reporting project financial status
- Ensures that procedures and policies are in place to fulfill all contractual financial obligations
- Facilitate effective and efficient financial reporting, and ensure compliance with local, state, and corporate policies.
- Maintain a clear understanding of revenue recognition, project invoicing, journal entry preparation, and general accounting rules.
- Support both management and clients by communicating financial insights and reporting on the performance of assigned projects in a way that non-financial team members can understand.
- Direct fiscal operations relating to financial planning, funds management, accounting, reporting, and disbursement.
-Perform month-end closing activities
- Process payroll, accounts payable, and prepare accounts receivable invoices to customers
- Prepare and maintain budgets, forecasts, and cash flows across multiple funding streams and communicate the contract’s financial position
- Administer supplier contract terms, verify compliance, and review payments
- Prepare financial performance reviews and maintain project financial data
-Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Self-motivated and flexible team player.
• Strong organizational skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong communication skills
• Driven and action-oriented
• Comfortable multitasking
• Comfortable meeting multiple, tight deadlines
• Ability to recognize and solve problems as they arise especially in regard to business practices, quality, and internal controls
• Bachelor's degree or higher in a related field
• 3+ years of working in an accounting role

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience with cost accounting
• Previous experience with government fund accounting
• Previous experience with Oracle

Responsibilities

• tracking project financial status
• analyzing project financial status
• reporting project financial status
• Ensuring procedures and policies are in place to fulfill all contractual financial obligations
• Facilitating effective and efficient financial reporting
• Ensuring compliance with local policies
• Ensuring compliance with state policies
• Ensuring compliance with corporate policies
• Maintaining a clear understanding of revenue recognition
• Maintaining a clear understanding of project invoicing
• Maintaining a clear understanding of journal entry preparation
• Maintaining a clear understanding of general accounting rules
• Supporting management by communicating financial insights
• Supporting clients by communicating financial insights
• Reporting on the performance of assigned projects
• Directing fiscal operations relating to financial planning
• Directing fiscal operations relating to funds management
• Directing fiscal operations relating to accounting
• Directing fiscal operations relating to reporting
• Directing fiscal operations relating to disbursement
• Performing month-end closing activities
• Processing payroll
• Processing accounts payable
• Preparing accounts receivable invoices to customers
• Preparing and maintaining budgets
• Preparing and maintaining forecasts
• Preparing and maintaining cash flows across multiple funding streams
• Communicating the contract’s financial position
• Administering supplier contract terms
• Verifying compliance
• Reviewing payments
• Preparing financial performance reviews
• Maintaining project financial data
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• extensive learning opportunities
• networking programs

What This Job Offers

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