Project Accountant: Construction Payroll & ERP (Contract)

Southwest Electrical Contracting Services•Converse, TX

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Southwest Electrical Contracting Services LLC is seeking a hands-on Project Accountant for a 4-to-6-week contract project to rebuild employer-paid fringe benefit setup in Spectrum (Trimble/Viewpoint), the company’s ERP. The work covers health, PTO, holiday, life, disability, and 401(k) benefits, including union, wage, and add-on codes for prevailing wage and Davis-Bacon jobs. The Project Accountant will drive setup, testing, and go-live in coordination with the Payroll Manager, HR, and Accounting teams. The engagement’s deliverables include live fringe benefit setup in Spectrum production; documented testing and reconciliations, with issues resolved or documented; step-by-step setup instructions; and a completed handoff to Payroll and HR. The position is based in Converse, Texas, in the San Antonio area, with a hybrid work arrangement. Compensation is $55–$65 per hour, and the start date is ASAP.

Requirements

At least 3 years of experience in construction payroll, payroll accounting, or ERP payroll implementation.
Hands-on payroll setup experience in a construction ERP; Spectrum is strongly preferred, with Vista, Foundation, CMiC, or Sage 300 CRE considered.
Working knowledge of union and prevailing wage/Davis-Bacon payroll, fringe benefit credits, and certified payroll reporting.
Strong Excel skills, including lookups, pivots, and reconciliations, and comfort with bulk data imports.
Detail-oriented and well organized, with a standard practice of documenting sources, assumptions, exceptions, and validation.

Nice To Haves

Prior payroll system implementation or conversion project experience.
Multi-state payroll experience.
401(k) and benefits administration experience.

Responsibilities

Validate the employee benefit master file and fringe hourly rate calculations against vendor invoices and plan documents.
Build and load union codes, wage codes, job settings, benefit tiers and overrides, and add-on (U) codes in Spectrum using import templates for prevailing wage and non-Davis-Bacon employees.
Test in the TST environment; reconcile payroll output and certified payroll reports against manual calculations; and validate GL postings and department code mapping.
Track uploads and issues, resolve differences, and support the production cutover.
Write step-by-step how-to documents, help design GL-to-invoice benefit reconciliations, and help hand off new-hire add-on setup to HR.
Document testing and tie-outs, and resolve or document issues by the end of the engagement.