Project Accountant

Equus • Eugene, OR

4d • $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, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Driven and action-oriented and are comfortable multitasking and meeting multiple, tight deadlines.
• Take pride in your 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 and 3+ years of working in an accounting role and are ready to make an impact.
• Previous experience with cost accounting, government fund accounting, or 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, state, and 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 and 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