Project Accountant

Bosch Building Technologies • Vancouver, BC

7d • Onsite

About The Position

The Project Accountant supports the financial management of construction projects by partnering closely with Project Managers to ensure accurate budgeting, forecasting, invoicing, and cost tracking. This role is responsible for maintaining project financial health through variance analysis, progress billing, compliance documentation, and customer invoicing, while ensuring adherence to contract terms and company processes.

Requirements

• Minimum 1 year of experience performing in a project accounting role, or similar
• Experience with progress draw invoicing
• Experience using billing portals
• Intermediate excel skills
• Detail oriented, organized, able to problem solve, multitask, work effectively under pressure, meet deadlines and prioritize workload
• Ability to effectively work in a team environment
• Self-starter and able to take initiative
• Receptive to coaching and willing to learn and develop skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Eager to learn and able to apply newly acquired skills for immediate results

Nice To Haves

• Post-secondary education in accounting, an asset
• Construction project accounting knowledge, specifically around long-term contracts (WIP), an asset
• 3+ years of experience in construction or project-based accounting environments
• 3+ years of experience supporting progress billing, WIP reporting, or cost tracking on long-term contracts
• Experience in construction, low-voltage, or specialty contracting environments
• Familiarity with ERP systems (e.g., D365, NetSuite, Viewpoint, or similar)
• Experience supporting large-scale or enterprise-level projects, including cost-plus contracts
• Knowledge of lien waivers, bonding, and insurance documentation processes
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, financial modeling)
• Ability to collaborate cross-functionally with operations, finance, and customers
• Strong analytical mindset with a proactive approach to identifying cost or billing risks
• Experience working in fast-paced, high-volume project environments

Responsibilities

• Perform detailed variance analysis for projects on a monthly basis to ensure projects remain on budget, or strategize on ways to improve profitability, together with the Project Managers
• Hold monthly meetings with Project Managers to determine monthly invoicing requirements, and support AR to ensure invoices are received timely
• Assist in preparing compliance documentation, including collection of waivers, certificates of insurance, bonding, amongst others
• Review construction contracts and ensure project is accurately set-up in the system, including contract value, costs, division, branch, etc.
• Importing of quotes from quoting software into ERP
• Produce customer invoices/project draws for a variety of projects, ensuring formatting is compliant with contract terms and customer specifications, including preparation of required backup to accompany invoice
• Supporting large, enterprise customers through gathering backup pertaining to cost-plus contracts
• Entering change orders into the system in order to update contract values and costs
• Performing cost analysis on projects to create projections on remaining costs to complete
• Create and provide job costing reports to project managers to assist them in updating estimates on budget projections
• Work directly with customers to ensure invoices have been received, approved, and actioned
• Assist with ad-hoc projects and other duties as required

Benefits

• Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability & veterans, or any other characteristic protected by law.
• If you need accommodation for any part of the application process, please send an email or call 1-855-296-3199 to speak with Human Resources and let us know the nature of your request.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree