Project Accountant

The Christman Company•Fort Worth, TX

43d•Onsite

About The Position

The Christman Company is seeking a Project Accountant to support construction operations with accurate financial data. This role involves assisting Project Managers with cost projections and reconciliations, supporting executive project financial status reviews, and ensuring compliance with company risk management practices. The Project Accountant will also serve as a point of contact for trade contractors, manage and process all project financial transactions, and contribute to corporate financial accounting systems.

Requirements

Associate’s Degree in Business, Accounting, or related field.
Two (2) or more years of accounting/project accounting experience.
Equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
Proven ability to maintain the highest levels of integrity, and handle, update, and maintain sensitive information in a confidential, timely, and professional manner.
High level of accuracy and advanced attention to detail.
Excellent communication and writing skills.
Ability to work independently, take initiative, set priorities and see projects through to completion.
Employ problem-solving skills and analysis and report problems to the Project Leader and/or Controller.
Strong service orientation and knowledge of the project structure in a client/consultant business environment.
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.
Successful completion of pre-employment screening, including drug and background screening.

Nice To Haves

Detailed knowledge of project contracts and change order documents.
Knowledge of the construction industry and industry terminology.
Three (3) years of experience in project accounting.

Responsibilities

Assist Project Managers with project cost projections and reconciliations through project cost reports.
Support executive project financial status review through Project Financial Status Reports (PFSR).
Collect and track signed contracts, builder’s risk insurance policies, trade contractor insurance, waivers, sworn statements, bonds, and notice of furnishings.
Maintain accurate and detailed project financial records including client, trade contractor, and project information files to a quality level expected by auditors.
Provide orientation conversations for trade contractors working with Christman for the first time.
Answer questions and provide information regarding payments and contract compliance.
Manage and process all financial transactions performed in the normal course of a construction project between our company, the project owner, and trade contractors using our database system.
Manage project start up; load project budgets, issue subcontracts, and perform all other activities required to appropriately structure accounting systems for the project type.
Process owner invoices; reconcile job costs, load schedule of values, billing rates, and other information needed to support the contractual invoicing procedure and company risk management and accounting standards.
Process trade contractor invoices; reconcile trade contractor invoices, batch, cut and post trade contractor payments, and print checks.
Manage and process all financial transactions generated by changes to the original project contract and scope (owner change order and trade contractor change orders).
Manage final billing adjustments, subcontract finalization, archiving, and other processes that confirm complete execution of the project contract.
Contribute to corporate financial accounting systems, potentially supporting tasks or system responsibility related to bank reconciliations, cash receipts, property management, payroll administration, trade contractor evaluations, joint venture financial statements, insurance audits, sales and use tax audits, and accounting and project management software enhancements.