Project Accountant at Virtual Company
Birmingham, AL 35209
About the Job
We are seeking a collaborative and solutions-oriented accountant who thrives on solving problems and transforming financial data into actionable insights that drive team success. In this role, you’ll work closely with project managers, accounting, and leadership to ensure smooth financial operations. If you are passionate about working in a supportive, people-first environment where flexibility, work-life balance, and mutual respect are foundational values, this could be a good fit.
Our organization is known for exceptional people, a strong team spirit, and a flexible, casual work environment that fosters long-term employee satisfaction. They offer a high quality of life and the opportunity to grow alongside a team that values your contributions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with team members to handle accounting functions, including invoicing, accounts payable/receivable, collections, journal entries, and reconciliations, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
- Partner with project managers to prepare invoices in accordance with contract terms and provide clear financial data that supports project decisions.
- Coordinate with operations to process and pay invoices per agreements, budgets, and pay-when-paid terms.
- Track and communicate project financial performance, comparing job-to-date costs against budgets and providing accurate forecasting to optimize resource management.
- Maintain a dynamic financial open items list, sharing regular updates with principals and project managers to enhance team alignment.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
- 2+ years of accounting experience
- Exceptional communication and organizational skills with a detail-oriented mindset.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
- A proactive, collaborative work ethic with a passion for continuous learning and team success.
Vaco values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
EEO Notice
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Pay Transparency Notice
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.