Project Accountant - GrowthWise Search Partners

Bring your construction accounting knowledge to a company that has grown 100% per year and needs your expertise to support and advance the construction accounting function.

This is YOUR path to Controller. Grow with the company and build a team under you.
Establish best practices and documented procedures.
Work with an entrepreneurial company without big corporate bureaucracy.

Join as our first Project Accountant.This is a newly created role as a result of company growth.

Project Accountant – Your Job Duties:

You will work directly with the CFO/Co-Owner to support daily accounting operations and construction accounting.

• Perform full cycle accounts payable process from initial purchase order and invoice to matching the invoice and job costing it to assign costs to all jobs – very detailed!
• Perform and oversee the accounts receivable and billing process from progress billing out to ensuring timely cash collection
• Participate in the project cost tracking / WIP accounting process including meeting with project management team to understand project percentage of completion and under/overs on jobs
• Process payroll (weekly) using in house accounting software (including prevailing wage payroll)
• Establish and document accounting policies and procedures, creating an accounting department procedure playbook for future company growth
• Perform account analysis and financial analysis on closed projects
• Pull reports and provide data and analysis to management as needed

Project Accountant -Required Skills, Experience & Personality Fit

You have:

• Prior experience with construction accounting, WIPs, progress billing / applying costs to projects (project accounting) in a construction or specialty subcontracting company
• Grit – you work well in a small and closely held company where you wear many hats, pivot every day and troubleshoot challenges with independent critical thought
• Attention to detail – you have a keen eye, double check your work and value quality and accuracy
• Experience with accounting ERP systems (may include SAGE 100, 300, Timberline, Foundation)
• MS Excel skills (intermediate) – complex formulas, large multi-tab spreadsheets

Project Accountant – You Might Have (Desired, Not Required)

You might have:

• Prior experience using Computerease or Deltek accounting ERP software
• Exposure to prevailing wage payroll

Project Accountant – For You

Your compensation will be $85,000 salary, depending on experience, plus incentive bonus potential.

You will be provided with medical insurance options including company contribution, dental and vision insurance option, paid time off, paid holidays.

This role is located in office in Roseville, California. Your start and stop schedule is flexible based on your needs between the hours of 7am and 6pm M-F.