Project Accountant

Job Description

Job description

- Has advanced knowledge of project accounting, providing support for the most complex and/or large scale projects.
- Makes recommendations for project improvement based on review of financial results and knowledge of project(s).
- Researches general ledger account reconciliations, journal entry preparation and A/R cash adjustments.
- Works with customers or clients to gather and provide information.
- May review contracts for additional service opportunities and assist in converting project proposal into project budget.

Responsibilities

General

- The PA Supervisor/Team Lead is responsible for developing, planning and monitoring the PA activities of a group of GBS Center based project support professionals. This individual has the overall technical, interpersonal competency, and communication capabilities, to provide guidance, direction, and specialized assistance to supervise a project support staff for the resolution of standard, difficult and complex problems. The role will have significant interface with local and onshore staff, Project Managers, various Region and business leaders, in the execution of this role.
- Specific Role Responsibilities:
- As part of a leadership team, support building and deploying PA project support team
- Ability to proactively articulate the capabilities of the GBS Center PA role of project support staff across various Regions, Business Lines, levels of company management and cross functional staff.
- Responsible to distribute work assignments and monitor work load, to most effectively utilize staff and meet the projects, Regions, Business Lines objectives. Ability to proactively track and communicate staffing activities to various stakeholders. May be required to report on staff utilization, appropriateness of staff for assignment, and other quality and performance metrics.
- Exercises experience and sound judgement in assessing complex project needs and associated staffing situations to both the project and the business units goals. Coordinates the efforts of assigned resources/staff with other project and business unit staff.
- Participate in business development, proposal efforts and project start-ups as needed.
- May be involved in assessing and evaluating quality of work effort of staff and advise on approach and/or elevate corrective actions, communicating appropriately with project and business stakeholders.
- Develops, trains and mentors staff in both technical aspects of project accounting methods as well as support interpersonal communications with assignment project manager and other staff.
- Effectively disseminates corporate expectation regarding company policy as it relates to reflecting project status on all project complexities and types. Conveys procedural and best practice information and existing and emerging methods.
- Coordinates staffing requirements, assigns and supervisors project work activities, and trains personnel.
- Supervises staff through developing, establishing and maintaining goals and documenting performance reviews. Provides personnel development for the assigned employees.
- Ensures adherence to organization guidelines and supports internal & external audits.
- Performs ad-hoc reports for the management team, based on the requests.
- Acts as first escalation level and solves as quickly as possible, difficult service issues escalated from staff by following companys policy.
- Replicates Project Accounting best practices across countries and ensures that process documentation is continuously updated.
- Builds & maintains long-term relationships with key stakeholders.
- Recruiting and integrating new team members

Qualifications

- Bachelors degree in finance, engineering, construction management, business management or other associated degree. Relevant work in lieu of degree considered
- 8 to 12+ years experience
- Engineering & Construction industry experience preferred, or similar service industry with contracts experience (strong understanding of projects, contracts and/or service industry)
- Ability to communicate initiatives, results, and analysis
- Ability to manage a number of staff and jobs, and prioritize deadlines
- Supervision of multiple staff
- Prior experience in Oracle is highly advantageous
- Strong in Excel and Intermediate in Word is highly advantageous

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