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Project Accountant - Contract

Project Accountant - Contract

PathfindEdmonton AB
30+ days ago
Salary
CAD80000–CAD95000 yearly
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Project Accountant

Primary Function

Reporting to the Finance Manager - West, the Project Accountant is responsible for analyzing business unit or project financial activities and results, and supervision as required of Finance Team members

Remuneration

80,000 to $95,000 depending upon experience

Responsibilities

  • Knowledge and understanding of sales agreements and contracts
  • Ensure jobs are properly set up, maintained, and closed upon completion
  • Signing off on job set-ups, budgets, rate tables, change management documents and job closes
  • Client cost reporting
  • Month end review, adjustments, accruals and revenue recognition
  • Maintaining work files
  • Setting up and maintaining Job Rate Table(s)
  • Ad hoc reporting requirements as necessary
  • Support OC Manager, Project Manager, and Sr. Project Accountant as required
  • Analyzing Over / Under and SG&A accounts
  • Analyzing job margins
  • Variance reporting
  • Providing cost analysis and reports to measure actual to planned job progress for forecasting
  • Provide accounting support
  • Other duties as required

Education / Training Requirements

  • 5-7 years relevant work experience
  • Post-secondary diploma or certification from accredited college or technical / business school.
  • CPA designation preferred
  • Proven proficiency within an accounting or finance function within an industrial contracting company
  • Professional accounting experience including job costing, financial analysis and financial reporting
  • Previous experience with construction, and / or manufacturing industries would be a definite asset.
  • Previous experience preparing financial statements would be an asset.