The Role
Performs project accounting activities including billing data collection, invoice reconciliation, cost and expenditure analysis, variance investigation, cash flow monitoring, and project reporting. Maintains accurate job and customer records, resolves discrepancies and audit issues, prepares government reports, and identifies billing or cost-saving opportunities. The role requires strong GAAP knowledge, Excel proficiency, sound judgment, communication skills, and travel to project job sites.
Summary Generated by Built In
The Project Accountant II will be responsible for various accounting tasks pertaining to their assigned project. Tasks include collecting, computing, classifying, recording, and verifying material billing data used for customer billing and maintaining project-related records. The Project Accountant II must have the ability to perform moderately complex day-to-day accounting duties, use sound judgement to make decisions, resolve issues, and have an advanced understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. (GAAP) Because this role may require occasional mentoring and coaching of the Project Accountant I, strong communication skills are desired. Flexibility is a must as this position will require traveling to different job sites.
Key Responsibilities
- Assimilates data from multiple sources to account for resources used on job.
- Reviews documentation from other personnel, clients, purchase orders, cost reports, and third-party auditors.
- Maintains files on jobs/customers ensuring completeness and accuracy. Identifies and reconciles invoices and records, resolves discrepancies.
- Communicates with project personnel and auditors. Resolves audit issues, exercises good judgement and discretion when determining corrective course of action.
- Analyzes trends and recommends process improvement.
- Data collection & entry according to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
- Produces specialized reporting according to customer needs.
- Review labor hours submitted by field personnel pertaining to project tasks, identifying and addressing any inconsistencies
- Conduct thorough examinations of all project expenditures to ensure precise billing and cost estimates
- investigates project variances
- Compile project information
- perform data collection and data entry
- Maintain cash flow consistency
- Report to management on opportunities for additional billings or cost savings
- Create and submit government reports to proper agencies
- Travel as needed
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- A minimum of 3 years of relative accounting experience
- Proficiency in Microsoft excel
- Ability to analyze information, develop ad hoc spreadsheet reports and verify information.
- Strong communication skills
- Advanced understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. (GAAP)
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or equivalent from an accredited college or university, or in place of a degree, 4+ additional years of relative accounting experience
Personal Traits and Attributes
- Must be detail oriented
- Can use sound judgement in making decisions
- A team player
- Adaptable
- Self-motivated
About
Founded in 1996, Cotton Holdings Inc., is a global, diversified holding company with subsidiaries that provide property restoration, construction, roofing, consulting, workforce staffing, temporary workforce housing and culinary services to public and private entities worldwide. Cotton subsidiaries operate throughout North America and internationally under eight unique brands: Cotton Global Disaster Solutions, Cotton Roofing, Cotton Logistics, Cotton Culinary, Cotton International, Advance Catastrophe Technologies (ACT) and Target Solutions.
Skills Required
- At least 3 years of relevant accounting experience
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Ability to analyze information, develop ad hoc spreadsheet reports, and verify information
- Strong communication skills
- Advanced understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or equivalent from an accredited college or university
- Alternatively, 4 or more additional years of relevant accounting experience in place of a degree
- Detail-oriented, sound judgment, teamwork, adaptability, and self-motivation
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The Company
What We Do
Cotton Holdings is a Houston-headquartered global infrastructure support services company serving public and private clients. Through specialized subsidiaries and brands, it provides property restoration and disaster recovery, construction and roofing, consulting, logistics, workforce staffing and temporary housing, and culinary services. Its integrated capabilities, personnel, technology and company-owned assets support disaster response, large development projects, government and public-sector partnerships, industrial operations, and commercial real-estate business continuity across North America and internationally.
