Project Accountant

Description

Project Accountant

Location: In Office - Perrysburg, OH

Position Summary

Sigma Technologies is seeking a detail-oriented Project Accountant to support the financial management of our customer projects and work closely with Project Managers and the Accounting team. This position plays an important role in project setup, billing, financial reporting, accounts receivable, project forecasting, and ensuring accurate financial information throughout the lifecycle of a project.

The ideal candidate will bring strong general accounting knowledge, experience analyzing project financials, and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment. This role is primarily on-site and provides an opportunity to work closely with both operational and accounting teams across the organization.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Set up and maintain customer and project/job accounts, ensuring accurate and complete financial and administrative information.
• Track and manage customer purchase orders (POs), including monitoring available balances and coordinating with Project Managers regarding changes or additional authorizations.
• Provide ongoing financial and accounting support to Project Managers for billing, cost, profitability, and other project financial information.
• Prepare and maintain Work in Progress (WIP) reporting, identifying project variances and potential billing or revenue issues.
• Prepare and distribute labor utilization reports and provide project teams with relevant labor and financial information.
• Manage customer invoice submissions and supporting documentation, including electronic portals and other customer-required processes.
• Coordinate and complete customer project/job closeouts, ensuring all financial and administrative requirements have been satisfied.
• Manage customer permit tracking, documentation, and reconciliation, ensuring permits and related costs are properly recorded and reconciled.
• Provide accounts receivable oversight, including monitoring aging, following up on outstanding balances, resolving billing issues, and supporting collection efforts.
• Process and reconcile cash receipts, ensuring payments are accurately applied to customer accounts.
• Assist with month-end and year-end close processes, including reconciliations, reporting, accruals, and other accounting activities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business or Finance is preferred, but not required
• 3+ years of progressive accounting experience.
• Knowledge of GAAP, general accounting concepts, journal entries, and general ledger account reconciliations.
• Experience with financial analysis and project forecasting.
• Advanced technical skills, particularly in Microsoft Office, with experience manipulating worksheet files, spreadsheets, and databases, including the use of various customer software programs.
• Strong prioritization, time management, and organizational skills, with the ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and meet strict deadlines.
• Proven attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and adapt to changing business needs.
• Professionalism with strong oral and written communication skills.
• Integrity and commitment to ethical financial practices.
• Available during the “core” work hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand.
• Primarily on-site work required to provide in-person employee and team support; occasional hybrid work possible.
• Must have dependable transportation and a valid driver’s license and insurance.
• Must be able to pass a background check/drug test/driving record check.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to endure frequent, lengthy periods of sedentary work and sit for prolonged periods of time.
• Must be able to utilize a computer keyboard, computer monitor, and telephone for prolonged periods of time.
• Must have the physical ability to perform activities such as preparing and analyzing data and figures, transcribing notes, and viewing a computer terminal; these activities require close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Must have the physical ability to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word and convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, often in a group setting.
• Must have the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.

This job description should not be interpreted as all inclusive. It is intended to identify the major responsibilities and requirements of a job. The individual may be required to perform job-related responsibilities and tasks other than those stated on this description.

This document does not constitute an employment agreement between Sigma and the employee and is subject to change by Sigma as the needs of the organization and/or the requirements of the function change.

Pay is commensurate with experience and education. Sigma is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate based on an employee’s race, color, gender, sexual preference, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, veteran/military status, or any other classification protected by law.

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