Project Accountant

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Duluth, GA
Hybrid
Junior
Financial Services
The Role
The Project Accountant will manage job setups, analyze costs versus budgets, assist with billing, review payments, and ensure compliance in accounting systems.
Summary Generated by Built In
GHJ Search and Staffing serves as the recruitment division of GHJ, a prominent national accounting and advisory firm. Our team provides qualified Accounting and Finance professionals on a temporary and permanent basis across a broad range of industries. GHJ’s relationship with our Global Advisory and Accounting Network provides the resources needed to better understand client’s needs, attract a higher caliber of candidates and assess candidate potential.

Our client, a growing construction company, is seeking a Project Accountant to join their team!

Responsibilities:
Support job setup: verify contracts, budgets, and contact details
Track and analyze job costs vs. budget; report on profitability
Assist with billing, lien waivers, and supporting documentation
Review subcontractor payment draws; manage lien releases and compliance
Process and code invoices, pay applications, and POs per contract terms
Maintain and reconcile project budgets, forecasts, and cost reports
Coordinate with title companies and subs on waivers and documentation
Ensure accuracy in accounting systems and support project closeout
Communicate with vendors/subs to resolve billing issues
Assist department heads with ad hoc projects and database updates

Qualifications:
1+ year of experience in accounting within the construction space

*College degree is not required

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The Company
HQ: Los Angeles, CA
997 Employees
Year Founded: 1953

What We Do

GHJ is an accounting and advisory firm that specializes in nonprofit, food and beverage, entertainment and media and health and wellness companies. Previous recipient of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Employee Champion For Life Work Harmony Award and named a “Best Places to Work” by the Los Angeles Business Journal eight times since 2008, GHJ is passionate about helping clients and its people #BeMore by focusing on building thriving businesses and creating a better future.

GHJ works as a business advocate for its clients — providing personalized service and building long-term relationships to help position our clients for growth. Through its affiliation with HLB International, a global network of independent professional accounting firms and business advisers, GHJ is able to partner with other top firms across major cities throughout the U.S. and the world. GHJ’s audit, tax and advisory teams leverage the HLB network to better serve its clients and give clients access to member firms in over 158 countries across the globe and over 775 offices worldwide.

Also ranked as a top-20 largest accounting firm on the Los Angeles Business Journal’s Book of Lists, GHJ has 15 partners and more than 160 staff members that serve over 3,000 clients. GHJ is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the AICPA Governmental Audit Quality Center (GAQC), the California Society of CPAs and the California Association of Nonprofits (CalNonprofit).

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