Project Accountant

Job Description

Job Description

Career Team is a leading workforce development organization on a mission to transform lives.  We blend cutting-edge technology with compassionate, high-touch services to drive real, measurable outcomes in the lives of job seekers across the country.  At Career Team, we're solving today's unemployment challenges with smart software, world-class trainers, dedicated case managers, dynamic job developers, and innovative partners. If you're passionate about making a difference and believe in the power of technology to transform lives, you'll feel right at home here.

TITLE: Project Accountant

REPORTS TO: Project Director

LOCATION: Deep East Texas Workforce Development Area

EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full-Time, Exempt Employee

Career Team is looking to hire a Project Accountant responsible for all financial activities within the project. The primary responsibilities for this role focus on invoicing, analyzing, and reporting project financial status. The ideal candidate must be able to interact with co-workers and customers at all levels and thrive in a fast-paced environment while remaining flexible, proactive, resourceful, and efficient. The Project Accountant must maintain a high level of accuracy and confidentiality. Work is performed under the supervision of the Project Director.

Your Impact on Career Team's Success:

• Ensure that procedures and policies are in place to facilitate effective and efficient financial reporting and ensure compliance with Federal, local, State, and corporate policies
• Direct fiscal operations relating to financial planning, funds management, accounting, and reporting
• Prepare and maintain project budgets, forecasts, and working capital requirements
• Work closely with senior company leadership, the Project Director, staff, and the Workforce Board to provide financial insight and reporting on the performance of assigned projects
• Ensure that the project fulfills all financial obligations in a timely and economic manner in accordance with established policies, budgets, and funding guidelines
• Coordinate accounting activities for assigned projects, including the establishment and monitoring of procedures and policies by contract
• Process employee expenses, participant expenses, vendor invoices, and program payroll analytics
• Prepare monthly project advance requests, invoices, and supporting documentation, and work with Workforce Boards on any inquiries to ensure timely payment
• Perform month-end closing activities, including Balance Sheet reconciliations
• Perform financial reporting, including budgets, forecasts, and associated comparisons
• Support annual audit deliverables and manage periodic program audit requests
• Approach each day and task with a "ZAG" mindset
• Other duties and projects as needed

To Qualify for This Role, You Must Have:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in accounting, business, finance, or a related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience with 5+ years of accounting experience (preferred)
• Demonstrated knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), the ability to reconcile balance sheets and profit/loss reports, and the ability to implement financial management policies and procedures
• Experience with budgeting and forecasting across multiple funding streams and communicating the contract's financial position
• Advanced computer skills in MS Excel and accounting software, with QuickBooks, Adaptive, Workday, and Expensify experience a plus
• Ability to work in a dynamic team environment with excellent teamwork, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work across all levels of management and staff
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational, analytical, research, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to meet accounting month-end deadlines, be proactive, and work independently and in a virtual team environment
• Must possess integrity and be able to maintain confidentiality

Additional Skills/Knowledge Career Team Would Love for This Role:

• Master's or MBA degree
• Bilingual or multilingual
• Training in Trauma Informed Care, evidence-based practice, and/or whole family services

Salary: $45,000 - $49,000/ yr

Travel: As Needed

About Career Team:
Founded in 1996, Career Team, LLC is a private workforce development organization.

Career Team's outstanding record of accelerating the human condition  has resulted in numerous honors:

• Named by Inc. Magazine as one of America's 500 fastest growing privately held companies
• Recipient of the US Chamber of Commerce Blue Chip Enterprise Award for innovation
• Featured by 60 Minutes, CNN, Money Magazine, Inc. Magazine and the British Broadcasting Network as an innovative, government funded solutions program
• Invited to the White House after being cited by the National Welfare-to-Work Partnership and National Alliance of Business as a top 10 US training provider

As a socially conscious organization, Career Team has found a healthy balance between for-profit innovation and community enrichment. Looking ahead, the organization will continue to close the nation's opportunity divide with additional government-funded workforce sites; while also building staff capacity of workforce funding sources and industry providers. See   for more information.

Career Team is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.

Background Check Requirements. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check (including criminal, prior employment and education verification). Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the application status of applicants or continued employment of current employees who apply for the position.

California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA").  Career Team is committed to complying with the CCPA and all data privacy and laws in the jurisdictions in which it recruits and hires employees. Career Team collects and uses Personal Information for human resources, employment, benefits administration, health and safety, and business-related purposes and to be in legal compliance. Below are the categories of Personal Information we collect and the purposes for which we intend to use this information:

Identifying information , such as your full name, gender, date of birth, and signature;  Demographic data , such as race, ethnic origin, marital status, disability, and veteran or military status; Contact information , such as your home address, telephone numbers, email addresses, and emergency contact information;  Dependent's or other individual's information , such as their full name, address, date of birth, and Social Security numbers (SSN);  National identifiers , such as SSN, passport and visa information, and immigration status and documentation;  Educational and professional background , such as your work history, academic and professional qualifications, educational records, references, and interview notes;  Employment details , such as your job title, position, hire dates, compensation, performance and disciplinary records, and vacation and sick leave records;  Financial information , such as banking details, tax information, payroll information, and withholdings; Health and Safety information , such as health conditions (if relevant to your employment), job restrictions, workplace illness and injury information, and health insurance policy information;  Information Systems (IS) information , such as your search history, browsing history, login information, and IP addresses on the Company's information systems and networks;  Biometric information , such as facial recognition, fingerprints, iris or retina scans, keystroke, or other physical patterns; and Geolocation data , such as time and physical location related to use of an internet website, application, device, or physical access to a Company office location.

The Company collects Personal Information to use or disclose as appropriate to:

(1) Comply with all applicable laws and regulations; (2) Recruit and evaluate job applicants and candidates for employment; (3) Conduct background checks; (4) Manage your employment relationship with us, including for: (a) onboarding processes; (b) timekeeping, payroll, and expense report administration; (c) employee benefits administration; (d) employee training and development requirements; (d) the creation, maintenance, and security of your online employee accounts; (e) reaching your emergency contacts when needed, such as when you are not reachable or are injured or ill; (f) workers' compensation claims management; (g) employee job performance, including goals and performance reviews, promotions, discipline, and termination; and (h) other human resources purposes; (5) Manage and monitor employee access to company facilities, equipment, and systems; (6) Conduct internal audits and workplace investigations; (7) Investigate and enforce compliance with and potential breaches of Company policies and procedures; (8) Engage in corporate transactions requiring review of employee records, such as for evaluating potential mergers and acquisitions of the Company; (9) Maintain commercial insurance policies and coverages, including for workers' compensation and other liability insurance; (10) Perform workforce analytics, data analytics, and benchmarking; (11) Administer and maintain the Company's operations, including for safety purposes; (12) For client marketing purposes; (13) Exercise or defend the legal rights of the Company and its employees, and affiliates, customers, contractors, and agents; and (14) to comply with requirements of government grants, including, but not limited to, program and audit requirements.