Project Accountant

Project Accountant

Salary: $53,813.55 - $67,266.94 Annually

Location: Various Locations within the City of El Paso, TX

Job Type: Unclassified

Job Number: U4850-0726

Opening Date: 07/29/2026

Closing Date: 8/4/2026 at 11:59 PM Mountain Time (US & Canada)

FLSA: Exempt

Max Number of Applicants: 75

Requirements

MOS Code: 1005 (Navy), 89A (Army) Education and Experience: A Bachelor's degree or higher in Accounting, Finance, Business, or Public Administration or a related field, including a concentration of 18 credit hours in accounting, and one (1) year of professional accounting experience. Licenses and Certificates: Some positions may require a valid Texas Class "C" Driver's License or equivalent from another state by the date of appointment.

General Purpose

Under direction, participate in providing professional accounting, administrative, and advisory services for an assigned project, program, or phase of fiscal support operations.

Typical Duties

Perform journey-level accounting and basic financial analysis duties as required to ensure accurate recording, updating, and reporting for designated types of transactions. Involves: Balance and reconcile general ledger statements; prepare general journal entries (such as revenues, expenditures) to generate fiscal month and year-to-date revenue and expenditure, changes in fund balance, and cash flow. Analyze and prepare financial statements related to grants or project funds. Perform research and report generation to assist external auditors. Track and report the expenditure of federal grant funds and city projects to ensure that the expenditure of allocated funds meets federal, state, and City grant or project requirements.

Maintain and analyze assigned reports of financial and accounting databases and financial management systems. Involves: Enter, retrieve, and review accounting data from the centralized financial management system and personal computers or source documents such as journal entries, invoices, or budget transfers to generate financial reports. Generate periodic accounting or statistical reports to management or regulatory agencies. Analyze expenditure trends and assist in the preparation of the annual operating or capital improvement budget.

Identify, prepare, and process wire transfers with proper documentation to manage project cash flow, validate checks for payment. Create and post journal entries, monthly reconciliation of project billing and revenue, identify, research, and resolve project-related problems, communicate findings to supervisor, financial institution representatives, auditors, or others.

Perform related duties as required. Involves: Act as immediate supervisor or work leader if assigned a professional, paraprofessional, or clerical support employee as a helper. Substitute for supervisor or coworkers if necessary to ensure continuity of operations during absences.

General Information

For a complete job specification, click here. Note: This is an unclassified contract position. Note: Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. This position will close when a preset number of applications have been received.

Note: This is a new advertisement for Project Accountant. You must apply if you are still interested in this position. Please note: Applicants with foreign diplomas, transcripts, and degrees must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Please visit for more information. A résumé and/or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Comments such as "See résumé" are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete. To qualify for this position, required education, experience, knowledge and skills must be clearly stated on your application's employment history. We do not use any information on your resume to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position. Failure to fully detail all experience and job duties in the application, or copying/pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your résumé will eliminate you from consideration for the position.