Project Accountant

Job Description

Job Description

Manifest Solutions is partnered with a regional energy partner with ongoing needs for Project Accountant professionals.

• Responsible for business functions related to multiple major construction projects.
• Coordinate business and accounting matters applicable to construction contractors, project teams, construction management, and related stakeholders.
• Responsible for project business functions, records, and reporting for projects ranging from $1 million to $2 billion-plus.
• Provide overall accounting oversight, guidance and support to assigned projects.
• Implement all applicable system policies and procedures including Generally Accepted Accounting Principles to ensure that all required accounts, records, methods and procedures are properly maintained.
• Implement Generation Business Services and business and accounting procedures.
• Compile and reconcile monthly unvouchered liability accruals.
• Prepare periodic project cost control reports including validating and reconciling actual and incurred costs, analyzing cost to-date and making recommendations as to forecasted cost projections, while meeting critical deadlines.
• Ensure project costs are in line with approved funding and budget limits.
• Maintain and have sufficient working knowledge of ?les and logs, construction contracts, purchase orders, Extra Work Orders, backcharges, and all relevant financial transactions to ensure the appropriate accounting and reporting of project cost.
• Develop, organize and set up new projects with respect to work orders, tasks, accounts and work breakdown structure.
• Follow up on irregularities and abnormal conditions to ensure that the noted conditions are properly resolved.
• Perform project cost close-out functions including closing CIs and work orders and validating ?nal project costs.
• Administer records and other documents in accordance with retention schedules and/or contract requirements.
• Act as liaison with auditors for the auditing of all project activities.
• Participate in the development of project accounting standards and guidelines.
• Provide coordination, leadership, and guidance to project accounting team members as needed.
• Provide input on project accounting processes, resource needs, and coordination considerations as requested.
• Periodically represent management in meetings with internal or external personnel.
• Establish and maintain effective communication with the Project Team, including but not limited to project manager and Project Controls personnel, as well as other personnel responsible for taxes, purchasing, insurance, accounting, engineering or legal issues.
• Interface with cost analysts, project managers, plant managers, corporate accounting, construction managers, and procurement and contracts administrative personnel.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in business administration or accounting, or equivalent education and/or experience.
• Twelve (12) years of general business/accounting experience, including ten (10) years of project accounting.
• Twelve (12) years of signi?cant exposure to a project management environment, as cost analyst, project accountant or a related cost-control role, Including or in addition to twelve (12) years of speci?c project accounting experience Including the determination and recording of monthly unvouchered liabilities for a project, preparing journal entries, running and analyzing project cost reports, dealing with controllable and uncontrollable costs, participating in ongoing project management meetings, and advising project management personnel regarding all accounting issues related to the project(s).
• Four (4) years of providing leadership and guidance to less-experienced team members, through either a formal or informal role as “team lead”.
• Experience in representing management in meetings, providing input to management regarding team performance, sta?ng and resource allocation.

Other Requirements:

• Skills must include a working knowledge of and experience with Excel, Word, and Business Objects.
• Experience with PMM, PeopleSoft ?nancials, PowerPlant and Asset Suite is required.
• Experience with Access, PowerPoint, Primavera, work breakdown structures, earned value progressing and risk assessment are considered favorable qualities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and simultaneous projects is required.
• Attention to detail and e?ective communication skills are a must for this position.
• A working knowledge of the Uniform System of Accounts as prescribed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is preferred.
• Solid understanding of business unit ?nancial and operations systems and databases, as well as familiarity with accounting procedures is required.
• Ability to interface and work well with di?erent levels of individual contributors and management is required.
• A working knowledge of power plant facilities and systems including FGDs and SCRs is required.
• Ability to act e?ectively as a Team Lead is required.
• Ability to support meetings, coordinate action items, and cover assigned project responsibilities as needed.