Assistant Project Accountant

As an Assistant Project Accountant at Brasfield & Gorrie, you will play a vital role in supporting our construction project teams, managing the accounting and billing processes, and ensuring financial accuracy.

Essential Duties:

Accounts Receivable and Billing

• Meet with Project Team to confirm contract terms necessary for accurate accounting and owner billings, balancing billings to job cost.
• Prepare and process customer billings for Time and Materials, Cost-plus Fixed fee, and Firm Fixed Price contracts on a schedule of values in accordance with contract requirements.
• Provide billing backup details and balance billings against job costs when applicable.

Subcontractor Review

• Review and process subcontractor pay applications, including percent of completion, retainage percent and amount.

Expense Processing

• Analyze online purchase orders and purchase order change orders for accurate calculations, including sales tax.
• Analyze tax amounts charged on expense reports, miscellaneous invoices, and purchase orders.
• Process high volumes of virtual miscellaneous invoices, expense reports, purchase orders, and subcontractor pay applications.
• Track, process, and maintain detail logs for owner direct purchases, where applicable.
• Request and obtain valid W-9s for new vendors.

Collaboration and Information Flow

• Work with Operations to enhance the flow of information to the Project Accounting team.
• Provide support for vendor and subcontractor inquiries.

Other Duties

• Process Journal Entries into the E1 Accounting system.
• Set up contractual rates for projects utilizing information provided by the Project Accountant and Project Teams.
• Support project accounting needs with additional duties as assigned.

• 1-3 years of accounting experience
• Construction accounting experience strongly preferred
• Comfortable working in a paperless environment
• Experience with sales and use tax calculations and accruals for multiple states
• Proficiency in Microsoft applications, especially Excel
• Experience working in multiple accounting systems (i.e. Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, Textura, Concur, OnBase, ProCore)
• Strong research and problem-solving skills
• Excellent customer service skills – both internal and external
• Strong communication skills – both oral and written
• Actively and effectively work in a team environment
• Detail oriented, organized, and comfortable managing multiple projects and meeting tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment

The above description covers the principal duties and responsibilities of the job. The description shall not, however, be construed as a complete listing of all miscellaneous, incidental, or similar duties which may be required from day-to-day. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.