Senior Project Accountant

GCON Construction

$75K — $95K *
Real Estate & Construction
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of accounting experience with an associate degree or 2+ years with a bachelor's degree
  • 2+ years of construction-related accounting experience, preferably with general contractors (GCs)
  • Defined career aspirations focused on project accounting
  • Strong organizational and time management skills
  • Excellent communication skills for collaboration with project teams
  • Willingness to embrace AI and new technologies in accounting processes
  • Must work in-office; not remote

Responsibilities

  • Request, record, and post subcontractor invoices; ensure timely payments
  • Monitor preliminary lien notices and compliance issues with subcontractors
  • Administer project payments using Textura Payment Management system
  • Reconcile and post invoices and payments during monthly closes
  • Support the Business Unit Leader in cost forecasting and project reviews
  • Process accounts receivable and payable through electronic workflows
  • Collaborate on continuous improvement initiatives; leverage AI for routine tasks

Benefits

  • Opportunity for career growth in project accounting
  • Collaborative work environment with project teams and subcontractors
  • Hands-on experience at job sites, enhancing financial oversight
  • Engagement with advanced technologies and continuous learning opportunities
  • Stability in a growing company's project portfolio
Full Job Description
Senior Project Accountant
Build Your Career Where the Numbers Meet the Jobsite

In this role, you'll serve as the dedicated accounting resource for one or more project teams, responsible for the accurate, timely processing of all project-related financial information. You'll bring a strong working knowledge of construction accounting, budgeting, and financial reporting, and you'll be trusted to keep the financial side of active construction projects running smoothly from day to day.

What You'll Do
  • Request, receive, route for approval, record, and post all subcontractor invoices, collecting monthly on a set cycle
  • Receive, track, and record preliminary lien notices, and monitor and resolve ongoing subcontractor compliance issues
  • Administer project payments and compliance tracking through the Textura Payment Management system
  • Reconcile and post subcontractor invoices, owner pay applications, credit card statements, and business unit overhead invoices on a monthly close cycle, proactively resolving outstanding or missing items
  • Partner with the Business Unit Leader to keep cost forecasts current and help prepare for monthly project review meetings
  • Prepare and process accounts receivable billings, and process accounts payable and ACH payments through an electronic workflow
  • Support continuous improvement initiatives alongside the Project Accounting Supervisor, Financial Accounting, and IT teams
  • Use AI and automation tools to speed up routine accounting work, while maintaining responsibility for reviewing and validating any AI-assisted output before it's relied on for financial reporting or decisions

Your primary stakeholders will be the project team and subcontractors, so you'll be working closely and constantly with people outside of accounting. A collaborative, customer-service-oriented approach is just as important here as technical accuracy. As GCON's project portfolio grows, you may occasionally be asked to travel to a job site, currently including a large project in West Texas, once it's fully mobilized. That gives you the chance to see firsthand where the numbers you manage every day come to life.

What We're Looking For
  • 4+ years of accounting experience with an associate degree in a related field, or a bachelor's degree with 2+ years of accounting experience
  • 2+ years of construction-related accounting experience - either directly with a general contractor, or with a subcontractor that regularly works with GCs
  • A clear sense of where you want to take your career, with project accounting as the specialty you want to build on. This is a role with room to grow within GCON
  • Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to juggle multiple deadlines across projects
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and genuine comfort fielding questions from project teams and subs
  • Openness to using AI and new technology in your day-to-day work; willingness to learn is a must, prior use is a bonus
  • Comfort with an in-office team environment; this is not a remote position

Nice to Have
  • Experience with Textura Payment Management software
  • Experience with CMiC software
  • Experience with construction joint venture accounting
  • Notary commission

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