Project Accountant

Job Description:

Build More with Your Career at Christman Constructors, Inc.

With projects throughout the Midwest, Christman Constructors, Inc. (CCI) is a great place to begin, continue or grow your career. We're searching for the next generation of innovative minds who want to shape the world and live to build. CCI is looking for a Project Accountant in our Lansing, Michigan region.

What You Will Do:

As Project Accountant, your primary daily responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to:

• Supports project teams with accurate financial data.

• Assists Project Managers with project cost projections and reconciliations through project cost reports.

• Supports executive project financial status review through Project Financial Status Reports (PFSR).

• Collects and tracks signed contracts, builder's risk insurance policies, trade contractor insurance, waivers, sworn statements, bonds, and notice of furnishings.

• Maintains accurate and detailed project financial records including client, trade contractor, and project information files to a quality level expected by auditors.

• Serves as a personal Point-of-Contact with Trade Contractors.

• Provides orientation conversations for trade contractors working with Christman for the first time.

• Answers questions and provide information regarding payments and contract compliance.

• Manages and processes all financial transactions performed in the normal course of a construction project between our company, the project owner, and trade contractors using our database system.

• Manages project start up; load project budgets, issue subcontracts, and perform all other activities required to appropriately structure accounting systems for the project type.

• Processes owner invoices; reconcile job costs, load schedule of values, billing rates, and other information needed to support the contractual invoicing procedure and company risk management and accounting standards.

• Processes trade contractor invoices; reconcile trade contractor invoices, batch, cut and post trade contractor payments, and print checks.

• Manages and processes all financial transactions generated by changes to the original project contract and scope (owner change order and trade contractor change orders).

• Project close-out; manage final billing adjustments, subcontract finalization, archiving, and other processes that confirm complete execution of the project contract.

• Contributes to corporate financial accounting, and has an opportunity and responsibility to contribute to corporate financial accounting systems.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

What You Will Bring to the Team:

Required experience, knowledge, and skills for this role include:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, and other relevant course work, or years of work experience in related job field.

• Three (3+) or more years of relevant work experience

• -or- Equivalent combination of the above education, training, and experience.

Preferred experience, knowledge, and skills for this role include:

• Detailed knowledge of project contracts and change order documents.

• Knowledge of the construction industry and industry terminology.

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

• Proven ability to maintain the highest levels of integrity, and handle, update, and maintain sensitive information in a confidential, timely, and professional manner.

• High level of accuracy and advanced attention to detail.

• Excellent communication and writing skills.

• Ability to work independently, take initiative, set priorities and see projects through to completion.

• Employ problem-solving skills and analysis and report problems to the Project Leader and/or Controller.

• Strong service orientation and knowledge of the project structure in a client/consultant business environment.

Why Christman?

At Christman, everyone is an owner. Through our employee stock ownership plan, each employee-owner shares in the collective success and wealth of our nationally recognized company and is eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefits program, including health insurance, 401K contribution, professional development and tuition reimbursement, and more.

CCI is a premier full-service construction contractor with a tradition of excellence spanning more than a century. We are passionate about constructing facilities that drive our economy, improve our public infrastructure, and create the spaces that enable our clients to do what they do best.

Notice to Recruiting Agencies (Unsolicited Resumes): The Christman Company does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Please do not forward unsolicited agency resumes to our applicant tracking system, website, or to any Christman employee/affiliates. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Christman employees or its' affiliates will be considered property of The Christman Company and will be processed accordingly. Christman will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume without an executed agreement and assigned to a specific search.

The Christman family of companies is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or disability status. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Christman Company is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.