Lead Project Accountant - #1411638

DPR Construction is seeking a project accountant with at least 7 years of cost and/or commercial construction accounting experience. This individual will be ultimately accountable for day-to-day project accounting, leadership, and other duties in our SoCal business unit, with offices in Newport Beach and Pasadena and projects in Los Angeles, Ventura, Riverside, and Orange Counties. Either office location can serve as the primary work location.

Lead project accountants collaborate closely with all members of the project team (including project executives, project managers, engineers, superintendents, and field office coordinators) as well as other leaders across the organization. Responsibilities include the following.

• Serve a dual role as an integral part of both the project team(s) and the Finance & Accounting team.
• Timely and accurate preparation of owner billings and supporting documents, collection of payments, and responsibility for certain elements of subcontractor compliance.
• Timely and accurate entry of project billing and cost transactions and adjustments for projects, to include tracking and reporting, as appropriate.
• Manage subcontractor requisition and disbursement processes, to include assigned holds.
• Ownership and review of project financial data with project teams to ensure accuracy including setting up of projects.
• Set-up, review, and maintenance of labor rates and other project data.
• Review and summarize owner contracts to understand accounting requirements.
• Professionally interface with and respond to inquiries from outside parties such as clients and vendors.
• Coordinate audit requests with the DPR Internal Operations Review and/or the DPR External Audit Liaison teams.
• Collaborate with corporate staff.
• Function as a subject matter expert; lead discussions and initiatives; actively make and solicit recommendations.
• Take primary leadership responsibility for project accounting team members in collaboration with others.
• Attract, select, train and onboard new talent.
• Connect with and coach team members; provide ongoing and regular feedback on performance via both formal and informal assessments, support goal setting and achievement, to include career development, to maintain a high-performing team.
• Monitor workload and job satisfaction of team members including workload assignment of project accountants and maintain a project master list of key project stakeholders and information.
• Assign various tasks to team members; engaging where there are opportunities for improvement, or a task is stalled.
• Actively and clearly communicate essential information and updates to others, ensuring any training is completed as applicable.
• Oversee project closeout process, working with project accountants and relevant team members to ensure timely closure and collection of retention.
• Promote Project Accounting Best Practices and continuous improvement.
• Advocate for and represent the project accounting team.
• Support Controllers and business unit and regional leaders by performing the following with support as needed.
• Analyze and review with leaders of overhead expenses, overhead labor, purchasing card expenditures, and employee expense reports, to include research and management of transfers.
• Analyze and review with leaders of open receivables to support timely collection.
• Manage month-end close processes, such as over/under billing analysis, cost accrual reporting, and billing and cost postings.
• Review, authorize, and resolve any discrepancies with subcontractor daily disbursements.
• Actively communicate key updates related to the project accounting team to Controllers.
• Review of Cash Position on projects and communicating with other project accountants and project teams to ensure positive cash flow.
• Serve as an example of and be an active promoter of DPR Culture.
  

Qualifications

We are looking for a flexible, detail-oriented team player with the ability to manage multiple tasks, produce quality work, and consistently meet deadlines. The successful candidate will possess:

• Excellent listening skills and strong oral and written communication skills with demonstrated success working in a highly collaborative environment.
• The ability to independently identify, analyze and resolve the most complex issues.
• Proficient computer skills in Microsoft Office applications and in accounting cost management software; experience with CMiC and Textura applications is highly preferred.
• 7+ years of experience as a cost accountant within the construction industry on complex projects
• Demonstrated ability to professionally communicate and effectively collaborate with a wide variety of individuals to include leaders.
• Experience with and a passion for coaching and leading others is preferred.
• Suggested: Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field or CCIFP.
• A solid understanding of the accrual basis of accounting.
• A strong work ethic and a “can-do” attitude.
• This position is salaried.
  
  

Anticipated starting pay range: between $125,000 and $150,000

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