Project Accountant Manager

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As an industry leader Balfour Beatty offers employees a comprehensive benefits package with competitive salaries and more including:

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• 401(k) with company match
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Dependent & Medical Reimbursement)
• Vacation Time
• Sick Time
• Holidays
• Paid Volunteer time
• Tuition Assistance
• Employee Referral Bonus

Summary

Balfour Beatty is seeking a dynamic and experienced Project Accountant Manager to oversee and support the Project Accountants within the Texas division. This role is responsible for managing staffing needs, fostering professional development, ensuring compliance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and improving accounting practices. The ideal candidate will be a collaborative leader with strong organizational and mentoring skills, as well as a deep understanding of project accounting systems and practices.

Essential Functions

Team Leadership & Development

• Manage, support, coach, and mentor a team of Project Accountants.
• Identify professional development opportunities and conduct periodic training sessions to enhance skills and foster open communication.
• Lead the onboarding process for new Project Accountants to ensure smooth transitions into their roles.
• Organize and coordinate annual Project Accountant meetings featuring internal and external guest speakers, skill-building workshops, SOP reinforcement, and team-building activities.
• Conduct annual performance evaluations for Project Accountants, providing constructive feedback and setting development goals.

Staffing & Resource Management

• Evaluate and manage current and future staffing needs for active and upcoming projects.
• Track individual workloads and maintain a timeline of project assignments to forecast staffing needs.
• Collaborate with Business Unit Leaders (BULs) to communicate staffing requirements and resolve resource challenges.
• Participate in staffing meetings to align team resources with project demands.
• Lead recruitment, interviewing, and hiring efforts in collaboration with Human Resources and Division Finance.

Operational Excellence

• Perform regular audits of Project Accountants' work to ensure compliance with SOP and project administration requirements.
• Conduct job site visits to evaluate procedures, foster strong team relationships, and identify strengths and areas for improvement.
• Review, refine and document processes to enhance operational efficiency and effectiveness.

Compliance & Technology Expertise

• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of all project requirements, including owner expectations and reporting standards from a project accounting perspective.
• Stay proficient with relevant accounting software and technology, including but not limited to Procore, Textura, JDE, and Microsoft Excel.
• Lead efforts to evaluate and adopt new tools or practices to improve performance and compliance.

Senior Project Accountant Duties

• Perform primary accounting and administrative support for construction projects from start up through final closeout. Includes project accounting, subcontractor management and administration.
• Serves as the liaison between the job site and the Division Finance, ensuring all accounting standard operating procedures are followed at the job site.
• Performs activities related to contracts, bonds, insurance, payables, liens, billings, payroll/cost/budget reports for the job site management team.

Special Projects & Support

• Perform miscellaneous duties, special projects and analysis as directed by Division Finance.
• Provide exceptional customer service by supporting project teams in collaboration with Project Accountants.

Minimum Requirements

• Proven experience in managing and developing others.
• Strong knowledge of project accounting principles, systems, and compliance standards.
• Proficiency in project accounting software such as Procore, Textura, JDE and Microsoft Excel.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and leadership skills.
• Ability to assess and improve operational processes for greater efficiency.
• Flexibility to travel periodically to meet business needs.

Balfour Beatty US is an industry-leading provider of general contracting, at-risk construction management and design-build services for public and private sector clients across the nation. Performing heavy civil and vertical construction, our teams build the unique structures and infrastructure that play an important role in how people live, work, learn and play in our communities. Our teammates have an instinctive passion for innovating that is fueled by a relentless curiosity, a drive to employ lean practices and processes and the determination to find a better way. Through Zero Harm, we are challenging the construction industry's assumptions about safety. We believe that no level of harm should come to anyone as a result of our business.

Consistently ranked among the nation's largest building contractors by Engineering News-Record, our US business is a subsidiary of London-based Balfour Beatty plc (LSE: BBY).

Balfour Beatty is an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of a diverse workforce. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other criteria protected by federal, state or local law.