Title: Project Accountant

Location: Houston, TX

Job Type: Regular Full-time

What’s the Opportunity?

The Project accountant's primary responsibilities include coordinating with project managers and clients on invoicing, and maintaining projects, contracts, and sub-contracts in our project management/accounting systems. Additionally, this position involves strong collaboration with the accounts receivables and project coordinators team, maintaining project budgets, assisting in project forecasting, expense reports, project setup, and client and sub-consultant contracts.

Responsibilities:

• Generates client invoices for assigned projects for multiple project managers across the country, with exposure to a variety of clients and types of services.
• Prepares project financial reports, budget tracking, variance analyses, and backlog forecasts as needed by clients or management to aid in the understanding of project status.
• Interacts with sub-consultants; reviews and processes their invoices for payment.
• Analyses contracts for the project set up and billing terms to provide needed tracking in the project accounting system.
• Communicates and coordinates with principals, project managers, clients, sub-consultants, and other accounting staff concerning billing and project accounting matters, with an emphasis on highlighting and resolving issues.
• Works closely with project managers and clients to facilitate and improve accounts receivable collections.
• Works collaboratively with both project managers and accounting team management to prepare a variety of other financial analyses and reporting. Provide administrative support, such as file management, copying, scanning, and uploading sensitive correspondence, and meeting facilitation.

What Are We Looking For?

Ideal candidates will have the following:

• BA/BS Accounting
• 5-8 years of related experience
• Substantial billing/project accounting experience with a professional service firm, contractor, or other service-based organizations.
• Experience billing local government contracts, time and materials, cost reimbursable and fixed fee projects in the architecture, engineering, or construction industry is a plus.
• A desire to learn about environmental science and the engineering industry as well as to develop your project accounting skills to have a positive impact on client satisfaction and the success of the work we perform.
• Detailed-oriented with excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Knowledge of Microsoft word and excel.
• Experience with BST Global ERP or similar cost accounting systems is a plus.
• Strong analytical and management skills.
• Self-motivated, resourceful, and learns quickly.
• Works well in a team and individually.

What Can You Expect?

A collaborative work environment where we encourage everyone to bring their authentic self. We offer competitive compensation and benefits. Benefits detailed below.

Who Are We?

Anchor QEA is an environmental science and engineering consulting firm that is focused on improving the environment and our communities by solving challenging problems. We employ more than 400 people in offices around the United States. Our vision is for a growing company that is our clients’ first choice for solving their most challenging problems and our employees’ first choice as a company where they want to work. Learn more about Anchor QEA at www.anchorqea.com

How to Apply?

Apply online through Anchor QEA’s Open Positions page at https://www.anchorqea.com/careers/careers-open-positions/. Veterans are encouraged to apply.

Additional Information

We work hard to embrace diversity and inclusion. As an equal opportunity employer, Anchor QEA is committed to a diverse, multi-cultural work environment. Anchor QEA does not discriminate in employment based on age, race, creed, gender, religion, marital status, veteran’s status, national origin, disability, or sexual orientation.

Base Level Benefits for Regular Full-Time Positions:

• Healthcare: Medical, dental, vision, basic life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability programs.
• Paid Company and Floating Holidays: 7 paid company and 2 floating holidays annually
• Vacation: 2 weeks accrued paid vacation based on length of service. Vacation may vary by level.
• Sick and Safe Time: 80 hours annually
• Retirement Plan: 401k plan with an employer match
• Further information on benefits: https://anchorqea.com/careers/benefits/