Project Cost Accountant
About the position Bureau Veritas offers dynamic, exciting employment opportunities with an attractive salary/benefit package and an opportunity to play a vital role with a global organization. If you would enjoy working in a dynamic environment and are looking for an opportunity to become part of a stellar team of professionals, we invite you to apply online today. Bureau Veritas is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and as such we recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, sexual orientation, genetics, status as a protected veteran, or any other non-job-related characteristics. This position is responsible to ensure equal opportunity in employment in that all persons are treated equally and on the basis of merit, in decisions regarding selection, placement, promotions, training, work assignments, transfers and other personnel actions. The Project Accountant partners closely with Project Managers to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant financial management across projects. This role is critical to delivering profitable, well-documented, and audit-ready technical services, with a strong emphasis on time-and-material billing, prevailing wage compliance, and construction-related cost accounting. The position provides clear, actionable financial reporting to Project Managers, Business Unit leadership, and the Financial Controller.
Responsibilities
- Review executed proposals and contracts to confirm alignment with agreed-upon terms, conditions, and billing requirements.
- Establish and maintain accurate project setups within the ERP system using approved pricing, budgets, and cost structures.
- Prepare, review, and reconcile weekly unbilled and draft invoice reports; identify and resolve discrepancies proactively.
- Generate accurate time-and-material invoices, ensuring compliance with client-specific billing formats, documentation standards, and contractual requirements.
- Compile, organize, and present all required invoice backup, including labor, expenses, subcontractor documentation, and prevailing wage support.
- Collaborate directly with Project Managers to resolve billing delays, cost variances, and documentation gaps.
- Support invoice collections by providing billing status, backup documentation, and resolution of client inquiries.
- Maintain complete and audit-ready billing files, including executed contracts, invoices, technical reports, and supporting schedules.
- Review subcontractor invoices for accuracy and compliance; confirm executed subcontractor agreements and valid Certificates of Insurance are on file.
- Manage manual subcontractor documentation workflows where automated systems are not available.
- Assist with internal and external audits by providing requested project, billing, and compliance documentation.
Requirements
- Associate’s Degree in Accounting or a related field required (Bachelor’s preferred).
- Minimum of 2 years of project accounting experience or 5 years of equivalent hands-on accounting experience.
- Demonstrated experience with prevailing wage projects (California prevailing wage knowledge strongly preferred).
- Strong background in time-and-material billing environments.
- Proven experience in cost accounting, ideally within construction, infrastructure, engineering, or technical services industries.
- Working knowledge of ERP systems; JD Edwards experience highly preferred.
- Exceptional proficiency in Excel (advanced formulas, reconciliations, reporting) and comfort working extensively with spreadsheets and PDF editing tools.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate across project and finance teams.
Nice-to-haves
- Architecture, Engineering or Construction technical services billing experience
- JD Edwards ERP expertise
- Construction or Engineering project support exposure
- Experience supporting audit processes in project-based organizations
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