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About the Role

Our client, a construction company based in Yorktown Heights, NY, is seeking an experienced Project Accountant to join their accounting and operations team. This role is ideal for a detail-oriented accounting professional with construction, real estate development, or project-based accounting experience who is comfortable managing job costs, contracts, billing, subcontractor requisitions, lender draw packages, and project financial reporting. The Project Accountant will work closely with project managers, construction teams, vendors, subcontractors, lenders, and internal accounting leadership to ensure accurate project records, timely billing, proper cost tracking, and strong financial controls throughout the project lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Manage project accounting activities for assigned construction projects from setup through closeout.
• Track job costs, budgets, commitments, change orders, billings, retainage, subcontractor requisitions, and project financial performance.
• Review and maintain development contracts, construction contracts, subcontracts, and related project documentation.
• Enter, review, and maintain contract details, subcontractor payment applications, change orders, and project cost records in accounting and project management systems.
• Prepare, review, and submit client invoices, including AIA billing, progress billing, and supporting documentation.
• Prepare and review AIA applications, subcontractor requisitions, lender draw packages, and other project-related accounting documents.
• Prepare monthly loan draw packages for lenders, including required schedules, backup documentation, reconciliations, and recurring accounting entries.
• Process subcontractor invoices, purchase orders, lien waivers, insurance certificates, compliance documentation, and other project-related payables.
• Reconcile vendor records, subcontractor balances, project costs, accounts payable, accounts receivable, loan balances, and work-in-progress reporting.
• Assist project managers with cost forecasts, budget updates, variance analysis, project reporting, and financial review.
• Support monthly close activities, including journal entries, accruals, prepaid expenses, balance sheet reconciliations, and project reporting.
• Maintain accurate project records in Sage 300, Sage Intacct, Procore, Titanium, and other accounting or project management systems.
• Communicate with clients, subcontractors, vendors, lenders, project managers, and internal teams to resolve billing, payment, cost, or documentation issues.
• Assist with audits, project closeout documentation, lender reporting, and other accounting functions as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field preferred.
• 2-5+ years of accounting experience, preferably in construction, real estate development, property management, engineering, or another project-based environment.
• Experience with construction accounting, job costing, AIA billing, subcontractor requisitions, retainage, change orders, and lender draw packages.
• Experience with Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate and Sage Intacct strongly preferred.
• Experience with Procore and Titanium preferred.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills and comfort working with accounting and project management systems.
• Ability to review contracts, subcontracts, vendor records, invoices, and supporting documentation with accuracy.
• Strong understanding of accounts payable, accounts receivable, reconciliations, accruals, prepaid expenses, and month-end close processes.
• Excellent attention to detail, organization, follow-through, and problem-solving ability.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, deadlines, and priorities in a fast-paced construction environment.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with project managers, accounting teams, vendors, subcontractors, and lenders.
• High level of integrity and professionalism when handling confidential financial information.

Skills

• Construction accounting
• Job costing
• AIA billing
• Subcontractor requisitions
• Retainage
• Change orders
• Lender draw packages
• Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate
• Sage Intacct
• Procore
• Titanium
• Microsoft Excel
• Accounts payable
• Accounts receivable
• Reconciliations
• Accruals
• Prepaid expenses
• Month-end close processes
• Communication skills

Location

• Yorktown Heights, NY

Work Type

• Onsite

Experience Level

• 2-5+ years

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field preferred.

Salary/Compensations

• $75,000.00 - $125,000.00

About the Company

• Our client is a construction company.

Equal Opportunity

• To all staffing agencies: PKF O’Connor Davies TalentConnect (“PKFOD TalentConnect”) will not be utilizing agencies to staff this position. Please do not forward resumes to PKFOD TalentConnect recruiters, partners and/or employees at any of our locations regarding this position. Please be reminded, PKFOD TalentConnect is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. All unsolicited resumes will become the property of PKFOD TalentConnect.