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About the Role
Manage the full project accounting lifecycle, overseeing financial management from initial setup through closeout. Ensure accurate budgeting, billing, revenue recognition, forecasting, financial reporting, and compliance. Partner with Project Managers, Operations, and Finance leadership to monitor financial performance, support profitability, and maintain financial accuracy.
Responsibilities
- Set up new projects in the accounting system and ensure accurate financial data.
- Review contracts and project terms to ensure compliance with company policies and customer agreements.
- Develop and maintain project budgets, forecasts, and cost projections.
- Monitor project performance, costs, revenue, and profitability.
- Prepare and process customer billings in accordance with contract terms.
- Manage revenue recognition and ensure compliance with accounting standards.
- Track accounts receivable, support collections efforts, and resolve billing issues.
- Prepare monthly project financial reports, variance analyses, and forecasts.
- Collaborate with Project Managers to identify financial risks and opportunities.
- Process project modifications, change orders, and contract amendments.
- Perform project closeout activities, including final billing, reconciliations, and documentation.
- Support internal and external audits as needed.
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience managing projects through the full life cycle, from project setup to project closeout.
- Experience working with ERP/accounting systems.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
- Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience in engineering, construction, professional services, or project-based environments.
- Knowledge of contract management and project financial controls.
- Experience with percentage-of-completion and other project revenue recognition methods.
Skills
- Project accounting
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Billing
- Revenue recognition
- Microsoft Excel
- Analytical skills
- Organizational skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Communication skills
- Contract management
- Financial reporting
Location
- New York
Work Type
- Regular Full-Time
- Part-Time
- Full-Time
Experience Level
- Minimum of 3 years of project accounting experience.
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
Salary/Compensations
- $60,000 to $72,000 annually
Benefits
- Healthcare for you and your family: Medical, Dental & Vision insurance
- Single HDHP Medical plan with 100% paid premium
- Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer match
- Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- FREE Life Insurance and AD&D Insurance
- Voluntary Life Insurance for you and your family
- FREE Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- PTO + Sick Time + 8 Holidays per year
- Retirement Savings Plan with contribution from CPL to grow your retirement funds
- Internal Mobility & Career Advancement
- Licensure Assistance
- Tuition Assistance
- Student Loan Assistance Program: CPL will contribute up to $100/month for 5 years ($6,000 total) toward student loan debt
About the Company
- We believe that building a strong community is about establishing a prevailing sense of fellowship among our team members, friends, and neighbors.
- Collaboration – working with others towards the best solution, placing great emphasis on the collective wisdom of our internal teams.
- Family – celebrating others’ successes, genuinely caring about the happiness and well-being of our team members and recognizing their own families as extensions of the CPL family.
- Fun – not taking oneself too seriously, fully understanding that fun at work is conducive to productivity.
- Inspiration – contributing to an uplifting workplace that facilitates growth and success by maintaining a positive, upbeat attitude.
- Integrity – doing what is ethically right and providing reliable follow-through on commitments.
- Ingenuity – seeking new opportunities and consistently identifying unexpected and practical ways to solve problems.
Equal Opportunity
- CPL is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and as such affirms the right of every person to participate in all aspects of employment without regard to gender, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, disability, citizenship, military or veteran status, gender expression and/or identity, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.