Project Accountant (Remote) Jobs

Department: Corporate/Administrative

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Denver, CO

Compensation: $66,000 - $74,800 / year

Description

About Alta

Alta Planning + Design is an active transportation company dedicated to creating active, healthy communities through planning, landscape architecture, engineering, and education/encouragement programs.

Our core values and work bring about positive change by creating places that are geared toward moving people rather than cars, connecting community members to daily needs and human experience, and empowering every person to live an active healthy life. As a global leader in mobility innovation for over 24 years with 175 people on staff, we are dedicated to connecting people to places by working across disciplines and scale to address social justice, traffic safety, and environmental resilience. Alta Planning + Design is committed to creating and supporting a diverse workforce.

Summary + Overview

Alta Planning + Design is seeking a full-time Associate Project Accountant/Coordinator in our Portland, OR office, to support project managers. This role is responsible for supporting office team members to manage and complete projects and contribute to Alta's financial success. If you are looking for an innovative organization with a highly collaborative office culture that is focused on sustainability and equity, apply with us today!

Position Priorities

The essential priorities of this exempt, salaried position are:

• Responsible for project lifecycle including
• Understand federal/state procurement reporting requirements
• Track projects and project budget
• Apply accounting expertise relating to project resources, labor and expenses, investigating project variances and submitting variance reports to management
• Ensure draft invoices from billing are accurate based on the contract requirements agreed upon with the client, identifying corrections needed, obtaining Project Manager documentation and signature, and finalizing the invoice approval with the Project Manager/billing team
• Reconciling overall project payables and receivables to project budgets
• Subcontract management and coordination with Contract Administrators. Including evaluating subconsultant invoice submittals for accuracy, establish and maintain purchase orders for subconsultants, and request and follow up on subcontractor payment requests with Accounts Payable
• Lead other essential project-related or administrative tasks and activities as necessary
• Ensure the project team can meet project deadlines and deliverables
• Maintains positive interpersonal relationships with staff to promote Alta culture
• Partner with the Project Manager and team to establish project budget, update budgets as needed when contract modifications, or budget changes arise
• Validate invoicing
• Project close-out

Day to Day

In this role, a Project Accountant will ensure cost and revenues are accurately reported for all projects for month end, assisting with project set up, accounting and project related reporting. You will be collaborating with Project Managers, Billing Specialist and other project accountants to maintain budgets, approving subcontractor invoices, consolidating invoicing packets, supporting and reviewing project proposals. As Project Accountant you will be responsible for maintaining project folders, focusing on the accuracy and completeness of the necessary project documentation.

Requirements & Preferred Skills + Certifications

Requirements

• Strong Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, or similar product skills
• Experience in a deadline-driven, project-based environment
• Strong initiative, ability to manage competing priorities and multiple, simultaneous tasks, and the ability to work independently with little supervision
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
• Requires accuracy, attention to detail, and strong organizational skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate's or Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Business, or closely related discipline (or demonstrated proven equivalent experience)
• Experience with Deltek Vision
• 1 to 3 years of relevant post-education experience in accounting, project contracts and change order documents
• Pursuit of CAPM or PMP
• Experience with automated project management applications (Microsoft Project)

Compensation

What We Offer

The pay range for this job in Denver is $66,000-$74800annually. Placement within the range is based upon experience, skill-sets, and qualifications.

Alta offers comprehensive benefits to all full-time employees.

• 5-year travel award
• Wellness reimbursement up to $800 annually
• Alta Gets Around reimbursement of $900 annually
• Life Insurance: Alta pays 100% of the premium for life and AD&D equal to your base compensation
• Additional benefits:
• Professional development opportunities
• Holidays: 11 total company paid holidays
• Dental/Vision: PPO, Alta pays 90% of the cost
• 401k: Alta provides a safe harbor match up to 4%
• Medical: PPO or HSA medical plans, Alta pays 75% of the cost
• PTO: 21 days accrued annually