# Experienced Professional, Project Accounting

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Meridian, ID
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

WSP is seeking an Experienced Professional, Project Accounting in the United States. This position is contingent upon obtaining and maintaining a national security clearance.

The ideal candidate will provide accounting and financial specialist support to Project Managers and project teams. Key responsibilities include:

- Developing project work breakdown structures, budgets, margin analysis, and creating associated funding in Oracle for larger and more complex projects.

- Evaluating project charges, completing cost transfers, maintaining accurate project data in Oracle, generating robust project accounting reports, and partnering with project leadership to develop corrective strategies for problem projects.

- Collaborating closely with Billing and Project Managers on pre-billing reviews, cost estimates, and invoicing.

**Responsibilities**

- Manage and analyze project costs and revenue, ensuring accurate profit and loss calculations and communicating project financial performance to project management.

- Handle lifecycle project accounting, including creating project accounts in Oracle, tracking projects and budgets, validating invoicing, and project close-out.

- Perform detailed accounting tasks related to managing project contracts, billing events, and revenue.

- Partner with Project Managers to establish project budgets, update budgets, and make project accounting recommendations.

- Generate project financial reports and evaluate them for any issues that need escalation.

- Authorize access to project accounts and transfer expenses in compliance with accounting practices.

- Maintain quality control standards for generating accurate project-related financial records.

- Apply accounting expertise to investigate project variances and submit variance reports.

- Verify contract characteristics, monitor key indicators for problem projects, and ensure draft invoices are accurate.

- Manage subcontracts, identify and record unpaid contract billings, and respond to client requests for more detail.

- Attend project-related meetings, create and submit government reports, and compile information for audits.

- Interact with regulatory agencies, subcontractors, and clients in a professional manner.

**Qualifications**

- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Business, or a closely-related discipline.

- 3-5 years of relevant post-education experience in accounting and project contracts.

- Working knowledge of project accounting principles, practices, and methods.

- Analytical mindset with the ability to exercise sound independent judgment.

- Effective interpersonal and communication skills.

- Proficiency with technical writing, office automation, accounting software, and tools like MS Excel and Oracle.

- Critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

- Awareness of and adherence to WSP USA's Project Delivery Handbook.

- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety, and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.

- US Citizenship is required.

- Ability to obtain and maintain a US Government issued Secret level Security Clearance.

**Benefits**

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee's career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation; paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

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## Skills

### Required
- Accounting
- Project Accounting
- Oracle
- MS Excel
- Financial Analysis
- Budgeting
- Cost Estimation
- Invoicing
- Contract Management
- Subcontract Management
- Government Reporting
- Auditing

### Nice to have
- Familiarity with Oracle

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