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Project Accountant

Brasfield & Gorrie

Brasfield & Gorrie

Accounting & Finance
Charlotte, NC, USA
Posted on Mar 6, 2026
Responsibilities

The Project Accountant supports construction project teams with the accounting and billing process.

  • Review owner contracts and identify contractual terms for accounting purposes with the project team
  • Work with Operations to enhance the flow of information to the Project Accounting team
  • Prepare and process customer Time and Materials, Cost-plus Fixed fee, and Firm Fixed Price billings on a schedule of values in accordance with contract requirements
  • Provide billing backup detail and balance billings against job cost when applicable
  • Analyze purchase orders and purchase order change orders on-line for correct calculations, including sales tax
  • Review subcontractor pay application information, including percent of completion, retainage percent or amount and verify that it contains a related waiver and release document
  • Analyze tax amounts charged on expense reports, miscellaneous invoices and purchase orders received nationwide to ensure the correct rate will be paid and/or accrued
  • Process high volumes of virtual miscellaneous invoices, purchase orders and subcontractor pay applications
  • Request and obtain valid W-9s for new vendors and vendor remits
  • Virtually review and process employee expense reimbursement requests
  • Track and process owner direct purchases
  • Maintain accurate cloud-based accounting file system
  • Additional miscellaneous duties to support project accounting needs

Qualifications

Education - Skills - Knowledge - Qualifications & Experience

  • 3-5 years of strong accounting experience
  • Accounting degree preferred
  • Construction accounting experience strongly preferred
  • Comfortable working in a paperless environment
  • Experience with sales and use tax calculations and accruals for multiple states
  • Proficiency in Microsoft applications, especially Excel
  • Experience working in multiple accounting systems (i.e. Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, Textura, Concur, OnBase, Procore)
  • Strong research and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent customer service skills – both internal and external
  • Strong communication skills – both oral and written
  • Actively and effectively work in a team environment
  • Detail oriented, organized, and comfortable managing multiple projects and meeting tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment