Job description
LPA is seeking a passionate
Project Accountant to join our integrated team of architects, engineers, interior designers, landscape architects and master planners. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with team members across studios on projects that are both local and across California and Texas. Our clients are both public and private and represent nine different market segments so your career can take many different trajectories. You will have interaction with our CFO and leadership team regularly and will be responsible for task and time management. Every day is different!
You will be working with Project Leaders, Directors and Principals in the studio and across the firm. We are looking to you to look at ways to improve processes, think critically, and help inform our team members regarding the financials of their projects.
We’re committed to diversity, wellness and work-life balance and it is neatly summarized in our Just label. We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits, including health and dental insurance, retirement and financial, wellness and other work/life plans.
What you will do:
- Create, update, and validate project and budget setups in the accounting system
- Review, process, and match incoming consultant invoices to Purchase Orders (PO)
- Validate billing setups and generate bills
- Process pre-bills based on Project Managers’ feedback & system calculations
- Work with Project Managers to identify when a revenue accrual is needed
- Follow up on aging receivables (not primary responsibility for collections)
- Investigate and perform analysis on variances and submit findings to management
- Generate ad-hoc reports as requested
- Investigate all unbilled project costs
- Assist Project managers in circulating and processing write-off requests
- Perform analysis on unbilled cost and/or unearned revenue to ensure proper project close-out
- Use standard best practices for project accounting and/or other applicable GAAP accounting rules
- Maintain and file project-related records
- Compile information for internal and external auditors, as required
- Maintain a positive and collaborative professional environment with Project Managers and peers
- Other accounting duties as assigned
What we will do:
- Provide mentorship from Accounting Manager, Director and our CFO as well as other professionals across the board
- Provide career growth opportunities including professional development grants and our professional development process
- Provide study grants for exploration – Catapult, LPA Foundation
Project Accountant Requirements:
- Ability to complete tasks in a timely manner according to established deadlines
- Must be an effective communicator at all levels and enjoy working in a team environment
- Experience with Microsoft office (Excel, Word, Outlook)
- Degree in Accounting or Finance desired
- Flexibility, collaborative, self-starter, detail oriented
- Knowledge of MS Dynamics a plus
- Background in the AEC industry a plus
LPA is an integrated design firm with offices in California and Texas. We specialize in creating innovative, sustainable environments that work better, do more with less and improve people’s lives. We provide a vibrant and rewarding work environment—one that values and fosters creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, community engagement and ongoing career development and growth. LPA is also committed to diversity, wellness and work-life balance. LPA offers competitive salaries and generous benefits, including health and dental insurance, retirement and financial, wellness and other work/life plans.
NOTICE TO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES AND RECRUITERS:
Please note that LPA does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed contract, LPA will not agree to pay any recruiter fee. In the situation an agency or recruiter submits a candidate or resume without a previously signed agreement
and/or without LPA’s request, LPA explicitly reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of LPA.
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