Project Accountant: Construction Payroll & ERP (Contract)

Company: Southwest Electrical Contracting Services LLC 

Location: Converse, TX (San Antonio area); Hybrid

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $55.00- $65.00/HR

Duration: 4 to 6 weeks

Start Date: ASAP

Reports To: Controller

About the Project

SWECS is a commercial electrical contractor headquartered in Converse, TX, running Spectrum (Trimble/Viewpoint) as its ERP. We are rebuilding how employer-paid fringe benefits (health, PTO, holiday, life, disability, 401k) are set up in Spectrum payroll, including union, wage and add-on codes for prevailing wage/Davis-Bacon jobs. We need a hands-on, dedicated resource to drive setup, testing and go-live alongside our Payroll Manager, HR and Accounting teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Master data: Validate the employee benefit master file and fringe hourly rate calculations against vendor invoices and plan documents.
• Spectrum setup: Build and load union codes, wage codes, job settings, benefit tiers/overrides and add-on (U) codes using import templates for prevailing wage and non-DB employees.
• Testing: Test in the TST environment; reconcile payroll output and certified payroll reports to manual calcs; validate GL postings and department code mapping.
• Go-live support: Track uploads and issues, resolve differences, and support the production cutover.
• Handoff: Write step-by-step how-to documents, help design GL-to-invoice benefit reconciliations, and help hand off new hire add-on setup to HR.

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of construction payroll, payroll accounting, or ERP payroll implementation experience.
• Hands-on payroll setup in a construction ERP; Spectrum strongly preferred (Vista, Foundation, CMiC or Sage 300 CRE considered).
• Working knowledge of union and prevailing wage/Davis-Bacon payroll, fringe benefit credits and certified payroll reporting.
• Strong Excel (lookups, pivots, reconciliations) and comfort with bulk data imports.
• Detail-oriented and well organized; documents sources, assumptions, exceptions and validation as standard practice.

Nice to Have

• Prior payroll system implementation or conversion project; multi-state payroll; 401k and benefits administration.

Deliverables by End of Engagement

Fringe benefit setup live in Spectrum production; testing and tie-outs documented with all issues resolved or documented; how-to documents for each setup step; and a completed handoff to Payroll and HR.

Why SWECS?

If you have a passion for construction payroll and ERP systems and are looking for a challenging and rewarding challenge, we encourage you to apply for the Project Accountant: Construction Payroll & ERP (Contract) position at Southwest Electrical Contracting Services. We are committed to providing our employees with a safe and positive work environment and opportunities for professional growth. Join our team and be a part of our success!