Job Description
Project Accountant
Location: New York City - Onsite daily
Salary: $100-115k base plus bonus
Key Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Location: New York City - Onsite daily
Salary: $100-115k base plus bonus
What's in It for You?
- Opportunity to work on exciting, high-value construction projects throughout New York City
- Direct collaboration with leadership and project teams, giving you a true seat at the table
- Significant ownership and accountability over project financial performance
- Exposure to the full project lifecycle, from budgeting and forecasting to project closeout
- Daily use of Sage Intacct within a sophisticated and systems-focused accounting function
- Strong potential to enhance your construction accounting skill set and advance your career
- Backed by a financially stable organization with continued growth and a robust project pipeline
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage project budgets, forecasts, and cost tracking across multiple construction jobs
- Prepare job cost reports, variance analysis, and profitability tracking
- Oversee billing, AIA invoicing, WIP schedules, and revenue recognition
- Partner with project managers to ensure accurate financial reporting and cost control
- Maintain and optimize project data within Sage Intacct
Qualifications:
- 3+ years of project accounting experience in construction
- Experience with an ERP system like Sage Intacct, Deltek, or Timberline
- Strong knowledge of job costing, WIP, and construction billing (AIA)
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
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Numbers & Facts
| Location | New York, NY |
| Industry | Financial Services |
| Salary | $100,000–$115,000 Per Year |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1994 |
| Website | http://www.cfstaffing.com/ |
About Company
Founded by CPA firms in 1994, Creative Financial Staffing has spent over 30 years helping job seekers and employers succeed. In fall 2025, we rebranded as CFS—a name that reflects our full range of expertise while staying true to the trusted company you know.
CFS is the industry’s leading employee-owned staffing firm, connecting top talent in accounting, finance, technology, and human resources. We provide skilled professionals on both a temporary and permanent basis across diverse industries, leveraging our extensive network to match the right people with the right opportunities.
Our dedication to excellence extends to our award-winning culture, recognized repeatedly for growth, recruiting, workplace environment, and employee support. Honors include Forbes’ “America’s Best Recruiting and Temporary Staffing Firms,” Staffing Industry Analysts’ top U.S. staffing rankings, FlexJobs’ Top 100 Companies for Remote and Hybrid Work, Top Workplaces USA, Newsweek’s Best Practices awards, and more.
Skills
- Accountingunmatched
- Air Intelligence Agency (AIA)unmatched
- Billingunmatched
- Budget Managementunmatched
- Budgetingunmatched
- Constructionunmatched
- Construction Projectsunmatched
- Cost Controlunmatched
- Cost Forecastingunmatched
- Cost Reportingunmatched
- Deltek Accounting Softwareunmatched
- ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)unmatched
- Financeunmatched
- Financial Projectionsunmatched
- Financial Reportingunmatched
- Forecastingunmatched
- Leadershipunmatched
- Profit & Lossunmatched
- Project Close-Outunmatched
- Project Lifecycleunmatched
- Project/Program Managementunmatched
- Revenue Recognitionunmatched
- Variance Analysisunmatched
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