Job Description
Project Accountant
Location: Seymour, CT
Compensation: $80,000-100,000
Position Overview
Our client is seeking a detail-oriented Project Accountant to support the financial management of multiple projects from start to finish. This role will be responsible for project billing, job costing, reconciliations, financial reporting, and working closely with project managers and internal teams to ensure accurate and timely financial information.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage accounting activities for multiple projects, including tracking costs, revenue, and profitability
- Prepare and process customer invoices based on contracts, project milestones, and billing schedules
- Monitor project budgets, expenditures, and variances
- Perform account and project reconciliations and investigate discrepancies
- Review purchase orders, vendor invoices, expenses, and other project-related transactions
- Prepare monthly project financial reports and provide variance analysis
- Assist with month-end and year-end close activities
- Maintain accurate project records and supporting documentation
- Partner with Project Managers and Operations to resolve billing and accounting issues
- Track accounts receivable and follow up on outstanding project balances as needed
- Assist with audits and other financial reporting requests
- Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes and reporting
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field preferred
- 2+ years of accounting experience, preferably with project accounting, job costing, construction, engineering, real estate, or a project-based environment
- Strong understanding of general accounting principles
- Experience with project billing, cost tracking, and reconciliations
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including PivotTables and VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP
- Experience with an ERP or accounting system
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills
Preferred: Experience with construction/project accounting software, ERP implementations, or percentage-of-completion accounting.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Seymour, CT |
| Industry | Financial Services |
| Salary | $80,000–$100,000 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
- Accounting Policiesunmatched
- Accounting Softwareunmatched
- Accounts Receivableunmatched
- Billingunmatched
- Budget Managementunmatched
- Communication Skillsunmatched
- Construction Accounting Softwareunmatched
- Construction Engineeringunmatched
- Detail Orientedunmatched
- Documentationunmatched
- ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)unmatched
- Financeunmatched
- Financial Analysisunmatched
- Financial Managementunmatched
- Financial Projectionsunmatched
- Financial Reportingunmatched
- Microsoft Excelunmatched
- Multitaskingunmatched
- Organizational Skillsunmatched
- Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
- Process Improvementunmatched
- Profit & Lossunmatched
- Project Trackingunmatched
- Project/Program Managementunmatched
- Purchase Ordersunmatched
- Real Estateunmatched
- Reconciliationunmatched
- Record Keepingunmatched
- Time Managementunmatched
- Variance Analysisunmatched
- Vlookupsunmatched
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