Sr. Project Accountant

• Project Accounting & Cost Management

  • Partner with Project Managers to ensure accurate project setup, budgets, cost structures, and phase codes within IFS.
  • Review Cost Status Reports (CSRs), monitor labor, material, and subcontractor charges, and resolve job cost discrepancies.
  • Ensure accurate project cost allocations, WIP balances, and reconciliation of project costs to the general ledger.
  • Coordinate with the Cost Accountant to reconcile manufacturing and work order costs to projects.
  • Support project closeout, including final cost reconciliations and resolution of outstanding transactions.

  Project Financial Reporting & Forecasting

  • Partner with Project Managers to maintain Operations Management (OM) projections for revenue, costs, margins, and cost to complete.
  • Analyze project financial performance, including actual-to-budget and actual-to-projection variances, and identify risks to project profitability.
  • Prepare project financial reporting and WIP schedules, providing revenue recognition support to Corporate Accounting for month-end close.

  Project Billing, AP & Compliance

  • Coordinate project billing, accounts receivable follow-up, and resolution of outstanding customer balances with Project Management and Corporate Accounting.
  • Review unapproved project invoices with Project Management and Supply Chain to ensure timely approval and accurate job cost coding.
  • Coordinate subcontractor payment documentation, compliance requirements, and lien releases.
  • Support project-related sales and use tax compliance, including exemptions and required documentation.

  IFS ERP & Process Improvement

  • Serve as a key project accounting resource for IFS, ensuring accurate project transactions, cost allocations, and financial reporting.
  • Identify, investigate, and resolve project accounting and system discrepancies resulting from the ERP implementation.
  • Partner with the Corporate Assistant Controller, Cost Accountant, IT, and Operations to resolve system issues and improve accounting processes.
  • Develop and maintain consistent project accounting procedures, reconciliations, and controls.

  Cross-Functional Coordination

  • Work closely with Project Managers, Operations, Supply Chain, and the Cost Accountant to ensure accurate and timely project financial information.
  • Maintain a dotted-line reporting relationship with the Corporate Assistant Controller to ensure alignment with corporate accounting policies, controls, and reporting requirements.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting required.
• 5+ years of progressive project accounting experience in a manufacturing, fabrication, construction, or project-based industrial environment.
• Strong understanding of project accounting, job costing, WIP, revenue recognition, and project cost structures.
• Experience preparing and analyzing project budgets, cost-to-complete forecasts, and margin projections.
• Strong understanding of project cost reporting and the financial impact of labor, materials, subcontractors, and other direct costs.
• Experience with ERP-based project accounting systems.
• Strong Excel skills, including financial analysis, reconciliations, and large data sets.
• Ability to work independently, identify discrepancies, and take ownership of issues through resolution.
• Strong communication and organizational skills with the ability to work directly with project management and operational personnel.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a rapidly growing and changing environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with IFS ERP.
• Experience supporting an ERP implementation or post-implementation stabilization.
• Experience in modular manufacturing, industrial fabrication, mission-critical infrastructure, or engineer-to-order environments.
• Experience with percentage-of-completion or over-time revenue recognition.
• Familiarity with sales and use tax requirements, subcontractor compliance, and lien management.
• Experience with federal or defense contracts, including FAR/DFARS requirements, where applicable.
• Experience with Power BI or other financial reporting tools.

Key Competencies

• Project accounting and job cost accuracy
• Project cost-to-complete and margin analysis
• ERP systems and project accounting processes
• Financial analysis and problem-solving
• Cross-functional partnership with Project Management
• Ownership and accountability
• Ability to operate independently in a changing environment
• Process improvement and financial controls

Measures of Success

• Accurate and timely project cost reporting and reconciliations.
• Reliable project cost-to-complete information and margin projections.
• Timely identification and resolution of project accounting discrepancies.
• Accurate project WIP and revenue recognition support.
• Improved project accounting accuracy and reporting within IFS.
• Timely support of corporate month-end close requirements.
• Strong working relationships with Project Management, Operations, the Cost Accountant, and Corporate Accounting.

• Frequent sitting, standing, and walking; occasional stooping or kneeling.
• Clear verbal communication and dexterity for standard office equipment.
• Close visual acuity for detail-oriented computer tasks.
• Based in the Denver Metro Area; FT in office
• Adherence to company safety, policy, and attendance protocols; empowered to halt operations if unsafe and notify supervisors.
• Consistent attendance during core business hours is essential.

• Safety: Our unmatched culture of safety is our foremost core value, guiding everything we do each day: Health, Safety, & Environmental

• Awards: Whether in Construction, Manufacturing, Fabrication, or Service, RK Industries is highly recognized and accredited throughout the industry: Accreditations & Recognition

• Benefits: RK Industries offers competitive benefits to support your growth and well-being: Benefits & Rewards

• Philanthropy: RK Industries not only builds our community through our projects, but also invests in it by supporting local services for over a decade through the RK Foundation: RK Foundation

• Development: Through RK University, we provide hands-on training and development opportunities that empower employees to advance their careers and grow within the company, to include leadership and technical learning opportunities, we well as our accredited apprentice program: RK University & RK Apprenticeship Program