Project Accountant - Kansas City

 

Together, we own our company, our future, and our shared success.

 

As an employee-owned company, our people are Black & Veatch. We put them at the center of everything we do and empower them to grow, explore new possibilities and use their diverse talents and perspectives to solve humanity's biggest challenges in an ever-evolving world. With over 100 years of innovation in sustainable infrastructure and our expertise in engineering, procurement, consulting and construction, together we are building a world of difference.  

 

Company : Black & Veatch Corporation  

Req Id : 103898 

Opportunity Type : Staff 

Relocation eligible : No 

Full time/Part time : Full-Time  

Project Only Hire : No 

Visa Sponsorship Available: No 

Why Black and Veatch

Recognized by Glassdoor as a 2023 Top 100 place to work, Black & Veatch allows you to lend your talent and perspective to humanity’s biggest challenges in a flexible environment where you are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities. We offer competitive compensation; 401K match and benefits that start day 1. Our hybrid environment allows you to balance your work and personal life. 

 

At Black & Veatch, you own your career with purpose and meaning. You are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities at every step of your career journey. Bring your big ideas knowing you are safe to be who you are and speak up with concerns or questions and put your diverse talents and perspectives to use. #LI-DM2

The Opportunity

As the Project Accountant, you will have the opportunity to:

• Be responsible for performing basic to intermediate level accounting duties of assigned projects, such as revenue recognition, transactional accounting, moderately complex invoicing
• Be responsible for basic analysis, forecasting, budgeting and reporting
• Be responsible for working closely with management to provide financial insight on the performance of assigned projects
• Provide resolution of basic issues
• Ensure the project is in compliance with contractual obligations, as appropriate
• Work under close supervision

 

This role is located at our Headquarters in Overland Park, KS. This position is also hybrid which requires 3 days in the office and 2 days remotely. 

The Team

As part of BV Business Enablement, you will be part of the critical and forward-thinking group that enables our people, projects, and businesses to be as successful as possible by providing creative solutions. Functions in this group include CIO/Global Information Technology, Diode, ESH&S, Finance, Human Resources, Legal, Risk Management, and Government Affairs and Real Estate and Building Services.

Key Responsibilities

Invoicing:

• Generates, audits and distributes draft invoices and/or credit memos to Project Management for review based on understanding of contract 
• Obtains appropriate approval and distributes accordingly 
• Researches and resolves basic to moderately complex invoice matters
• Generates tax calculations to ensure accurate billing
• Monitors cash collections by actively communicating aging risk to project management to determine necessary collection actions  
• May communicate with clients regarding past due invoices 

Financial Analysis:

• Researches and responds to project related questions as requested 
• Provides basic analysis and recommendations 

Financial Reporting:

• Reviews revenue recognition on project income statement for accuracy and identifies deviations from budget compared to forecast
• Updates business systems with project budget and current project forecasted costs
• May prepare and analyze project budget and forecast 

Projects:

• Structures and opens projects in accounting systems
• May administer project cash disbursements for assigned projects
• Communicates project financial information to management for assigned projects 
• Identifies and communicates material variances
• Complexity and volume is limited to transaction level details and basic projects of standard and non-standard contract terms 

Compliance:

• May assist with audit requests by providing supporting documentation
• May interact directly with auditors as necessary 

Supervisory and Resource Management:

• Supports continuous improvement efforts and the change management effects associated with the implementation of improvement

Primary Internal Clients:

• Primary internal clients are project managers, project controls, finance managers and/or finance supervisors 

Preferred Qualifications