Project Accountant

At Cumming Group, you will work on some of the world's most exciting projects in a dynamic environment where your success is measured by the impact you make. We are one of the fastest-growing project and cost management consultancies in the United States, as reflected in our top 10 rankings in ENR. With over 60 offices globally, an extremely diverse project portfolio, and double-digit year-over-year revenue growth, the opportunities to make your mark are limitless!

We are currently hiring for an entry level Project Accountant located in Monterey Park, CA. This opportunity will have you working within our education project construction sector in support of school construction projects. The education team provides services to K-12 as well as higher education institutions nationally. You will be teaming with project, program, and client leadership to provide premier educational facilities for our nation’s youth and adults seeking to better themselves through learning.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Assist Finance and Accounting team with analyses of ongoing financial activity for the Bond Program.

• Identify discrepancies or inconsistencies in invoice documentation and resolve expeditiously.

• Ensure invoice and encumbrance entries in PMIS (Proliance) are correct and supporting documentation is provided.

• Confirm sequencing and formatting of invoice and encumbrance entries are compatible with integration into accounting software.

• Resolve integration issues for invoices and encumbrances in accounting software.

• Review bond program invoices and encumbrances and process per accounting procedures.

• Evaluate and ensure bond compliance in regards to all payment requests.

• Conduct regular review and analysis of detailed transactions.

• Reconcile financial accounts.

• Analyze monthly accounting reports in order to maintain expenditure controls.

• Prepare and process debit/credit memos.

• Identify errors and develop innovative approaches to minimize risk of repeat discrepancies.

• Develop new reports to help provide transparency into Bond Program expenditures.

• Communicate with applicable construction and professional services vendors as needed.

• Work directly with outside team members on cost and invoice commitments and expenditure matters.

• Work effectively with other department personnel in order to resolve any invoice payment issues and obtain signatures of authorization on invoice matters.

• Other activities as needed as requested by the Finance and Accounting Manager.

Knowledge & Skills Required:

• Experience with auditing and reconciliations for multiple accounts.

• Ability to work with business enterprise software.

• Ability to perform historical trend analysis.

• Ability to create and analyze reports.

• Experience in preparing and presenting various financial and accounting reports to superiors.

• Demonstrate ability to be dependable, diligent, and thorough. 

• Exercise creativity and resourcefulness in managing the project effectively in a compressed timeframe. 

• Utilize effective written and oral communication skills.

• Excellent analytical skills, ability to multi-task, prioritize and work efficiently independently and in a team.

• Understand how your role contributes to the organization's goals. 

• Deliver quality work product by role modeling organizational core values. 

• Hold self accountable to individual and team goals. 

• Consistently communicates and collaborates with team members and clients. 

• Build relationships with peers, leaders, and clients. 

• Proactively participate in self-development to continually enhance current skills and build new skills required to excel at current role and prepare for career progression. 

Preferred Education and Experience:

• High school diploma required. College certificate or bachelor's degree in business is preferred.

• Minimum of 1 year of accounting experience required. Project accounting and construction industry experience is highly preferred.

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