COMPANY OVERVIEW

Hunt Electric Corporation is a national design build electrical contracting firm grounded in the simple, powerful concept of performing efficient, quality work. We value trust, relationships, performance, reward, safety, and diversity . Our loyalty is to our clients, our communities and our employees in more than 40 states. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package including:

We are continually seeking individuals who are passionate about the electrical design and construction industry who want to contribute to our company growth. If you are passionate, love what you do and hold yourself to a standard of excellence, we want to hear from you!

Role and Responsibilities:

The Project Accountant is responsible for supporting field operations and the finance team through job cost accounting, subcontractor compliance, and budget analysis. This position operates on an active construction job site.

• Maintain project budget and phasing structure to facilitate proper classification of costs on the project.

• Analyze data in project segments to help management evaluate project budget against actuals and project costs to complete.

• Identify and explain variances in project budget to actual.

• Point of contact for key vendors and subcontractors to ensure contracts are understood, billing is received timely in acceptable format and correctly applies contract terms including rates and markups.

• Coordinate weekly payroll uploads from partner contractor, ensuring timely, accurate, and reliable data entry

• Assist in preparation of monthly project billing.

• Select vendor and subcontractor payments for accounts payable for the project according to agreed upon terms.

• Compile per diem, travel & vehicle allowance information for billing purposes.

• Work both independently and collaboratively within the accounting and finance team to meet department and project reporting goals and deadlines.

• Represent finance group in onsite meeting with project leadership and customer.

• Create ad hoc reporting as required to support the project team.

  Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Accounting, Business or Finance degree or equivalent experience.

• Knowledge of accounting and bookkeeping principles and procedures.

• Experience in commercial/industrial construction or engineering is preferred with emphasis on project budgeting and costing procedures.

• Ability to communicate professionally with internal and external customers both verbally and in written correspondence.

• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines independently while maintaining a proactive and positive attitude and a high degree of accuracy.

• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Word and Excel.

• Excellent planning and organizational skills.

• Strong analytical skills.

• High level attention to detail.

• Strong customer service skills.

  Physical requirements:

• This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, filing cabinets, photocopiers and fax machines.

• This job operates in an office trailer on a construction site, requiring closed toed shoes at all times, as well as occasional use of a hard hat and eye protection when on construction job site.

• Employees are frequently required to sit, and occasionally required to kneel, reach, stoop, or crouch.

• This position requires the ability to lift files, open file cabinets, and bend or stand as necessary.

• This position may occasionally lift up to 10 pounds.