Job Title: Project Accountant IV
Duration: 12 Months
Location: Salisbury, NC (3 days onsite/Remote--would like to have someone no more than one hour from one of the People Centers.)
 
Job Description:

• This role requires advanced excel skill, formula knowledge, and an understanding of cross sheet linkage. A preference is for the candidate to have an accounting degree.
• Knowledge and full cycle experience with Accounts receivable operations and systems
• Knowledge and full cycle experience with Accounts payable operations and systems
• Knowledge and full cycle experience with General Ledger operations and systems
• Knowledge and full cycle experience with Capital Asset operations and systems
• Proficient in data analysis, well versed with SOX and GAAP.
• Experience with executing monthly reconciliations between accounts, ledgers, and other financial recording systems
• Strong excel skills including pivot tables, data connections, vlookup, complex formulas and connecting spreadsheets
• Proficient in Power BI reporting, Task planner, navigating and updating Share Point sites.
• Proficient in data analysis, investigating variances, and exception handling, well versed in capital vs expense activities
• Able to create management financial summary for communication to leadership and support regular reporting requirements
• Good organizational skills. Be able to support multiple projects and work with project managers on a regular scheduled basis
• Good planning skills and able to coordinate work efforts to meet financial deadlines
• Operational management skills to support the project PO, invoice and tracking processes
• Create and communicate historical analysis and trends of key data elements of a project
• Experience with internal and external auditors
• Responsibilities for the project accountant include, but are not limited to:
• Attend Misc Project/Financial meetings with PMs and other team meetings as needed
• Project and Budget setup in financial templates and PMO governance tools
• Prepare financials for project stage gate governance processes (i.e. PEG, TCOs and Setup assistance)
• Assist and recommend to project managers any identified budget adjustments, recommendations, and/or realignments based on actualized historical information
• Understand project variance drivers and recognize when it is appropriate to escalate to supervisors
• Reviewing all incoming capital investment requests for completeness and inputting into Coupa to ensure set-up with proper routing for approval.
• Communicate with project managers as requests are made with target SLA
• Maintaining a detailed financial appropriation (Proliance/PIN) activity and status report, which includes:
• Recording the daily financial activity for each project
• Updating and publishing monthly actual FTE reports
• Emailing PMs regarding actuals and requesting the completion of ETCs
• Scheduling period actual reviews with each PM.
• Identifying and communicating any major discrepancies between planned spend, approved project funding, and actuals
• Maintaining the FTE budget and reconcile planned vs actualized labor for each project assigned
• Inputting, maintaining, and tracking Coupa requisitions, POs and invoices by vendor
• Collaborate with project coordinators or other project team members
• Completing any other ad hoc support as requested

 
5 Must Haves:
1. Self-Starter
2. Effective written and verbal communication--occasional speaking in for of stakeholders and VP
3. Comprehensive understanding of Full Cycle Accounting
4. Balance Sheet experience--ability to answer questions
5. Innovative
 
Certification: BA in Accounting or Finance or work experience up to 8 years. 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 40.00/hr.