Intermediate Professional, Accounting

This Opportunity

Your Impact

•    Works independently to manage and analyze the collection, recording, and allocation of project costs and revenue; ensuring accurate project profit and loss calculations, budget vs. actual cost, and developing and providing project financial performance and profitability to project/program management.
• Responsible for lifecycle project accounting from creating project accounts in Oracle, to tracking projects and project budget, validating invoicing, project close-out, and reconciling overall project payables and receivables to project budgets.  
• Perform detailed and involved accounting tasks related to managing project contract revenue, billing events, and billing transaction exceptions.
• Partner with the Project Manager and project team to establish the project budget, updating budgets as needed when contract modifications or budget changes arise.
• Generate project financial reports, evaluating the reports for any items that need to be escalated for review by the Project Manager as necessary.
• Authorize access to project accounts, and the transfer of expenses into and out of project-related accounts in compliance with established accounting practices and guidelines.
• Maintain quality control standards and procedures for generating accurate and precise project-related financial records using Oracle, spreadsheets, and software.
• For assigned projects, apply learned accounting expertise relating to project resources, labor and expenses, investigating project variances and submitting variance reports to management.  
• Verify contract and change order characteristics, including reading and interpreting contract language, method of compensation, modifications, purchase orders, and subcontract/consultant terms.    
• Responsible for ensuring draft invoices from billing are accurate based on the contract requirements agreed upon with the client, identifying any corrections needed, obtaining Project Manager documentation and signature, and finalizing the invoice approval with the Project Manager/billing team and submits the invoice to the client.
• Subcontract management and coordination with Contract Administrators. This includes evaluating subconsultant invoice submittals for accuracy, establish and maintain purchase orders for subconsultants, and request and follow up on subcontractor payment requests with Accounts Payable.
• Identify and record unpaid contract billings, following up on any delinquent accounts receivable and/or unbilled costs.  
• Respond to requests for more detail from clients, investigate all project expenses not billed to clients, and review and approve all project-related billings to clients.
• Attend project-related meetings to inform the team regarding the current status of project financials, articulating problem projects and following up on any identified actions as discussed.
• Create and submit government reports related to projects.
• Compile information for review by a more Senior Consultant prior to submitting for internal and external auditors as required.
• Remain current in latest project accounting principles and subject matter.
• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs. 

Who You Are

Required Qualifications
 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business, or closely-related discipline, (or demonstrated proven equivalent experience)
• 1 to 3 years of relevant post education experience in accounting, project contracts and change order documents.    
• Knowledge of project accounting principles, practices, and methods and their application to project work-related issues.  
• Familiarity with Oracle preferred (but not required).
• Developing an analytical mindset with an ability to exercise sound independent judgement in evaluating situations and making decisions with financial implications to the company.  
• Capable interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to an accounting and non-accounting audience.
• Capable self-leadership with attention to detail, accuracy, multi-tasking, and prioritization of responsibilities in a dynamic work environment.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, as well as part of a team to meet business objectives.
• Proficient with technical writing, office automation and accounting software, technology, math principles, spreadsheets, MS Excel, pivot tables, formulas, data format/sort/filter, predictive models, and tools.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills required to apply learned subject matter and technical knowledge to reach conclusions from data collation, documentation, statistical analysis, and arriving at the most effective, economical, and logical solution.
• Awareness of and adherence to WSP USA’s Project Delivery Handbook.  
• This is a professional role and as such work deadlines and work hours may extend beyond a typical work day.
• Ability to travel on an infrequent basis.  
• While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to communicate clearly through written, spoken and electronic means.  
• The employee is often required to sit for prolonged periods of time and use their hands and fingers sufficient to operate a keyboard, telephone, office equipment, handle papers, and communicate via computer.  
• May require some bending, stooping, twisting, and/or stretching from seated or standing positions.
• Vision abilities required by this job include reading on a computer monitor, reading contracts and other printed documents, such as complex spreadsheets and invoices.  
• Requires moderate to intense concentration due to complexity and/or need to meet deadlines, and flexibility to readily adapt to a changing environment.
• Must be able to lift 10lbs or more.

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  
          WSP Benefits: 
           
          WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings. 
          Compensation:
          Expected Salary (all locations): $73,000-$95,000
  WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
  
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