Project Accountant

4 weeks ago


Chicago, United States Endurant Energy Full time
Job DescriptionJob Description

Accounting and Finance: Project Accountant

Endurant Energy: Company Overview

Endurant Energy’s vision is to be the leading provider of microgrid and distributed energy resources in North America. Through initial feasibility to design, installation, operations, and long-term maintenance, we are unique in our range and depth of skills and have a demonstrated track record of success. We are poised to accelerate the growth of the company by delivering compelling and creative solutions to customers that demand energy resiliency, reliability, low carbon footprints and an economic value proposition.

Endurant Energy is a proponent of Equal Employment Opportunities, and values diversity. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply. We are an affiliate of LS Power, a leading US private equity firm, specializing in energy infrastructure, and have immediate plans for significant growth, which this role will play a part in creating. Visit endurant.com for more details.

Project Accountant role

Reporting to the Controller, the Project Accountant will be a member of the Accounting team supporting the exceptional delivery of project EPC and O&M services to our customers. The role will be responsible for ensuring the integrity of our financials by maintaining overall project accounting requirements related to project execution activities.

Responsibilities will include:

  • Establish project set-up within accounting, time management and other systems.
  • Liaise with project team to maintain project budgets and variance analysis.
  • Ensure project POs and change orders are recorded properly across systems.
  • Oversee project cashflow schedule, incorporate project updates within master accounting cashflow.
  • Support project accounting AP review with accounting and project teams.
  • Record monthly client invoicing utilizing client preferred documents, including AIA G702 / G703 pay applications.
  • Ensure project accounting document compliance, tracking internal and 3rd party lien waivers.
  • Act as the main point of contact for COI requests.
  • Assist Procurement Manager with vendor document compliance.
  • Supply technical accounting and transaction information to line manager.
  • Produce accurate and timely accounting reports and present the results to the Controller and project teams.
  • Support month-end and year-end close process.
  • Follow financial standards, internal controls, and accounting processes.
  • Recognize errors and suggest ways to improve efficiency.
  • Provide input into department and personal goal setting.

Required Hard Skills

  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field.
  • 3+ years of experience in project accounting.
  • Strong attention to detail is essential.
  • Strong working knowledge of GAAP required.
  • Must be very proficient with Microsoft Excel.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
  • Highly organized.
  • Desired experience with Sage Intacct, or similar ERP System.
  • Preferred background in a related industry: energy, construction, real estate development.

Desired Soft Skills

  • Growth mindset with a bias towards action.
  • Comfortable dealing with ambiguity and forging a path forward.
  • Must be self-motivated, results-oriented, and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative, team-oriented environment with the ability to work independently and multi-task
  • The ability to meet deadlines, while maintaining highly accurate results with heavy workload.
  • Creative and proactive problem solver with a resilient mindset.
  • Willingness to interact with a wide variety of audiences, ranging from customers, analytics, technical and operations staff.

Location: Chicago, IL



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