Project Accountant

We're looking for a detail-oriented, organized Project Accountant to join our team in our Wenatchee office. Are you a behind-the-scenes superstar? Do you love being part of a team and taking on special projects?  Then our team wants to hear from you

Who we are

Our mission is to serve our clients, communities, and each other with creativity, knowledge, insight, and perspective. As a 100% employee-owned company, at SCJ, we value trust, compassion, freedom, stewardship, and integrity. Our fast-paced, fun, and flexible atmosphere offers the opportunity for meaningful work that challenges you, makes a difference, and improves communities. We specialize in civil engineering, transportation planning & design, environmental & urban planning, landscape architecture & design, and public outreach. With great projects and a fun-loving team, our firm has been named as both one of the nation’s fastest-growing and best places to work multiple times. Our mantra, “Anticipate. Envision. Create,” captures our work environment and project approach.

SCJ strives to employ top-quality people who will support the company’s unique culture — a place where we not only serve our clients but also one another. We routinely and easily cross job description “lines” to be part of getting something accomplished, no matter how small the task.

What you’ll be doing

• Provide professional accounting and financial support to the project team. 
• Provide contract support.  Support project managers by drafting contracts and amendments.  Follow up for signatures and other contract-related items such as insurance certificates.  Read and interpret contract language for such items as a method of compensation, modifications, billing terms, and sub-consultant terms.
• Project invoicing. Provide draft invoices to the project manager with accurate information based on contract requirements from the client.  Finalize invoices for the project manager’s signature and send them to the client with all needed documentation as required by the contract.
• Managing project details and records. Over the project lifecycle, you will manage details, including set-up in Deltek Vantagepoint, helping set up labor estimates, filing documents and emails, and being the point person for resource documents.
• Subconsultant management support.  Evaluate sub-consultant invoices for accuracy, help track sub-consultant budget and invoicing, send sub-consultant invoices to project managers for approval, enter sub-consultant invoices, ensure payment to sub-consultant is scheduled appropriately,
• Financial support for projects. You will be responsible for providing additional project information/reporting when necessary.
• Project accounts receivable. You will be responsible for making sure AR is followed up on your projects. Reaching out to clients with invoice copies/follow-up emails.
• Respond to client requests for more detail as necessary.
• Attend project-related meetings when requested.
• Perform additional responsibilities as requested.
• Being part of a team that conducts interesting and challenging work that builds communities.

What you bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, or a similar field (or an equivalent combination of work and education).
• At least three (3) years of accounting and contract document experience.  Project accounting preferred.
• Knowledge of project accounting principles and practices.
• Excellent computer skills, with proficiency in the Microsoft Suite, especially Excel and Word.
• Experience with Deltek Vantagepoint accounting software is preferred but not required.
• Detail-oriented and highly organized, with strong verbal and written communication skills, as well as experience interacting with clients and management staff.
• Service-oriented personality.
• Experience working with a project-based and private consulting firm is desired.
• Ability to handle a varied workload of several different projects, each with specific deadlines and expectations.
• Excellent time management skills and comfort working with tight deadlines and quick turnarounds while still paying keen attention to details.
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team, meet deadlines and manage priorities.
• Character of high integrity, trustworthiness, and reliability.

What we bring 

•  An unbeatable culture:  In recent employee satisfaction surveys, "the people at work" and "culture" are consistently identified as the top two things people love about working at SCJ. We are proud of our autonomous and collaborative work environment, exceptional operational support, creative and supportive co-workers, and compassionate leadership team. Plus, we do lots of other fun stuff, including mugshots, an annual gala, fitness challenges, summer campouts…and a variety of other creative ways we have found to come together and hang out. 
  
• Quality projects: We pursue work that improves communities, challenges us, and makes a difference.
• Community involvement opportunities and a charitable matching program. 
• Paid time off, holidays, personal floating holidays. 
• Retirement benefits: 401(k) plan & employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).
• Health, disability, and other insurance plan options to fit your needs. Including HSA & FSA.

This is not a remote position.