Project Accountant

A construction industry client of Vaco located downtown, Indianapolis is seeking qualified individuals for an open Project Accountant role. Candidates must have project accounting experience.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

Staff Accountant is responsible for maintaining financial records

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

Include but are not necessarily limited to the following:

• Prepare monthly construction draws for submission to lending partners
• Handle all A/R and A/P related to assigned construction jobs
• Review financial statements for portfolio of student housing entities received from third party operating partner
• Balance and reconcile bank accounts
• Complete all necessary monthly general ledger journal entries
• Process daily accounting, cash, credit card transactions, perform account reconciliations as necessary and meet required deadlines for timely financial reporting
• Prepare financial reporting packages for investors and lending partners
• Assist with Federal, State and Local tax return process with third party tax preparer
• Review operating and capital budgets
• Maintain an orderly accounting filing system in online storage system

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Undergraduate degree required in accounting
• A minimum of 1 year of experience in accounting
• Experience with preparing and reviewing construction jobs
• Experience in Accounts Payable, GL reconciliation
• Strong work ethic with demonstrated desire to grow with a growing company
• Ambitious individual for this very fun, flexible working environment
• Ability to work independently and handle multiple assignments
• Must be a proficient communicator and listener
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously with frequent interruptions
• Must have a valid U.S. driver’s license

TECHNICAL/COMPUTER SKILLS:

• Excellent quantitative analysis and financial model skills (using Excel) is required
• Jonas Premier experience preferred
• Working knowledge of email and MS Office software programs necessary

Ability and willingness to effectively use other job-related technology tools