Project accountant (billing) - Construction

The Project Accountant supports the financial management of construction projects by partnering closely with Project Managers to ensure accurate budgeting, forecasting, invoicing, and cost tracking. This role is responsible for maintaining project financial health through variance analysis, progress billing, compliance documentation, and customer invoicing, while ensuring adherence to contract terms and company processes.
Perform detailed variance analysis for projects on a monthly basis to ensure projects remain on budget, or strategize on ways to improve profitability, together with the Project Managers
Hold monthly meetings with Project Managers to determine monthly invoicing requirements, and support AR to ensure invoices are received timely
Assist in preparing compliance documentation, including collection of waivers, certificates of insurance, bonding, amongst others
Review construction contracts and ensure project is accurately set-up in the system, including contract value, costs, division, branch, etc.
Importing of quotes from quoting software into ERP
Produce customer invoices/project draws for a variety of projects, ensuring formatting is compliant with contract terms and customer specifications, including preparation of required backup to accompany invoice
Supporting large, enterprise customers through gathering backup pertaining to cost-plus contracts
Entering change orders into the system in order to update contract values and costs
Performing cost analysis on projects to create projections on remaining costs to complete
Create and provide job costing reports to project managers to assist them in updating estimates on budget projections
Work directly with customers to ensure invoices have been received, approved, and actioned
Assist with ad-hoc projects and other duties as required
Minimum 1 year of experience performing in a project accounting role, or similar
Experience with progress draw invoicing
Experience using billing portals
Intermediate excel skills
Post-secondary education in accounting, an asset
Construction project accounting knowledge, specifically around long-term contracts (WIP), an asset
Receptive to coaching and willing to learn and develop skills
Eager to learn and able to apply newly acquired skills for immediate results
3+ years of experience in construction or project-based accounting environments

• 3+ years of experience supporting progress billing, WIP reporting, or cost tracking on long-term contracts
• Experience supporting large-scale or enterprise-level projects, including cost-plus contracts
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, financial modeling)
• Ability to collaborate cross-functionally with operations, finance, and customers
• Strong analytical mindset with a proactive approach to identifying cost or billing risks
• Experience working in fast-paced, high-volume project environments

Must be able to effectively communicate, (ie see, hear, speak and write clearly) in order to communicate with colleagues and/or customers; manual dexterity required for occasional reaching, lifting of light office objects, and operating office equipment

The office is clean, orderly, properly lighted and ventilated. The regional system integration business called Bosch Building Technologies offers solutions and customized services for building security, energy efficiency, and building automation for commercial buildings and infrastructure projects Bosch started its Integrator Business in North America through the acquisition of Climatec in 2015. Climatec expanded Bosch’s role as a comprehensive supplier of energy, building automation and security solutions. Climatec is recognized in the building industry as an independent single-source integrator of critical building systems including energy services, building automation and security & life safety in the U.S. market. The company provides consulting, planning, implementation and 24/7 remote management. Climatec is active in several market segments and industries including data centers, commercial real estate buildings, and federal, state, and local government. Today the combined entity of Bosch Building Technologies (previously Climatec and Paladin Technologies) represents over $900M in revenues and 3000 associates. Utilizing the strengths of both companies, Bosch offers its customers a complete portfolio of networked and efficient energy, building automation and security solutions.
This company considers candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status . Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability & veterans, or any other characteristic protected by law.