Project Accounting Assistant

Landrum & Brown is a global aviation consulting firm with airports at the core of our DNA. We bring passion and creativity to solve the most complex global aviation challenges with the potential to enhance the world.

Serving airports and other aviation clients for more than 70 years across all seven continents, our aviation consulting practice includes both planning and development services that span activation planning, airfield and airspace, business and finance, commercial development, environmental, ground transportation, master planning and strategy, terminal planning and design.

Job Summary

We are seeking a Project Accounting Assistant to join our team remotely from anywhere in the United States.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Prepares invoice packages for approval by Project Accountant, including all appliable backup, as required by contract terms. ​

• Provides WIP Reports to Accountant along with all backup for contracts that require. ​

• Review all subconsultant invoices for accuracy and compliance with client and contract requirements. Obtain PM approval and submit to accounts payable for posting, then monitor for posting by AP team. ​

• Expense Reports – process in accordance with contract terms ensuring accuracy for billable and non-billable expenses, review for missing/incorrect receipts, and proper coding.​

• Certificates of Insurance​

• Client COI’s – providing renewals to clients ​

• Sub COI’s – ensure subconsultant COI in accordance with contract terms​

• DBE Reporting – B2G Now Compliance Reporting​

• Attaching of documents to projects and server storage​

• Prepare drafts for notice to proceed to subconsultants and other contract documents as directed​

• Cash Receipt application​

• Assist Project Accountants with Project Closeouts​

• Maintain accurate and auditable accounting files.​

• Additional support task for Corporate Finance and Project Accounting Group as identified​

• Technical Skills: experience in Microsoft Office – especially Excel.

Qualifications:​

• Two-year college degree (e.g., Accounting or Finance) or 2+ years of related professional experience in project cost accounting​

• Learning Agility: Continuously develop new skills and ways of doing things​

• Technical Accounting: Incorporate themes from Generally Accepted Accounting Principles into your work ​

• Client Focus: Demonstrate a clear understanding of how your actions can impact the client relationship and satisfaction (client could be direct or indirect)​

• Technical Skills: Skills to analyze data, identify problems, and propose solutions through technical understanding of systems and processes. ​

• Time Management: Prioritize your tasks and complete them independently to meet project objectives, timelines, service level agreements and budgets​

• Innovation / Creativity: Demonstrate curiosity about new approaches to problems or opportunities and challenge the status quo​

• Influences and Collaborates: Listen and ask questions to understand expectations, guidelines and other peoples’ points of view ​

• Client focused, always striving to give clients the best solutions.

• Strong commitment to innovation by creating new and better ways to solve clients’ toughest challenges.

• High levels of integrity, always doing the right thing in an ethical, fair, and sustainable way.

• Demonstrated experience of collaboration in a diverse and inclusive team, working together toward technical excellence.

Additional Information

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Landrum & Brown offers a comprehensive total rewards package. Our benefits may include extensive medical, disability and life insurance coverage, continuing education benefits, paid time off, employee assistance program and a retirement savings plan with company matching contributions.

We encourage all candidates to explore our total rewards offering.

Landrum & Brown is an equal opportunity employer, and we prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type as protected by federal, provincial, state or local laws. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.  The company and its employees are required to comply with all local health authority, legal or lawful client requirements.