Senior Project Accountant

Senior Project Accountant

www.myrecruiting.biz , the premier source for specialized financial recruitment in Texas the Southeast U.S., is currently seeking a Senior Project Accountant in Morgan City, Louisiana. This opportunity is with a growing, international manufacturing company that seeks only the most talented and driven accounting professional to join their team.

The Project Accountant will be responsible for the following duties:

1. Performs project cost accounting functions and financial analysis for large subsea production controls project including but is not limited to: invoicing; tracking/expediting payments; preparation of variation orders and rebaselining project budget resulting from variation orders; preparation of quotations for additional work phases; monthly and quarterly reporting on project financials actual vs. budget per contract award.

2. Manages financial functions for a subsea production control system project to include: tracking and reporting processes for consistent execution of projects and enforcing financial policies and procedures required to ensure the integrity of financial data and reporting.

3. Manages substantial cash flow and currency arrangements under tight internal and external rules.

4. Reports monthly and quarterly project financial status to Controller of Projects and project leader in a timely manner with emphasis on outstanding issues, potential changes, and adverse trends or risks, and financial metrics including EBITDA, margins, S-curves, economic value added, indirect cost, etc.

5. Supports the Management of Change process to identify and record all scope changes and the impact on cost, schedule and quality.

6. Participates in lessons learned reviews providing feedback to the organization and develops best practices and procedural guidelines to ensure that the lessons and accomplishments from each succesive subsea project are carried forward to future projects.

7. Responsible for the timely and accurate development of the project budget and work breakdown structure and subsequent estimates as well as analysis of actual results. This requires planning, organizing, and following-up on data required to meet both external and internal reporting requirements and due dates. This will encompass a variety of tasks and requires a widespread knowledge of the operation, as well as general product knowledge.

8. Tracks actual vs. proposed costs for project tasks or deliverables based on time reporting and other tracking systems.

Requirements for the Senior Project Accountant position include:

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or similar business related field
5+ years of accounting experience
SAP R3
2+ years accounting experience on a multinational project
Knowledge of US GAAP
CPA or CMA preferred. Experience with subsea systems projects or an engineering, production and construction contract is ideal. In addition, our client is seeking someone with a strong manufacturing background and experience in international operations.

To apply for the Senior Project Accountant position, please send your resume to lee-resumes@myrecruiting.biz or call Lee at (504) 525-9408.

Please visit our website http://www.myrecruiting.biz for more details on the Senior Project Accountant position, #378.

McIntyre Youngblood Recruiting, LLC, www.myrecruiting.biz is an equal opportunity employer specializing in direct hire employment and temporary staffing of accounting, finance, legal, administrative and information technology (IT) professionals in Houston, Dallas and New Orleans. With 30 plus years of experience we are able to provide experienced candidates at all levels including management consulting. MYRecruiting is a certified Woman Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) and HUB qualified. McIntyre Youngblood Recruiting, LLC was named to Louisiana’s Top Business List for 2009 by www.DiversityBusiness.comas a top emerging business.

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