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Flintco, LLC · 1 month ago

Project Cost Accountant

Flintco, LLC is a construction company founded in 1908 that employs over 750 people across 10 cities, focusing on sectors like healthcare and renewable energy. The Project Cost Accountant role involves professional cost management, project forecasting, and cost control, working closely with project teams to ensure financial accuracy and support contract administration.

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Responsibilities

Reads and becomes familiar with owner contract and Flintco subcontract as they pertain to billing, notice requirements, dispute resolution and other commercial considerations
Spreads original estimate and approved change orders onto estimate sheets and into various categories such as pay item, cost code, description, insurance code, man-hours, quantity, unit of measure, labor, material, equipment rental, subcontractors, etc. to allow for data entry into system
Assigns cost code numbers utilizing the established standard codes and assigning miscellaneous codes as required
Participates in project start-up meeting with project team, subcontracting, risk management, and financial services
Owner billings – participates with the Project Manager in developing each owner billing
Issues change orders to the subcontractors when required by alterations from the owner to the Company or from the Company to the subcontractor
Processes information from field personnel, updating the labor productivity reports, project labor percentages of completion and quantities
Issues standard set of cost reports
Assesses cost performance, completeness and accuracy of reports, change events tracking and forecasting, claims and change order resolution, for both subcontracted and self-perform work
Works with the Financial Manager and Project Manager to review project financial forecasts and track all commercial / financial risks and opportunities to forecasted performance, including pending change orders, disputed items, back charges, insurance claims
Initiates and completes project closeout of all financial information
Monitors accounts receivable and payable for the project and assures lien waivers are completed. Monitors and forecasts project cash flow

Qualification

Cost managementProject forecastingConstruction financial systemsContract administrationFinancial forecastingAnalytical skillsCommunication skillsTime management

Required

Bachelor's degree (B.S.) in Accounting or Finance from a four-year college or university or equivalent combination of education and experience
Ability to represent to all persons the Flintco Ethos that encourages the highest level of performance, integrity and morale
Practices good communication skills
Reads, analyzes and interprets documents such as operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals, owner and subcontractor contracts and project manuals
Writes routine reports and correspondence
Reads and comprehends simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos
Effectively presents information to groups of clients, employees of organization or top management
Adds, subtracts, multiplies, and divides in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals
Computes rates, ratios and percentages and draws and interprets bar graphs
Interprets a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form
Applies concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations
Defines problems, collects data, establishes facts and draws valid conclusions
Interprets an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deals with several abstract and concrete variables
Organizes and manages time, duties and activities efficiently

Preferred

2-5 years applicable cost accounting experience preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience. This experience may have been gained within the construction industry, other long-term contracting environments, or in a senior auditing role

Company

Flintco, LLC

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Flintco was founded in 1908 and offers a full range of construction services from 8 offices.

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage

Leadership Team

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Peter Kozicz
President & CEO
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Steve Eikanger
President & CEO
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