Project Accountant I (Closed)

PROJECT ACCOUNTANT I

Client / Project:                Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) – Program Management Office (PMO)
Salary Range:                     $57.5K to $67.6K annual base salary, depending upon experience
Number of positions: 1

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

• Assist Finance and Accounting team with analyses of ongoing financial activity for the Bond Program.
• Identify discrepancies or inconsistencies and resolve expeditiously.
• Ensure invoice and encumbrance entries in PMIS (Proliance) are correct and supporting documentation is provided.
• Confirm sequencing and formatting of invoice and encumbrance entries are compatible with integration into accounting software (Costpoint).
• Resolve integration issues for invoices and encumbrances between Proliance and Costpoint.
• Review Bond Program invoices and encumbrances and process per accounting procedures.
• Evaluate and ensure bond compliance in regards to all payment requests.
• Conduct regular review and analysis of detailed transactions residing in the Bond program accounting software (Deltek Costpoint).
• Reconcile financial accounts.
• Analyze monthly accounting reports in order to maintain expenditure controls.
• Prepare and process journal entries.
• Assist Finance and Accounting team in identifying errors and develop innovative approaches to minimize risk of repeat discrepancies.
• Develop new reports to help provide transparency into Bond Program expenditures.
• Communicate with applicable construction and professional services vendors as needed.
• Work directly with outside team members on cost and invoice commitments and expenditure matters.
• Work effectively with other department personnel in order to resolve any invoice payment issues and obtain signatures of authorization on invoice matters.
• Other activities as needed as requested by the Finance and Accounting Manager.

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• 1 year of work experience.
• High school diploma.
• Ability to work with business enterprise software
• Ability to perform historical trend analysis
• Ability to create and analyze reports
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to communication and present effectively

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

College certificate or Bachelor’s Degree in business or related degree/certificate.

RESUME SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Deadline to submit resume:
Tuesday September 13, 2022 @ 9:00am (late submissions cannot be accepted)
Please email cover letter, resume, and salary requirements: hr@paragon‐em.com
Subject line: LACCD Project Accountant I

Approximate Processing Time:
Short list post: Week of September 19, 2022
Interviews: Week of September 19, 2022
Number of positions: 1
Anticipated Start: September / October 2022
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Recruitment No.: SAC-363