Job Description
Title
Project Accountant
Reports To
Project Director
Location
Deep East Texas Workforce Development Area
Employment Type
Full-Time, Exempt Employee
Career Team is looking to hire a Project Accountant responsible for all financial activities within the project.
The primary responsibilities for this role focus on invoicing, analyzing, and reporting project financial status.
The ideal candidate must be able to interact with co-workers and customers at all levels and thrive in a fast-paced environment while remaining flexible, proactive, resourceful, and efficient.
The Project Accountant must maintain a high level of accuracy and confidentiality.
Work is performed under the supervision of the Project Director.
Your Impact on Career Team's Success
Ensure that procedures and policies are in place to facilitate effective and efficient financial reporting and ensure compliance with Federal, local, State, and corporate policies
Direct fiscal operations relating to financial planning, funds management, accounting, and reporting
Prepare and maintain project budgets, forecasts, and working capital requirements
Work closely with senior company leadership, the Project Director, staff, and the Workforce Board to provide financial insight and reporting on the performance of assigned projects
Ensure that the project fulfills all financial obligations in a timely and economic manner in accordance with established policies, budgets, and funding guidelines
Coordinate accounting activities for assigned projects, including the establishment and monitoring of procedures and policies by contract
Process employee expenses, participant expenses, vendor invoices, and program payroll analytics
Prepare monthly project advance requests, invoices, and supporting documentation, and work with Workforce Boards on any inquiries to ensure timely payment
Perform month-end closing activities,



including Balance Sheet reconciliations
Perform financial reporting, including budgets, forecasts, and associated comparisons
Support annual audit deliverables and manage periodic program audit requests
Approach each day and task with a "ZAG" mindset
Other duties and projects as needed
To Qualify for This Role, You Must Have
Bachelor's degree or higher in accounting, business, finance, or a related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience with 5+ years of accounting experience (preferred)
Demonstrated knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), the ability to reconcile balance sheets and profit/loss reports, and the ability to implement financial management policies and procedures
Experience with budgeting and forecasting across multiple funding streams and communicating the contract's financial position
Advanced computer skills in MS Excel and accounting software, with QuickBooks, Adaptive, Workday, and Expensify experience a plus
Ability to work in a dynamic team workplace with excellent teamwork, communication, and interpersonal skills
Ability to work across all levels of management and staff
Detail-oriented with strong organizational, analytical, research, and problem‐solving skills
Ability to meet accounting month-end deadlines, be proactive, and work independently and in a virtual team environment
Must possess integrity and be able to maintain confidentiality
Additional Skills/Knowledge Career Team Would Love for This Role




Master's or MBA degree
Bilingual or multilingual
Training in Trauma Informed Care, evidence-based practice, and/or whole family services
Travel
As Needed
About Career Team
Founded in ****, Career Team, LLC is a private workforce development organization.
Career Team's outstanding record of accelerating the human conditionhas resulted in numerous honors:
Named by Inc.
Magazine as one of America's 500 fastest growing privately held companies
Recipient of the US Chamber of Commerce Blue Chip Enterprise Award for innovation
Featured by 60 Minutes, CNN, Money Magazine, Inc.
Magazine and the British Broadcasting Network as an innovative, government funded solutions program
Invited to the White House after being cited by the National Welfare-to-Work Partnership and National Alliance of Business as a top 10 US training provider
As a socially conscious organization, Career Team has found a healthy balance between for-profit innovation and community enrichment.
Looking ahead, the organization will continue to close the nation's opportunity divide with additional government-funded workforce sites; while also building staff capacity of workforce funding sources and industry providers.
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Equal Opportunity Employer
Career Team is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.
Background Check Requirements
Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check (including criminal, prior employment and education verification).
Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the application status of applicants or continued employment of current employees who apply for the position.

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