HDR · 9 hours ago
Senior Project Accountant
HDR is a company dedicated to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for its employees. In the role of Senior Project Accountant, you will provide detailed analysis and reporting on project status, support technical project management activities, and serve as a centralized point of contact for internal and external business interactions.
ArchitectureConsulting
Responsibilities
Provide detailed analysis and reporting on project or program status within an established system of project controls
Be responsible for analysis, developing and reporting associated with various project controls job duties, such as project baseline, work package agreements, cost control, cost estimation, earned value management (EVM), projections, variance analysis, schedules, project/program/portfolio integration or technical project reviews
Be responsible for using knowledge and experience in project controls, support the technical project management team in project management activities
Serve as the centralized point of contact to internal and external business
Team with technical staff, project leads and managers to make recommendations to influence key decision-makers within the scope of project controls (work breakdown structure, schedule, and budget/cost)
Utilize information management, access controls management, configuration management, program integration and communications and risk management processes to support project teams
Assist with customer interactions, including arranging and documenting periodic reviews and tracking project management deliverables and presenting project management status to external or internal customers
Analyze, prepare, validate and maintain cost estimates, detailed baseline budgets, work package agreements, and monthly cost variance reports
Utilize earned value management techniques or other management techniques to understand relationships between planned work, executed work, and actual costs
Analyze the schedule, including ensuring that schedule logic is consistent and maintained, analyzing what-if scenarios, reviewing critical-path reviews (including secondary or tertiary critical-path, where applicable) as required
Work with technical leads and/or project managers to ensure that risks and opportunities are integrated with schedule and budget and that goods and services of the proper quality are obtained when needed by the project, according to the project schedule
Supervise junior project accountants as needed
Perform other duties as needed
Qualification
Required
Associate degree in a closely related field or combination of education and relevant experience
A minimum of 10 years of experience; an advanced degree may offset years of experience
Understands the scope of work to sufficiently build and status schedules, cost plans, spend plans, within a variety of project controls tools
Excellent verbal and written communication skills including grammar, punctuation, proofreading, spelling and telephone skills
Flexibility and ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks and collaborate with various managers in a fast-paced environment
Self-motivated, well-organized and detail-oriented
Ability to handle confidential information
Proficiency with MS Office including Word and Outlook
An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must
Preferred
Bachelor's degree in Accounting
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Short and long-term disability
Life insurance
An employee assistance program
Paid time away
Parental leave
Paid holidays
A retirement savings plan with employer match
Employee referral bonus
Tuition reimbursement
Company
HDR
HDR is an employee-owned design firm specializing in engineering, architecture, environmental and construction services. We’re ranked No.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageRecent News
The Magnificent Mile Association
2025-11-11
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