Project Accountant

Posted 11 Days Ago
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Darien, IL
1-3 Years Experience
Design
The Role
As a Project Accountant, you will manage accounting for architecture, engineering, and construction projects, support project managers with finances, maintain records, and handle billing and invoicing. This role requires proficiency in Excel and strong organizational skills.
Summary Generated by Built In

Wight & Company, an award-winning, integrated architecture, engineering, and construction firm with offices in Chicago and Darien, Illinois, has an immediate opportunity in our Darien office for an accounting professional who is interested in an environment that’s fun, fast-paced, and rewarding.  We are seeking a Project Accountant to join our team in our Darien location!

Responsibilities:

  • Project accounting for multiple Architecture, Engineering and Construction projects
  • Support Project Managers in maintaining budgets and providing timely financial reports
  • Maintain project-related records, including setup in system, contracts and change orders
  • Billing/invoicing clients
  • Processing project related payables and receivables.
  • Cost reporting.
  • Administrative/clerical duties as required

Requirements:

  • Associates degree in Accounting or related field required.
  • 0-3 years’ experience in a similar role preferred.
  • Proficiency in MS Excel, Word and Outlook is a must.
  • Knowledge of CMiC software is a plus but not required.
  • A sense of humor.

Strong technology skills are critical, particularly expertise with Microsoft Excel. Wight offers a flexible work environment, a friendly culture and opportunities for career growth.  We value an entrepreneurial spirit and provide our employees with the latest technology to expand their capabilities.

Wight & Company is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status. Please view the following links for more information - EEO, EEO Supplement, and Pay Transparency.

Wight & Company values diversity in our workforce. We are committed to recruiting, hiring and promoting people with disabilities and veterans. If you need an accommodation to assist with completing the electronic application, please call us at 630.969.7000 and ask to speak with a Human Resources representative.

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Top Skills

Excel
Ms Outlook
Ms Word
The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
229 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1939

What We Do

At Wight & Company, we inspire the human experience through innovative design. For over 80 years, our unique Design Led-Design Build approach has offered clients the most complete option of integrated architecture, engineering, construction, and transportation services. We believe that good design is good business, and we’ve created a workplace where design thinking is cultivated and celebrated. Our dedicated team cultivates a dynamic, high-performance work environment that fosters innovation, collaboration and fun, and a culture that supports teamwork and thoughtful risk-taking.
Wight was the first company to receive a Green Firm Certification from the Sustainable Performance Institute (SPI). We designed the first building in the country to receive LEED certification, as well as 30% of all Net-Zero buildings in the state of Illinois.
Our work spans the globe, but our hometown roots are deep. Local notable achievements include construction of the award-winning Chicago Public Library Chinatown branch, design of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business’s Gleacher Center, design of the $89 million New Trier High School renovation, and design and construction of The Hatchery, a food business incubator in Chicago’s East Garfield Park community. For more information about us, visit wightco.com.

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