Project Accountant

DLR Group is an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients, our communities, and our planet. If this sparks your interest, you’re in the right place.

Position Summary

As a Project Accountant at DLR Group, you will support financial analysis and collaborate with project leadership to drive success. The position focuses on maintaining accurate accounting information throughout the project phases, overseeing billing progress, managing collections, and timesheet management. Project Accountants are critical in managing regional and global sector project accounting, working collaboratively with finance team counterparts to track project profitability and address any financial inquiries and participate in regular Financial Operations discussions. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute significantly to the organization and make a meaningful impact on project outcomes.

What you will do

• Analyze trends in project financial performance and support leadership in profitability efforts

• Monitor and manage project accounting resources across various sectors and regions to ensure adequate staffing

• Review and approve employee timesheets and unposted labor reports on a weekly basis

• Collaborate with leadership during monthly invoice reviews to ensure accuracy and completeness

• Assist in preparing revenue projections and review reimbursable and direct expenses for projects

• Maintain project budgets and analyze costs versus revenue

• Set up and maintain updated project information, ensuring accuracy and consistency with staffing and revenue forecasts

• Coordinate client insurance certificates for projects as needed

• Manage accounts receivable by reviewing aging reports, documenting collection attempts, and addressing payment discrepancies

• Actively coach others in Financial Services and promote financial best practices

• Review consultant invoices and contracts, providing timely updates on payment status and ensuring compliance with contractual obligations

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent

• A/E/C Project accounting or billing experience

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills

• Knowledge of accounting principles, billing, business management, and administrative procedures

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or business

• Analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills

• Experience in an architecture/engineering firm

Our comprehensive Benefits at DLR Group include medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, flex spending, paid holidays, and paid time off. We also offer a 401(k) plan, employee stock ownership, and bonus opportunities. Compensation considerations are based on location, experience, and skills. The suggested pay range for this position is:

Pay Range
$82,000—$92,000 USD

DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new builds, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects.

We are 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients’ success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge, the ME2040, and the SE2050, and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.

Through our values – commitment, creativity, environmental stewardship, fun, integrity, ownership, sharing, teamwork – we elevate the human experience through design, together.

DLR Group follows a four-day in-office work model, with employees having the flexibility to work somewhere other than the office on Fridays.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.