Below are the 11 Cost & Project Accountants with various industries & other systems experience. The Thor Group® provides financial, accounting, bookkeeping and payroll specialists who know your industry and your systems on a consulting, contracting or direct hire basis.

How can a senior cost accountant with work experience in plastic, publishing and retail industries help your organization? Educational attainment is composed of BS/BA Degree in Accounting. Technology skills/tools involve Oracle 11i Financials, Oracle BI Discoverer, QuickBooks, ASK MANMAN and Quicken. This senior cost accountant has extensive background using the Oracle 11i ERP system to develop standard costs, calculate variances and track inventory.

Working with challenging issues such as the accurate and error free posting of Oracle sub-ledgers to the final General Ledger and for preparing adjusting journal entries as required have vetted this specialist’s work experience. Serving in a plastic company as a senior cost accountant, met with other line managers to research and resolve problems as they occur within the business. Key contributions involve reconciling the raw material account for the Michigan plant in preparation for semi-annual audit and migration to Oracle. Account activity included consignments, outsourcing and material received on one system and paid for on another. Also, reconciled WIP account on Oracle sub-ledger. Success required understanding of which work orders were open and should have been closed prior to month end.

With a “can do approach” in the area of doing overall accounting function and preparing for the year end audit have been career objectives. Serving in a publishing company as an independent cost and general accounting consultant, reconciled ten months of transaction details for ACH credit cards, Accounts Payable and Payroll in the operating bank account to a zero variance. Furthermore, reconciled international intercompany accounts, Accounts Receivable as well as other cash and accrual accounts.

Is impacting your organization with a project accountant who worked in construction and professional services industries a current business consideration? Computer skills include Sage 300/Timberline (now Sage 300 CRE), Impact, CMiC, QuickBooks, GroupWise and File Magic.

While employed in a construction company as a project accountant, processed all pay applications from subcontractors and invoices from vendors, as well as prepared bank draw and meet with bank inspector and owner as needed. Key duties were job costing with subcontractor change orders and GMP budget, reviewing with PM to review cost associated with project management, as well as balancing and reconciling all project related GL entries. Additionally, provided support for controller and CFO when needed on specific project, as well as using Impact, Sage Timberline and CMiC on a daily basis.

In another job, was in charge of setting up the budgets in Sage Timberline for the projects, handling incoming vendor invoices and subcontractor pay applications to flow into the monthly bank draws. Part of the job as a project accountant in a construction firm was to set up the budget in Timberline for the project, handling all incoming vendor invoices and subcontractor pay applications to flow into the monthly bank draws. Moreover, attended monthly bank meetings to review the draw and determine changes, as well as processed distribution of checks and maintain all records of release of liens and notice to owners. Furthermore, served as liaison with field workers and the main office in aspects of benefits.

Would it be beneficial for your organization to employ a accountant with vast experience in cost accounting and project management for various industries including professional services and medical devices? Core skills include budgeting, forecasting, inventory management, and management reporting plus system implementation. Technological background encompasses JD Edwards, Oracle, SAP, Great Plains, AS/400, Microsoft Office Suite, Lotus Notes, Crystal and SRS Report Writer.

Working at a professional services firm as a cost accountant this professional assisted in the conversion to JD Edwards’ project module, in addition to the management of three staff, month-end closing, monthly journal entries and account reconciliations. Another task was developing a new spreadsheet to set-up new projects for all books and magazines for the coming year.

As a cost accountant for a medical devices company, this professional managed month-end closing and account reconciliations. Other responsibilities were organizing the corporate physical inventory and providing cost estimates.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this cost accountant with experience in the entertainment, education and construction sectors? Technical competencies involve Sage 50/Peachtree, JD Edwards, QuickBooks, Sage MAS 90, Accpac, Rapidox, Kronos and Biometric data management. Educational background includes BA Accounting.

Important contributions included managing accounts payable for all cinema construction projects and development operations, as well as providing support to the owner and other internal departments. Vendor maintenance, audit and payments process were efficiently handled. Proper guides were created for A/P construction and development standards. Tasks covered creating and maintaining cost management and reporting for construction in progress. The job entailed reconciling and adjusting GL accounts for A/P, cost in progress and bank accounts. Skills brought to the table consisted of overseeing the petty cash account reconciliation and recording journal entries to the books.

Responsibilities included, but were not limited to accounts payable for all operations, providing support to clients and other internal departments. Creating, updating and analyzing the bi-annual budget were part of the responsibilities. Fixed assets were prepared, maintained and recorded. Weekly batches were prepared for payment. Preparing and analyzing cost committed versus cost scheduled were also accomplished. Duties involved cost accounting policy creation and implementation. Cost reports were created and discussed with management. All inventories of raw materials were maintained and updated. Supervising 4 direct employees in the accounting department and another 5 employees indirectly on operation duties were administered.

Would a detail-oriented senior project accountant with experience working in an engineering, aerospace/defense and telecommunications industries fit in your organization? Educational attainment is composed of BS Accounting Technology. Software proficiencies include Deltek GCS Premier, Deltek Costpoint, Deltek Vision, Deltek Time and Expense, Go Tax Preparation Software and Superforms Tax Preparation Software and Cognos.

Some accomplishments included maintaining Project/Billing AR Modules of Costpoint Accounting System, as well as ensuring legal compliance for both government and commercial projects. Serving as a senior project accountant in an engineering company, adhered and complied with GAAP, as well as ensured DCAA compliance with all project related transactions. Some of the tasks were preparing month project analysis for over 700 projects, as well as coordinating and processing billing for 40 Project Managers (both commercial and government). Moreover, trained Project Management on use of project reports and budgets. Furthermore, maintained monthly reconciliation of unbilled receivables and also performed monthly revenue analysis.

Shared expertise by being responsible for the setup of contracts (T&M, CPFF, etc.) in the Contract Master, Billing Master, and Labor Workforce within GCS Premier/Costpoint. As a project accountant in an aerospace/defense company, prepared invoices (including indirect rate true-ups) for all billable projects, including all applicable backup, for approval by Controller and Contracts Department. Additionally, reconciled and researched unbilled/deferred revenue balances, ensured that all amounts were either able to be billed in the future, based on contract, or could be recognized as revenue in the future.

What contributions could a project accountant with experience working in construction, real estate and homebuilding industries bring to your organization? Educational attainment is composed of accounting and business courses. Professional certifications include Full Charge Bookkeeping. Technological skills involve Sage 300/Timberline (now Sage 300 CRE), Budgetrac and JD Edwards.

Challenges like managing the accounting functions for all residential construction projects, utilizing Sage 300/Timberline software were successfully completed on a regular basis. While working in a construction company as a project accountant, processed accounts payable, checks, joint-payee checks, loan draws, and bank reconciliations, as well as monitored insurance, tracked preliminary notices and releases. Other tasks included managing all cash accounts on a daily basis; entering cash receipts and journal entries. Moreover, reviewed budgets, reconciled inter-company accounts, researched and audited sub-contract accounts, as well as involved with general ledger maintenance and assisted with month-end and year-end closing activities.

Shared expertise by overseeing the accounting functions for several residential construction projects utilizing Timberline software. As a senior project accountant in a real estate company, processed accounts payable, accounts receivable, checks and joint-payee checks, as well as tracked and validated lien releases and preliminary notices. Additional responsibilities were involved with monitoring insurance, interest expense and interest reserve accounts, as well as processed loan draws, vouchers and bank reconciliations. Furthermore, paid property taxes and entered cash receipts, monitoring cash accounts weekly, as well as reviewed budgets, reconciled inter-company accounts, researched and audited job cost accounts.

How can your organization gain an advantage with the help of a cost accountant who is skilled in Sage 300/Timberline, with work background in construction, investment and IT industries? Technical skills cover Sage 300/Timberline, Sage 50/Peachtree, Great Plains, SAP, Solomon, Lawson, Workday, Deltek Costpoint, and Textura, as well as other software namely WAWF, PayGov, MOCAS, EDA, GSA IT Solutions Shop, GSA Vendors, Deltek time and expense, PeopleSoft, SharePoint, Dun and Bradstreet DNBi, MPO, Access and Oracle. Educational attainment includes B.S. in Accounting.

While working for a construction company, main functions were entering journal entries and reconciling various companies’ bank accounts, monthly. End of the month account analyses was prepared. Project managers were trained on how to read and use job cost reports. Training on the usage of Sage 300/Timberline and preparing accounting forms were carried out. Entering all change orders, back charges, subcontracts, award analysis, and projected adjustments into the Sage 300/Timberline system was one of the key roles. Skills involved preparing, analyzing and distributing all monthly job cost reports to project managers and project executives. The close out package for all completed jobs in Sage 300/Timberline system was prepared. Preparing and entering direct cost entries, as needed, into Sage 300/Timberline was one of the tasks.

Entering and analyzing monthly owner requisitions (accounts receivable, retainage receivable and contract revenue) into Timberline were part of the responsibilities. This individual entered job-related and miscellaneous cash receipts into Sage 300/Timberline. Entering all subcontractor pay vouchers and vendor invoices into Sage 300/Timberline and e-file using Document Management was also completed. All accounts payables and subcontractor payments were processed while subcontractor compliance deficiencies were reviewed.

How can your organization gain an advantage with the help of a senior cost accountant with work background in manufacturing and technology industries, as well as skilled in MS Dynamics GP? Technical skills cover MS Dynamics GP, AS/400, SyteLine and Crystal Reports. Educational attainment includes Bachelor of Science, Management Information Systems.

While working for a manufacturing company, one of the main functions of this senior cost accountant was comprised of updating a variety of financial statements and reports  balance sheet, income statement, inventory comparison report, inventory turns report and PPV report. This individual updated and submitted to corporate controller monthly sales flash report and monthly EBT income statement flash report. Creating and entering manual journal entries for month end closings were some of the duties. Entries included reconciliation of perpetual inventory to general ledger inventory accounts, PPV adjustments, operational efficiency variance adjustments, and returns and allowance accruals and over adjustments to correct errors.

Notable tasks included generating monthly inventory and sales & gross margin reports by product line (Pulse), as well as updating the standard cost on new parts on a daily basis. Responsibilities consisted of creating quarterly adjustments for profit in inventory elimination with foreign affiliates and updating quarterly product profitability reports. Part of the functions involved assisting the physical inventory team on preparing, managing, and troubleshooting problems during the physical inventory process. The job consisted of serving as part of the implementation team for new ERP system  SyteLine and creating weekly and monthly variance reports for purchase price variance and manufacturing variances. The standard cost was updated based on the variance analysis in domestic and 3 foreign sites.

What contributions could a senior Cost accountant who worked in manufacturing and food/Beverage industries bring to your organization? Educational attainment is composed of BS in General Studies in Organization Behaviour. Professional certifications involve CPA Preparation Certificate. Technical skills consist of SAP ERP, AS/400, JD Edwards, Siebel, Plex and Epicor.

Challenges like compiling an itemized list of production related tangible personal property purchased in the prior year, to quantify the potential amount of earned MPC (Manufacturing Purchase Credit) were welcomed and successfully completed on a regular basis. While employed in a snacks manufacturer as a Cost accountant, identified and notified, by submitting form st-16-c, manufacturer’s Purchase Credit certificate, to those vendors on qualifying purchased items, to offset the 6.25% state rate collected.

Shared expertise in another job by providing Cost accounting services for a manufacturing plant and assuring that the integrity of the standard Cost system was maintained. Serving in a metal and plastic fasteners company as a Cost accountant, reviewed and resolved discrepancies, as well as advised engineering on the development and maintenance of bill of materials (BOM). Some of the tasks were consulting and resolving routing issues with production, evaluating and improving Cost procedures to replicate actual task requirements and improved methodologies. Furthermore, prepared daily and monthly reports/analysis on standard Cost activities (post SCAR), Purchase Price variances (PPV), and inventory reconciliation.

Is recruiting a cost accountant who served the manufacturing, apparel/clothing and retail industries a good business move for you? This graduate of business administration (major in finance/accounting) is technically knowledgeable in the use of Epicor, MS Excel and AS/400. Work experience also includes performing bank reconciliations and preparing monthly/ quarterly financial statements for clients.

While serving a manufacturing firm, this senior general/cost accountant provided significant input for ERP process improvement. This included GL Control Accounts Setup for transaction activities such as sales (FRT) and cost of sales (Ext. Warranty) as well as product model codes implementation for sales order entry tracker. Also done was sales tax code set up for Avalara tax filing to cover shipping to customers in states (FL, GA, NC, NY, TX, WA) with no resale certificates. Cost testings of BOM were done for manufactured gates and parts in Epicor after migration from old system AS/400. This accountant also handled gates/parts purchase cost conversion in Epicor from currency Euro to US dollar. Month-end closing was performed then journal entries were prepared with no automation set up for re-class from cost of sales to no charge expenses, from parts to buy and make. Other accruals included sales commissions, rebate cost, and gates/parts returns received but no credits processed.

Additional functions included performing gross margin reconciliation between profit/loss financial statements and sales analysis dashboard. Part of the job was also performing cost analysis for manufactured gate models such as BRMRA, Premium GPTB and Standard Pick-Up by reviewing related BOMs. Communication was also done with engineering for cost changes to provide updated cost information for upper management and sales to maximize profits.

How can a project accountant who worked in engineering, real estate and legal services industries help your organization? Educational attainment is composed of Associate of Applied Science (AAS) Degree Accounting, General Studies and Medical Studies. Software skills include Deltek Vision, Oracle Applications, Costpoint (Deltek), Peachtree Accounting, QuickBooks & PCLaw (A/P Module). This professional mastered entry and reporting procedures using Deltek Vision accounting software.

Working with challenging issues such as setting up, maintaining and managing project budgets in Deltek Vision 7.3 project accounting software have vetted this specialist’s work experience. Serving in an engineering company as a project accountant, facilitated project initiation with Project Managers, as well as assisted Project Manager with project budgeting and forecasting. Some of the tasks were ensuring revenue was recognized in accordance with corporate policy and current project budgets, as well as reviewing revenue accrual, tracking costs and monitoring trends on assigned projects. This individual reviewed and coordinated all project labor and expenses adjustments. Part of the job was to analyze monthly project revenue variances, identify and explain causes of variances as well as provide necessary resolution.

With a “can do approach” in the area of supervising and analyzing the A/P and A/R on open active projects have been career objectives. This specialist implemented the invoices and billing procedures for all projects, and developed new invoices and billing procedures based on contractual terms with clients. Serving as a project accountant, reconciled all billings, open A/R and unbilled revenue on a monthly basis and submitted reports. Furthermore, audited and billed all subcontractor invoices coming into unit as well as released payments to subcontractors based on corporate confirmation of payment receipts from clients.