Senior Accountant / Project Accountant

Location: Austin, TX 78754

Work Arrangement: On-Site

Salary: $75,000–$110,000 + discretionary bonus

Industry: Fire & Life Safety / Commercial Services

A growing, private-equity-backed fire and life safety company is seeking a Senior Accountant / Project Accountant to join its Austin accounting team. This is a hands-on opportunity to join a growing organization that is actively acquiring and integrating businesses and building out its accounting infrastructure.

The ideal candidate is a doer who enjoys working independently, digging into the numbers, and improving processes.

Responsibilities:

• Own key aspects of the monthly close, including journal entries, accruals, and reconciliations
• Perform job costing, WIP reporting, and project accounting
• Handle percentage-of-completion revenue recognition and AIA billing
• Analyze project margins and investigate variances
• Support AR/AP, billing, and collections
• Prepare financial reports and account reconciliations
• Assist with audits and financial reporting
• Identify opportunities to automate and improve accounting processes
• Support the transition from QuickBooks to NetSuite
• Assist with acquisition integration and accounting process improvements

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• 4+ years of progressive accounting experience
• Strong U.S. GAAP and month-end close experience
• Strong journal entry and balance sheet reconciliation skills
• Construction/project accounting experience — required
• WIP, percentage-of-completion, job costing, and AIA billing experience — required
• Advanced Excel skills
• Self-motivated, analytical, and comfortable working independently

Preferred:

• Public accounting/audit experience
• NetSuite experience
• QuickBooks experience
• CPA or CPA candidate
• ERP implementation or acquisition integration experience

Why This Opportunity?

• Join a company in an active growth and acquisition phase
• Hands-on exposure to project accounting and PE-backed operations
• Opportunity to help build and improve accounting processes
• Exposure to NetSuite implementation and acquisition integration
• Work directly with an experienced accounting leadership team
• Significant opportunity for professional growth as the platform expands

For a faster response, please send your resume to jcanabal@ascendo.com

Ascendo is a certified minority owned staffing firm, and we welcome and celebrate diversity. Ascendo is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, parental status, military service or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Contact information

Josh Canabal