Project Accountant in St. Louis, Missouri at Vee-Jay Cement Contracting Company Inc.

Position Summary

Vee-Jay is a concrete contracting company built on trust, craftsmanship, and teamwork. We’re looking for a Project Accountant to join our Accounting team — someone who takes pride in accuracy, thrives in a fast-paced construction environment, and enjoys connecting the dots between numbers and real-world projects.

This role bridges Accounting and Operations, providing accurate and actionable job cost insight that helps Project Managers, Estimators, and company leadership make informed decisions. It’s hands-on and detail-driven, involving both transactional work and data analysis, with growing opportunities to improve systems and reporting processes as we modernize.

Key Responsibilities

Job Cost & Accounting Support

1. Perform job cost analysis and identify cost overruns, margin risks, and trends.
2. Monitor and maintain project budgets, costs, and profitability.
3. Analyze budget-to-actual results and explain cost variances.
4. Support the month-end close process with job cost and accrual adjustments
5. Compile cost data and documentation for internal reporting and management review

Cross-Department Collaboration

1. Act as a key liaison between Accounting, Project Management, Estimating, Payroll and Operations.
2. Communicate regularly with team members to collect updates and resolve discrepancies at all levels.
3. Resolve cost coding, billing, payroll, and reporting discrepancies.
4. Ensure consistency between field reports, payroll data, invoices, and financial records.

Process Improvement & Reporting

1. Contribute to developing and analyzing new reports, templates, and internal dashboards
2. Identify and implement opportunities to improve efficiency and accuracy in cost tracking
3. Support ongoing initiatives to automate or streamline manual processes
4. Assist in documenting procedures and standardizing recurring workflows

Administrative & Systems Tasks

1. Assist with automating and streamlining manual procedures.
2. Manage updates and changes to project-specific financial data
3. Maintain strong version control and backup practices for reporting files
4. Support audit and review requests with organized, clearly labeled documentation

What Makes This Role Right for You

1. You enjoy structure, accuracy, and following data from source to outcome
2. You take pride in being the steady, reliable point of contact others count on
3. You like seeing how your work connects to real projects in the field
4. You’re curious about improving processes and open to learning new tools
5. You want to be part of a close-knit team that values accountability and progress

Vee-Jay Cement Contracting Co. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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