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Senior Project Accountant

Vaco
$125000 - $155000 / Year
United States, New York, New York
Oct 27, 2026
Title: Senior Project Accountant Location: Farmingdale, NY - 5 days onsite Salary: $125,000- $155,000 Position Summary A premier infrastructure and construction management firm is seeking a Senior Project Accountant to serve as a strategic financial partner to project leadership. This pivotal role focuses on proactive margin protection, financial risk mitigation, and executive-level trend reporting across complex, multi-year initiatives. The successful candidate will maintain complete oversight of core project tracking-including monitoring labor, material, time, and equipment allocations against revenue and profitability targets. By driving accurate percentage-of-completion accounting, dynamic cash flow modeling, and rigorous financial controls, this role ensures optimal business and financial decision-making across all active and pipeline projects. Primary Responsibilities & Essential Duties Project Financial Management & Risk Mitigation Drive primary financial ownership, evaluation, tracking, and strategic management of project claims and dispute resolutions. Build and maintain sophisticated rolling cash flow models and revenue projections for high-value, multi-year infrastructure projects. Direct monthly financial review meetings with Project Managers and Operations Directors, delivering in-depth variance analyses and actionable cost-mitigation strategies. Manage financial mechanics and risk controls for large-scale change orders and multi-tiered subcontractor compliance frameworks. Reporting, Forecasting & Corporate Planning Analyze executive-level project performance trends to provide proactive risk-mitigation recommendations to senior leadership. Lead the annual project budgeting process and manage continuous rolling forecasts. Oversee progress billing preparation, progress invoices, and cross-project internal equipment cost allocations. Partner directly with the Regional Controller on regional forecasting, corporate business planning, and ad-hoc executive financial analysis. Required Skills & Qualifications Experience & Education 7 to 10+ years of progressive project accounting or cost engineering experience within heavy civil, rail, transportation, or large-scale infrastructure construction. Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance required; CPA designation is considered a strong asset. By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. EEO Notice Vaco by Highspring is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law. Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@vaco.com. Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal. Representation Notice By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal. For residents of Ontario, Canada: Based on Highspring's discussions with its Client, Highspring's understanding is that this position for employment is a current vacancy (either through Highspring as a contractor or with the client directly). Privacy Notice Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries ("we," "our," or "Vaco by Highspring") respects your privacy and are committed to providing transparent notice of our policies. California residents may access Vaco by Highspring HR Notice at Collection for California Applicants and Employees here. Virginia residents may access our state specific policies here. Residents of all other states may access our policies here. Canadian residents may access our policies in English here and in French here. Residents of countries governed by GDPR may access our policies here. Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring's use of AI can be found here (https://www.highspring.com/ai-use-notices/). Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client's use of AI products in hiring. Pay Transparency Notice Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to: the individual's skill sets, experience and training; licensure and certification requirements; office location and other geographic considerations; other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.