Project Accounting Specialist at Heritage Construction + Materials in Lafayette, Indiana

Job Description:

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The Project Accounting Specialist provides administrative and accounting support on construction projects



Essential Functions

• Assists in day to day project accounting operations


• Reviews field reporting for reasonableness and accuracy as compared to estimate, submitted documentation and customer records


• Researches and codes receiving tickets


• Codes invoices from vendors


• Enters data for weekly cost/variance report


• Scans and files documentation into the electronic and/or physical job file


• Duties may encompass some or all duties of a project control associate as staffing, workload and experience dictates


• Communicates with internal/external customers


• Answers inquiries professionally via phone, email or in-person


• Visits job sites as needed to expand knowledge base


• Develops effective relationships internally with field, operations and estimating personnel and externally with customers, subcontractors and suppliers


• Promotes and maintains safe work environment


• Exhibits safe work behaviors


• Wears all prescribed PPE

• Additional duties and responsibilities as assigned, including but not limited to continuously growing in alignment with the Company's core values, competencies, and skills.

Education Qualifications

• Required High School or Equivalent is required

Experience Qualifications

• Preferred 1+ years experience in heavy highway construction industry preferred


• Preferred 1+ years experience with accounting software (i.e. Vista, QuickBooks, Timberline) preferred

Skills and Abilities

• Accountability


• Communication


• Decision Making/Decision Quality


• Ethics/Integrity


• Instills trust


• Organization


• Self-motivation


• Teamwork Orientation


• Ability to work unassisted in current version of Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office (Excel, Word and Outlook) or equivalent

Licenses and Certifications

• Valid Drivers License is required Required

Working Conditions/Physical Demands

• Clerical, indoor office environment that includes standard office equipment such as computers, photocopiers, phones, filing cabinets, fax machines, cubicles


• Some exposure to construction job sites, including inclement weather, noise, moving traffic


• Sits at a desk 6 - 8 hours a day


• Looks at a computer screen 6 - 8 hours a day


• Performs data entry, alpha and 10-key numeric, on a keyboard


• Uses copier to copy/fax/scan documents


• Files documents


• Travel to field offices, job sites and other area offices is occasionally expected

About Milestone Contractors



Milestone Contractors is a privately held, family-owned business headquartered in Indianapolis. Milestone Contractors is a fully integrated heavy construction company specializing in highway, bridge, asphalt and concrete paving and site development. Over its 30-year history, Milestone has built a reputation for prioritizing safety, quality, people and innovation. Milestone Contractors is a part of The Heritage Group's family of companies. Learn more at https://www.milestonelp.com/


All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.


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