Project Accountant -Ozone Park/Hicksville, NY

Certerra Big Apple Group is seeking a Project Accountant for the NYC Area. The ideal candidate has strong attention to detail, great organizational and follow up skills, the ability to manage multiple responsibilities and tasks, is adaptable, dependable, and aligns with Certerra’s core values and mission. Candidate can work out of

Duties:

• Accounts Receivable: This includes tracking accounts, planning a course of action to recover outstanding payments; heavy phone activity with clients; updating the account status in the database regularly; alerting supervisors of clients unwilling or unable to pay outstanding amounts.
• Develop relationships with our clients to ensure their experience with Certerra is positive and helpful.
• Draft, audit, send and revise invoices.
• Setup projects (including issue preliminary lien notices, compliance forms, etc.)
• Create project reports and submit with assigned deadlines.
• Support the Project Managers and Business Manager with any other tasks as needed

Education/Qualifications:

• Highly experienced with Word, Excel, and Adobe.
• High School Diploma or equivalent. Associate’s degree in business administration or finance is a plus.
• Experience with Deltek Vantagepoint or Salesforce is a plus.
• Strong ability to research an issue and think outside the box for a potential solution.
• Deadline oriented in a fast-paced environment.
• Team oriented.
• A "can do" attitude cannot be overemphasized for this position. 
• You must be someone who enjoys a challenge, wants to learn new things, and who has a "roll up your sleeves, let's get it done" approach to your work.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. This Company is dedicated to both the letter and the spirit of the equal opportunity employment laws. All applicants and all employees will be evaluated based on their ability, competence, and performance of the essential functions of their positions. There will be no discrimination based on race, sex, national origin, religion, age 40 and over, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other classification which may be protected by federal, state, or local laws. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, we specifically offer equal opportunity for all employees or job applicants who may have a physical or mental disability. Such people will be hired based on their ability to perform the essential functions of the job in question. Likewise, their work will be evaluated on their performance of these essential functions. We will offer reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities, to the extent that Company resources allow without undue hardship. As part of our equal employment policy, there will be no wage differentials based on gender, between men and women employed in the same establishment, on jobs that require equal skill, effort, and responsibility, and which are performed under similar working conditions.