Job highlights

- Bachelor's or Master's in Accounting/Finance with 5+ years US accounting experience including 3+ years in construction; advanced QuickBooks and job costing expertise
- Manage job cost accounting, WIP schedules, billing accuracy, subcontractor costs, month-end close, and support process improvements

Designation: Senior US Accountant Work Location: Ahmedabad (work from office)

Full Time

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Accountant to manage job cost accounting and project financials for US-based construction and contracting clients. You will own job cost reporting, WIP schedules, and billing accuracy, and work directly with US project managers and controllers.

Key Responsibilities

- Maintain and reconcile job cost ledgers across multiple active construction projects.
- Prepare and review monthly WIP schedules, including cost-to-complete, over/under billing, and percentage-of-completion calculations.
- Track subcontractor costs, commitments, pay applications and lien waivers.
- Review job cost variances against budget and flag margin erosion to project teams.
- Handle construction AP, including subcontractor invoices, retainage payable, and compliance documents.
- Support certified payroll and prevailing wage reporting where applicable.
- Perform month-end close activities, account reconciliations, and journal entries under US GAAP.




- Identify process improvements and support system migrations or reporting automation.

Required Qualifications:

- Bachelors or Masters degree in Accounting, Commerce, or Finance.
- 5+ years of US accounting experience, including 3+ years in construction or contracting.
- Hands-on experience with job costing, WIP schedules, and percentage-of-completion revenue recognition.
- Strong working knowledge of retainage, progress billing, and change order accounting
- Experience with accounting system - QuickBooks (advanced level).
- Robust Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, reconciliations).
- Excellent written and spoken English.

Preferred Experience:

- Experience working with U.S.-based companies, particularly in home services, construction industries, roofing, pest control, HVAC and landscaping, along with hands-on expertise in cash-to-accrual accounting, job costing, and class tagging.
- Familiarity with operational reporting metrics with ability to create trend charts and graphs for management reporting.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with equipment costing, bonding, or multi-entity consolidation.
- Experience with ASC 606 as applied to construction contracts.
- Exposure to certified payroll, prevailing wage, and union reporting.
- Experience working with US clients in an offshore, GCC, or BPO setup.

📌 US Accountant (Ahmedabad)
🏢 Catalyst Partners
📍 Ahmedabad