Senior Project Accountant

Who we are...

Verra Mobility is a global leader in smart mobility. We develop technology-enabled solutions that help the world move safely and easily. We are fostering the development of safe cities, working with police departments and municipalities to install over 4,000 red-light, speed, and school bus stop arm safety cameras across North America. We are also creating smart roadways, serving the world's largest commercial fleets and rental car companies to manage tolling transactions and violations for over 8.5 million vehicles. And we are a leading provider of connected systems, processing nearly 165 million transactions each year across 50+ individual tolling authorities.

Culture

Verra Mobility Corporation is a rapidly-growing, entrepreneurial company that operates with a people-first philosophy and approach. The company lives by its core values—Do What's Right, Lead with Grace, Win Together, and Own It—in everything it does for its customers and team members. The company seeks to grow aggressively, both organically and through acquisition, to continue to be the undisputed market leader with these five core competencies: bias for action, customer focus, teamwork, drive for results, and commitment to excellence.

Position Overview

We are seeking a detail-oriented and experienced Project Accountant to join our dynamic finance team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for overseeing financial aspects of various projects, ensuring accurate accounting, budgeting, and financial reporting. The Project Accountant will collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop financial models for proposed projects, monitor project finances to facilitate required journal entries which adhere to company policy, identify potential issues, and contribute to effective decision-making.

Essential Responsibilities

Project Financial Management

• Monitor and manage project budgets, ensuring adherence to financial guidelines.
• Track project expenses, analyze variances, and provide timely reports to cross-functional stakeholders.
• Serve as a finance/accounting business partner to engineering, product and project management teams driving complex software development projects
• Collaborate with project managers to develop and update project financial forecasts.
• Create and monitor project accounts
  
  

Financial Reporting

• Ensure strict compliance with accounting standards and company policies.
• Support internal and external audits by providing necessary documentation and explanations to manage interactions with corp accounting, internal audit and external audit
• Ownership of monthly journal entries and quarterly deliverables
• Ad hoc as requested
  
  

Collaboration

• Work closely with project managers, procurement, and other stakeholders to align financial strategies with project objectives.
• Provide financial and technical accounting guidance and support to project teams through robust knowledge of internal accounting policies
  
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field, or equivalent years of experience in Finance and Accounting field managing large scale projects.
• 3+ years of accounting or finance experience
• Strong proficiency in accounting software and Microsoft Excel.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Detail-oriented with strong analytical abilities.
• Understanding of and ability to adhere to generally accepted accounting principles.
• Demonstrated attention to detail
• Ability to thrive in a complex, fast-paced and highly visible environment
  
  

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with project management tools and ERP systems.
  
  
  
  

Verra Mobility Values



An ideal candidate for this role naturally works in alignment with the Verra Mobility Core Values:

• Own It. We focus on high performance and drive toward breakthrough outcomes. Our employees ensure accountability, optimize and align work, focus on the customer, and cultivate innovation.
• Do What's Right. We champion integrity and good character. Our team members model ethical behavior, demonstrate good judgment and are courageous.
• Lead with Grace. We express humility and compassion, and we are authentic and candid. Our employees demonstrate self-awareness, care for others, instill trust, and communicate effectively.
• Win Together. We believe in growing and inspiring people together. We seek people who collaborate, value differences, think and act globally, foster an engaging work environment, and recognize and develop others.
  
  
  
  

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Verra Mobility is an Equal Opportunity Employer, qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.