This Opportunity
WSP is seeking a Senior Coordinator – Project Accounting to support the Project Accounting Strategy & Development team. This role provides experienced administrative, coordination, and analytical support to strategic initiatives, training programs, process improvements, and system-related activities across the Project Accounting function.
The ideal candidate has prior experience supporting project accounting or finance teams and is comfortable working independently on defined support responsibilities while collaborating with senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders.
Your Impact
- Provide administrative and coordination support for Project Accounting Strategy & Development initiatives, including training, process documentation, and internal projects
- Assist with the preparation, maintenance, and organization of project accounting reference materials, workflows, job aids, and internal guidance
- Support data collection, validation, and basic analysis related to project accounting reporting, performance tracking, and compliance activities
- Coordinate meetings, maintain schedules, track action items, and prepare materials for working sessions and team updates
- Assist with reviewing project financial data for completeness and accuracy, escalating issues as appropriate
- Coordinate with Project Accountants, Billing, and Finance stakeholders to support standardized processes and consistent data practices
- Maintain trackers, reports, and status updates to support visibility into ongoing initiatives
- Support knowledge sharing efforts, including organizing training sessions, materials, and follow up communications
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
- High School Diploma or GED.
- At least 5 years business experience in project accounting, accounting support, finance operations, or a related administrative/coordination role
- Basic ability in accounting principles, practices, and methods and their application to project work-related issues. Working knowledge of project accounting concepts, terminology, and workflows
- Possess an analytical mindset with an ability to exercise sound independent judgement in evaluating situations and making decisions with financial implications to the company.
- Capable organizational and communication skills, strong attention to detail.
- Capable self-leadership with attention to detail, accuracy, multi-tasking, and prioritization of responsibilities in a dynamic work environment.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, as well as part of a team to meet business objectives.
- Data entry skills and very strong attention to detail.
- Experience with Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint and Word).
- Familiarity with accounting and bookkeeping software.
- Demonstrated experience supporting accounting or finance teams in a structured environment
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities independently
Preferred Qualifications:
- Familiarity with Oracle preferred (but not required).
- Associate’s or bachelor's degree
- Experience supporting training, process improvement, or system implementation initiatives
- Ability to apply basic analytical techniques to support reporting and data validation
- Collaborative approach with the ability to work across teams and disciplines
WSP Benefits:
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
Compensation:
Expected Salary (all locations): $51,500.00 - $80,300.00
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
Expected Salary (Colorado only): $51,500.00 - $75,300.00
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
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About WSP
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
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WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
