Prevailing Wage Project Accountant

Overview

The organization is seeking a Prevailing Wage Project Accountant responsible for reviewing and validating prevailing wage calculations to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and contract requirements. This role involves analyzing labor classifications, wage determinations, and fringe benefit allocations to accurately calculate the fully burdened cost of labor, including accelerated or adjusted wage rates. The position requires close collaboration with payroll, HR, and project teams to ensure wage rates are properly applied to employees and correctly reflected in project costing, impacting project financials.

Responsibilities

• Review and validate prevailing wage calculations for regulatory and contract compliance.
• Analyze labor classifications, wage determinations, and fringe benefit allocations.
• Accurately calculate the fully burdened cost of labor, including accelerated or adjusted wage rates.
• Collaborate with payroll, HR, and project teams to ensure correct application of wage rates.
• Ensure wage rates are accurately reflected in project costing and financials.

Requirements

• Proficiency in prevailing wage calculations.
• Experience in labor costing and burden calculations.
• Billing expertise.
• Ability to create pivot tables and VLOOKUPs in Excel.
• Proficiency with large-scale ERP systems such as Deltek, SAGE, SAP, or Oracle.
• 5+ years of experience calculating prevailing wages.
• 5+ years of experience calculating burden rates and labor costing.
• 5+ years of billing experience.
• Experience working for an engineering or architecture company with revenue over $100 million.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Deltek Vantagepoint.

Compensation & Benefits

• Pay range: $34.00 - $38.50 per hour.
• Potential eligibility for benefits including medical, dental, vision, critical illness, accident, hospital coverage, 401(k) retirement plan with pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions, voluntary life and AD&D insurance for employees and dependents, short and long-term disability, health spending account (HSA), transportation benefits, employee assistance program, and paid time off (PTO, vacation, or sick leave).
• Benefits eligibility and availability may depend on job classification and length of employment.

Work Environment

• This is a 100% remote position, allowing work from any time zone.
• Contract to hire position based out of Camp Hill, PA.
• Annual salary increases possible upon transition to permanent status.

Application Details

• This is an urgent hiring need.
• The position is anticipated to close on June 2, 2026.

Equal Opportunity & Compliance

The employer is an equal opportunity organization and considers all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Reasonable accommodations are available upon request for applicants with disabilities.

Applicants in San Francisco will be considered regardless of arrest or conviction records in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Applicants in Massachusetts are protected from being required to take lie detector tests as a condition of employment.

Use of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) may be used to support parts of the hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. Final hiring decisions are made by the hiring team.