Project Accounting Director - Orion Services Group

The role

The Director of Project Accounting is the corporate owner of how project revenue is accounted for and reported across the Orion network. This role involves designing standards, leading change management, and training finance leaders across operating companies.

What you will do

• Design and document the network approach to project accounting.
• Serve as the accounting depth owner for project revenue in external audit.
• Map how each project-revenue operating company recognizes revenue.
• Build a risk view across project revenue, warranty reserves, and deferred revenue.
• Lead adoption across operating companies in partnership with Group VPs of Finance.
• Build and deliver training for operating company finance teams.
• Build a network-wide, job-level view of open jobs.
• Establish reporting on adoption status, WIP quality, and margin trends.
• Review consolidated project revenue and WIP each month.
• Build and run the project accounting playbook for newly acquired companies.

Required qualifications

• 8+ years in project or contract accounting, including experience at a corporate or multi-entity level.
• Hands-on experience with multi-month project work and cost-to-complete estimates.
• Background in a project-based environment.
• Strong command of ASC 606 as applied to construction and service contracts.
• Demonstrated success setting a standard or process that finance leaders outside your reporting line adopted.
• Multi-entity experience in an acquisitive or decentralized environment.
• Working fluency across ERP environments.
• Direct involvement in at least one implementation or conversion.
• Proficiency across Microsoft Office and AI platforms (Claude or ChatGPT).

Nice to have

• Experience with COINS or a comparable construction ERP
• Demonstrated ability to build low-cost automation
• CPA

About the company

Orion Service Group is a growing network of commercial services businesses across the United States, spanning HVAC, electrical, plumbing, building automation, and related trades. The company is highly acquisitive, integrating 10-15 operating companies per year.