Financial Project Administrator

At Shawmut Design and Construction, we take pride in the culture we’ve built as a 100% employee-owned company—one that’s been recognized with more than 85 Best Place to Work awards. We’ve been honored as a National Fortune Best Workplace, a Fortune Best Workplace for Women, Millennials, and Parents, and one of America’s Best Employers by Forbes—along with numerous regional recognitions across our 11 offices nationwide.

Here’s a glimpse into what we offer:

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – Be an employee-owner!
• 401(K) with Company Match – Receive a company match up to 4% of your eligible pay.
• Generous Paid Time Off – vacation and sick time, 12 holidays, summer Fridays, and a yearly volunteer day.
• The Extras – Cell phone, laptop, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance, financial planning services, and more.

*Please note: this position works out of our NYC office 3x per week, with the option to work from home 2x per week.

We are looking for a detailed and energetic individual to provide administrative and financial support to the the construction project teams in delivering projects. This includes supporting the project teams with: setup, execution, document management, closeout, and financials.  Experience in a customer service driven environment with experience using MS office products would position you well for success is this role.

• Schedule, prepare and participate in all project meetings
• Coordinate with field staff and project team to ensure that all necessary items are in place to operate a successful project
• Primary point of contact for all financial support needed by Project team and subcontractors
• Manages coding and payment of Subcontractor and Material invoices including obtaining PM approvals, resolving outstanding change orders and reconciling with client receivables
• Provide support to project managers with other administrative tasks as needed this may include items such as (monthly expense reporting, preparation and distribution of project documents, etc.)
• Drives the financial job closeout process. Pushes projects to close as quickly as possible, verifies all project related costs have been captured.
• Manage archiving of all project-related documents upon financial completion

• Bachelor’s Degree or 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Administrative experience required, ideally within the construction industry (but not required)
• Cost accounting experience preferred.

Shawmut prohibits discrimination against any staff member or applicant on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, religion, national origin, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, disability, creed, citizenship status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

New York Salary Range: $68,000 - $85,000 The range stated is specific to New York.  Placement within the listed range depends on many factors including, but not limited to years of experience, project size capability (for Construction & Field roles) and internal company equity.