Accounting Project Manager – An Overview

Skills Needed!

You need to have a vast number of skills. These include

• A strong background in the use of computers and not just any programs, but programs specific to accounting and accounting systems.
• The ability to communicate effectively with national and international affiliates. An account project manager needs to have extremely well-developed communication skills.
• A very strong ability to provide solutions to accounting problems. Not just that, you need to be extremely meticulous to maintain this position too.
• Accounting project manager jobs also entail a sound knowledge of the investment management industry. Nobody is going to tell you this, but it is written all over the qualification sheet in invisible ink!
• Last, but not the least, you need to know your way around MS Excel – really well!

Accounting project manager employment is hard to come by, because it is one of the highest paid positions in the accounting field and most of the managerial positions are taken by experienced individuals already. So the only way of securing the job of an accounting project manager is by gaining experience and climbing to the top.

Job Description

What do you, in your capacity as a project accountant have to do? You basically need to prepare financial reports and documents related to a specific project. The purpose of these reports is to track the financial prowess of these projects. You need to be extremely careful too, because your reports will be shown to the top bosses and important decisions will be made based on it.

Apart from creating financial reports, your responsibilities will also include preparation of specific internal management information reports, which may include a breakdown of client assets, comparison of financial reports of consecutive months or other such periods with explanations for variance, assistance in preparation of various reports for ad-hoc management or even survey information.

As an account project manager you might also have the responsibility of setting up new projects, work out the transfer of billable hours for employees and even open and closed time classes in a company! Not to mention that, as a manager you will have to supervise the work of newbies. So you see, accounting project manager work might actually be fun!

Accounting project manager jobs are very high paying because of the large number of responsibilities involved. But this could also mean that you will be penalized to a greater degree for small mistakes! So do consider all the pros and cons carefully before accepting the position of an accounting project manager.