Senior Project Accountant

Role Summary:

As a Senior Project Accountant on our team, you are part of the Global Project Accounting team and will report to the Manager, Project Accounting based in Costa Rica. In this critical role, you will make a significant contribution to the “engine” of project accounting through the enhancement of project accounting systems and processes, assisting with month-end close activities, and other special project designed to drive efficiencies and scalability while ensuring effective policy and control. The ideal candidate will be a team player and have a solid operational and project accounting background. You will be empowered to take ownership of projects to drive results.

Your Role:

• PA Management: Manage the end-to-end Project Accounting process for assigned Wind River service projects, including project set-up, maintenance, and regular review of project progress, P&L performance and budgets to ensure financial accuracy and transparency.

• Accounting: Support related month-end and quarter-end close activities, including revenue recognition, accurate accrual calculations, reconciliations and variance analysis to ensure accurate financial reporting

• FP&A & Forecasting: Contribute to the PS revenue and contractor expense forecasts activities. Partner closely with FP&A, manage comprehensive project P&Ls for key projects, maintain regular communications with PMs, and provide variance analysis.

• Services Partner: Work closely with project managers to support project change management, complex project structures, and operational project challenges

• Billings: Assist with the preparation, review, and monitor variances against the

Professional Services billing forecast. Ensure project invoices are accurate, approved, and sent on time

• Compliance & Audits: Help maintain a strong control environment that is compliant with company policies and accounting standards

Your Background:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a closely related field

• At least 5+ years of progressive project accounting experience or related accounting or finance roles

• In collaboration with the Manager, Project Accounting establish priorities, meet deadlines, multi-task, and work independently, and execute objectives, under supervision where required.

• Excellent communication and organizational abilities to collaborate effectively with a diverse set of stakeholders; constructive and solution-oriented mindset

• Energetic, hands-on, and resourceful self-starter who can partner with all levels and functions of the company with a consultative and collaborative approach.

• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail.

• Ability to translate financial data into high-level summaries with actionable insights

• Deep understanding of T&M, fixed fee, and milestone based professional service project structures

• High proficiency with MS Excel and deep familiarity with Oracle (PA module) and PS automation tools is preferred

Your Benefits at Aptiv

• Health and Life Insurance
• Time Off Programs
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee association
• Workplace flexibility

You grow at Aptiv.

Aptiv's winning culture is global by design. We bring together diverse perspectives, cultures, and business contexts to solve our customers' toughest challenges. In this environment, every individual can grow, lead, and make an impact, regardless of background, because inclusion fuels how we innovate and win. 

You make an impact at Aptiv.

One of the strengths of humanity is our drive to progress, to improve, to achieve more tomorrow than we did yesterday. People need solutions they can trust when it matters most. At Aptiv, you are building those solutions every day.

You have support at Aptiv.

We ensure you have the resources and support you need to take care of your family, your physical health, and your mental health with a competitive benefits package.

Meet the Next-Generation Aptiv

At Aptiv, we deliver innovative solutions that people trust when it matters most.

Progress is never static. It is about reaching further, exploring new possibilities, and enabling mobility. Aptiv empowers customers to create solutions people rely on—advancing safety and autonomy in Automotive and Commercial Vehicles, enabling mission-critical performance in Aerospace & Defense, and powering intelligent systems across Energy, Enterprise, and Telecommunications. We also drive precision and efficiency in Industrials & Robotics and support life-critical innovation in Medical technologies.

Guided by our winning culture and values to Think & Act Like Owners, as One Team, and Play to Win, we turn commitment into results and achieve more together.

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