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Project Accountant

Gilbane Building Company

Boston, MAFull-time$65–80K/yrSeen todayStill listed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$65–80K/yr
Location
Boston, MA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Gilbane Building Company is seeking an Accountant to support accounting staff with compliance and production work. The role is primarily office-based, with travel to project job sites to meet project teams and subcontractors. The Accountant I position is described as entry-level, with mentorship and training opportunities. For Boston, the stated salary range is $65,000–$80,000, plus benefits and a retirement program.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Written Communication, nice to haveVerbal Communication, nice to haveMicrosoft Excel, nice to haveMicrosoft Word, nice to haveEffective Communication, nice to haveInclusive Collaboration, nice to haveProblem Solving, nice to haveAdaptability, nice to haveAccountability, nice to haveProcess Improvement, nice to have

Qualifications

Associate's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or Related Field, nice to have0-6 Years of Experience, nice to haveEquivalent Education and Experience, nice to have

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Overview

Are you looking for a highly rewarding opportunity that provides extensive career growth opportunity? Gilbane is seeking an Accountant to assist the accounting staff in technical aspects of compliance and production work. This role will sit primarily in the office, but travel to the project job sites meeting with the project teams and subcontractors.

Who are we?

As a Top-10 ENR Contractor, Gilbane is a family-owned business with 45 offices that has been shaping communities since 1870. Consistently recognized as one of the most reputable construction management firms in the country, Gilbane is committed to delivering projects safely and on-time. You will have the opportunity to build schools, labs, hospitals, corporate offices, sports arenas and more!

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Who Are You?

You are someone who acts inclusively, showing empathy and treating others with respect and dignity in order to uphold Gilbane’s core value of Caring and “People First” workplace culture. You seek to listen in order to understand and can convey information clearly. You’re a strong problem solver who can identify, prioritize, and implement alternatives for solutions, and you demonstrate adaptability by collaborating with others and supporting team members to achieve excellence. A self-starter who shows passion, commitment, and ownership all while delivering on business outcomes and driving results. You’re someone who identifies opportunities for new and improved ways of doing things that result in value-add solutions.

Your core values match Gilbane’s: Integrity, Caring, Teamwork, Toughmindedness, Dedication to Excellence, Discipline, Loyalty, and Entrepreneurship.

What’s in it for you?

The Accountant I is considered an entry-level position into our Business Unit Accounting job family. By joining the company at this level, you have endless opportunity to grow in title, compensation and responsibility. You will work with a team of seasoned professionals that will provide mentorship throughout your career. Additionally, Gilbane offers employees multi-dimensional training opportunities through a number of resources for those that are early in their career. You will be able to enroll in trainings through our award-winning Gilbane University to build leadership and technical skills.

Responsibilities

  • Assists with pay applications

  • Tracks and reviews receivables

  • Reviews and processes accounts payable

  • Ensures overall compliance with accounting policies and procedures

  • Provides accounting support for on-site project management teams

  • Assists with payroll functions, including adjustments and closings

Qualifications

EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION

  • Associate’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field

  • 0-6 years of experience

  • Or equivalent combination of education and experience

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

  • Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word

  • Ability to communicate effectively, listens to understand, and can clearly convey information in all forms based on the audience to ensure shared meaning of the message

  • Acts inclusively by ensuring that actions and behaviors are respectful; shows empathy and treats others with dignity; leverages capabilities and insights of individuals with diverse perspectives, abilities and motivation

  • Ability to solve problems by identifying, prioritizing, and implementing alternatives for a solution

  • Demonstrates agility and adaptability by maintaining effectiveness and adjusting to change by exploring the rationale, trying new approaches, and collaborating with others to make the change successful

  • Ability to show passion and commitment while delivering on business outcomes; ability to create a sense of individual ownership and accountability

  • Ability to identify opportunities for new and improved ways of doing things that result in value added, unique and differentiated solutions

Salary to be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, and/or experience of the applicant, as well as the internal equity and alignment with the team.

For Boston, this ranges from $65,000-$80,000 plus benefits and retirement program.

Gilbane offers an excellent total compensation package which includes competitive health and welfare benefits and a generous profit-sharing/401k plan. We invest in our employees’ education and have built Gilbane University into a top training organization in the construction industry. Qualified applicants who are offered a position must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test.

Gilbane is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or disability status. Click here to view the physical demands and working conditions required to perform this role. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

Note to Recruiters, Placement Agencies, and Similar Organizations: Gilbane does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Please do not forward unsolicited agency resumes to our jobs alias, website, or to any Gilbane employee. Gilbane will not pay fees to any third party agency or firm and will not be responsible for any agency fees associated with unsolicited resumes. Unsolicited resumes received will be considered property of Gilbane and will be processed accordingly.

How this job compares

Set against the 3,532 open Accountant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$65–80K/yr
  • Massachusetts median$77–111K/yr27 salary ranges
  • US median$75–100K/yr1,102 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $73K, is 24% below the Massachusetts median midpoint ($96K) — in the lowest quarter of Accountant salary ranges in Massachusetts.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 69 open Accountant jobs in Massachusetts and 3,532 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Massachusetts
Experience
This posting asks for no prior experience — less than three in four Accountant postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 2,362 postings).
Education
1,846 of the 3,532 open Accountant jobs (52%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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