Full Job Description
We are looking for an experienced accountant with public accounting experience. Familiar with construction payment application process. Understanding of project management accounting. Comfortable with A/R collections, journal entries, account reconciliations, and job reconciliation.
Position:
Sr. Accountant
Job Description
Purpose of the Job:
This role will perform full cycle construction accounting including but not limited to account reconciliations, investigate, and correct discrepancies.
Core Competencies:
- Accountability: Accepts personal responsibility for quality and timeliness of his or her work.
- Communication: Communicates well both verbally and in writing.
- Consistency: Consistently follows documented procedures and suggests change when necessary.
- Teamwork: Builds good relationships and rapport with customers, peers, supervisors, and managers throughout the organization.
Essential Functions:
- Perform monthly close and related journal entries.
- Prepare monthly balance sheet account reconciliations.
- Prepare monthly bank and credit card account reconciliations.
- Maintain the company chart of accounts.
- Prepare weekly and monthly management and financial reports.
- Perform weekly review of job cost activity ensuring consistent and proper coding.
- Prepare and distribute 1099s.
- Interface with management in various departments including sales, construction, and purchasing.
Other Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Analyze customer contracts and purchase orders and be cognizant of terms and conditions, schedule and other crucial contractual or logistical elements.
- Create projects in accounting software and set up billing milestones.
- Work with project manager to create project schedules.
- Enter cost estimates in accounting software.
- Maintain relationships with key partners including banks, title companies, outside accounting firms, etc.
- Ensure accuracy of financial statements in accordance with GAAP and compliance to internal policies.
- Investigate and resolve data errors consistent with standard accounting practice.
- Communicate processes, procedures and data with internal customers and department management.
- Monitor and analyze project financials.
- Investigate project variances and submit reports to project management.
- Report on project profitability to management weekly project review.
- Track job costing information for management decision making.
- Create monthly reports for management and key departments.
- Participate in month end, quarter end and year end close.
- Collect project billings from customers.
- Provide administrative support to project management.
Education:
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or Business from an accredited college or equivalent experience.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
- Minimum 3 years' experience in construction related accounting.
- Knowledge of construction billing including AIA documents.
- Strong understanding of accounting software. Knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics is preferred.
- Ability to analyze large amounts of data.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office products including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Excellent customer service skills including professional communication via phone and email.
- Demonstrated ability to problem solve.
- Must have strong organizational skills to manage large amounts of detail.
- Comfortable with A/R collections.
- Project management accounting.
- Liens and waivers.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration.
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