Senior Corporate Accountant

Senior Corporate Accountant

Our client a small but growing company, has an immediate need for a "hands on", Senior Corporate Accountant with construction job costing experience. Responsibilities include:

• Reconciliation of all general ledger accounts on a monthly basis including researching variances and preparing explanations and adjustments
• Preparing the closing of monthly and year-end accounting files including preparing journal entries, updating/gathering information and reports for financial meetings
• Preparing monthly work in process schedule for contracts in preparation of percentage of completion revenue recognition
• Preparing weekly reports to deliver to CFO for weekly reporting package
• Maintaining all accounting functions for fixed assets, including coding, calculating additions, disposals, depreciation, and reconciliation fixed asset software to ERP
• Preparing and maintaining debt schedules and amortization schedules
• Preparing and maintaining lease schedules
• Serving as liaison for interdepartmental projects and/or request by providing accounting support
• Performing clerical tasks including but not limited to posting cash receipts and coding invoices
• Providing accounting guidance to non-accounting staff and other duties as requested by management
• Annual duties include preparing tangible personal business property tax returns, preparing excise motor fuel tax, and providing main tactical support for annual financial audit and insurance audit

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
• Minimum 5 years' experience working in accounting
• Strong understanding of double entry accounting
• Strong understanding of job costing (construction industry preferred will consider manufacturing cost experience)
• Strong Excel skills (pivot, V lookup, Sumif, filters, etc.)
• Self-starter with ability to work efficiently with little direct supervision
• Ability to identify areas for improvement, make recommendations, and implement
• Ability to work in a lean environment which will require performing tasks unrelated to accounting
• CPA a plus
• Audit experience a plus
• Construction Industry preferred
• Spectrum accounting system a plus

Our client offers a salary of $70k - $80k depending on experience and full benefits including 401k, PTO