Senior Accountant

Job Description

Job Description

Senior Accountant – Project & Cost Accounting

Spike Electric – Pasadena, Texas

Department: Accounting

Reports To: Accounting Manager

 

Position Summary

Spike Electric is seeking an experienced Senior Accountant – Project & Cost Accounting to support the Accounting Manager and Accounting Department with complex accounting activities, project accounting, cost accounting, reconciliations, month-end close, process improvement, and technical accounting support.

The ideal candidate will have strong accounting fundamentals, experience working in a project or manufacturing environment, and the ability to research complex issues, develop practical solutions, and improve accounting processes and procedures.

 

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and support Percentage-of-Completion (POC), WIP, project, and job-cost accounting schedules and related analysis.
• Perform project-cost, margin, and Estimate-to-Complete (ETC) analysis and research significant variances.
• Support manufacturing and cost-accounting activities involving material costs, WIP, finished goods, and job-cost activity.
• Prepare complex balance-sheet reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, and month-end supporting schedules.
• Research and resolve General Ledger discrepancies, unusual balances, posting errors, and historical accounting issues.
• Build and document accounting processes, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), workflows, checklists, and reconciliation procedures.
• Review inventory accounting reconciliations, costing activity, and significant variances prepared by the Inventory Accountant.
• Apply strong GAAP and revenue-recognition knowledge to project, POC, WIP, and other complex accounting transactions.
• Support Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central accounting improvements, testing, documentation, and process development.
• Prepare audit-ready reconciliations, schedules, transaction support, and accounting documentation.
• Use advanced Excel and data-analysis skills to analyze accounting activity, identify trends, and investigate variances.
• Work cross-functionally with Operations, Project Management, Procurement, Sales, Engineering, and other departments to resolve accounting issues.
• Identify accounting process gaps, recurring errors, and control concerns and develop recommended solutions.
• Provide technical accounting guidance, review, and assistance to Accounting team members as needed.
• Support the Accounting Manager with complex accounting research, reconciliations, process improvements, special projects, and other accounting initiatives.

 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 7+ years of progressive accounting experience.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP and internal accounting controls.
• Demonstrated ability to independently research and resolve complex accounting and reconciliation issues.
• Experience developing and improving accounting processes, internal controls, procedures, and SOPs.
• ERP accounting-system experience; Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central experience is a plus.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Strong analytical, research, organizational, documentation, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple accounting priorities and deadlines with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Experience reviewing accounting work and providing technical guidance to accounting staff.