Accounting Manager

Accounting Manager – Construction Company

Compensation: $120,000-$135,000 Plus Bonus

Benefits: Medical, Dental and Vision benefits, Paid Time Off, 8 Holidays/yr, 401K Retirement Plan

A well-established award-winning Inland Empire construction company, operating as both a General Contractor and Specialty Contractor, is seeking an experienced Accounting Manager to lead day-to-day accounting operations. When you join our team, collaboration is not just a value; it's how we work, treating every colleague, client, and partner with the respect that builds real excellence.

This is a hands-on role for a construction accounting professional who will own the month-end close, job costing, and WIP reporting process while partnering closely with project managers and company leadership to ensure accurate financial and project reporting across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Financial Close & Reporting
• Lead and perform the monthly financial close, including journal entries, accruals, account reconciliations, and financial statement preparation.
• Prepare monthly financial statements and management reports.
• Maintain accounting procedures, internal controls, and month-end close processes.

• Job Costing & WIP
• Prepare and review monthly Work-in-Progress (WIP) schedules and percentage-of-completion revenue recognition.
• Maintain accurate job costing for all construction projects.
• Reconcile job cost reports to the general ledger and investigate discrepancies.
• Review project budgets, committed costs, subcontract costs, labor and material costs, change orders, estimated costs to complete, and project profitability.

• Project Accounting & Billing
• Work directly with project managers to review job performance, cost projections, and WIP adjustments.
• Monitor project billing, accounts receivable, retainage, underbillings, and overbillings.
• Review subcontractor invoices, vendor costs, and project-related accounting activity for proper coding and job allocation.

• General Accounting Oversight
• Oversee or support accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and general ledger accounting.
• Coordinate year-end accounting, external CPA requests, audits, tax reporting, banking, and surety reporting.
• Ensure accurate and effective use of Trimble Viewpoint Spectrum for general ledger, job costing, project reporting, and related accounting functions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of accounting experience, including significant experience in the construction industry.
• Strong knowledge of construction accounting, job costing, WIP reporting, and percentage-of-completion accounting.
• Experience with general contractor and/or specialty contractor accounting is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience managing the full month-end close process on a timely basis as required by management and third-party users of the financial statements reports.
• Experience with Trimble Viewpoint Spectrum strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of project billing, retainage, subcontractor accounting, and construction-related accounts receivable and accounts payable.
• Strong general ledger and financial reporting skills.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Ability to analyze project financial information and identify cost overruns, margin changes, coding issues, and other discrepancies.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with project managers, field operations, executives, and outside professionals.
• Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field preferred.