Assistant Accountant - Finance Reporting HQ

Division: Headquarters
Project Location(s): Saddle Brook, NJ 07663 USA
Minimum Years Experience: 2 Travel Involved: 0-10% Job Type: Regular Job Classification: Experienced Education: Bachelors Degree Job Family: Finance Compensation: Salaried Exempt

Location: Saddle Brook New Jersey Turner Office

Position Description:
Journal various general ledger entries, unclaimed property reporting, assisting with financial statement preparation and analysis, and legal entity consolidation.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Journal various entries, including intercompany billings, wire/cash activity, loan activity and accruals, consolidation journal entries, and other journals as needed.
Assist accounting for smaller subsidiaries.
Assist accounting and reporting joint ventures.
Prepare various reports and required government reports.
Other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance, from accredited and credentialed degree program, with 1-2 years related experience or equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
• Understand accounting principles (i.e. journal entries, general ledger, etc.)
• Proficient with financial systems applications, MS Office, and MS Excel
• Must have basic understanding of policies and procedures
• Must be able to identify problems and make recommendations for resolution
• Must be highly organized, able to prioritize competing demands, detail oriented, maintain accuracy, and self-check work
• Must display initiative, teamwork, and independent thinking
• Able to work independently, with some oversight, and in team environment
• Must follow established procedures and execute directions to completion without need of follow up by management
• Must have good work ethic and integrity, be dependable, adaptable, cooperative, and motivated to take on new responsibilities
• Professional written and verbal communication skills
• General office skills

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Performance of the required duties will require physical ability to climb permanent and temporary stairs, passenger use of construction personnel hoists, ability to climb ladders and negotiate work areas under construction. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Performing this job requires use of hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls, sit, talk and hear, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move heavy weight.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works on-site at the construction work site where the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts; high precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. The noise in these work environments is usually moderate to very loud.

Turner is an Equal Opportunity Employer - race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.