Sr. Accountant

Senior Accountant

  Main Points

• Must have experience in construction industry 
• Must have Bachelors degree
• CPA preferred 

Overview

The Senior Accountant is responsible for the accounting operations of the company. Senior Accountant duties include the production of periodic financial reports, maintenance of an adequate system of accounting records, and a comprehensive set of controls and budgets designed to mitigate risk, enhance the accuracy of the company’s reported financial results, and ensure that reported results comply with generally accepted accounting principles.

Job Duties

• Manage day-to-day accounting operations of the accounting department including but not limited to accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger, cash flow, revenue and expenditure variance analysis, check runs, and fixed assets.
• • Assist in all month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing activities including journal entry posting, balance sheet reconciliations and corporate expense allocation.
• • Proactively work with Project Managers in setting up projects/budgets appropriately and assist with project monitoring for the life of the project.
• • Oversee the labor costing process. Maintain overhead allocations and journal entries for the indirect cost allocations.
• • Ensure that submitted invoices comply with company accounting standards.
• • Organize and monitor flow of client / vendor invoices including obtaining approvals, tracking budgets, identify inconsistencies and A/P entry.
• • Research any unbilled issues and initiate timely collection of outstanding AR balances to optimize the billing possibilities for the billing period.
• • Distribute final invoices for all billable projects.
• • Identify any discrepancies in the accounts, troubleshoot origin, and make correcting entries to ensure accurate financial reporting. Prepare GL account reconciliations and/or oversee the preparation within the team.
• • Support creation of tax returns (local, state, federal, and foreign) through creation of schedules and reconciliations required; primary responsibility for preparation of tax reporting package required by external tax accountants.
• • Make recommendations to improve current processing methods and techniques.
• • Other special projects as needed