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Position Title: Senior Construction Accountant (Req #: 116)

Location: Fresno, CA

Date Posted: 08082023

Pay Range: $82,000 - $118,000

Position Description:

Job Summary
Responsible for maintaining financial records and ensures that financial transactions are properly recorded. Verifies the accuracy of entries to ledger accounts and reconciles subsidiary ledger accounts to the general ledger. Prepares complex balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and other financial reports. Analyzes current costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations incurred to predict future revenues and expenses.


Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Essential duties and other responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:Ensures accurate and timely reporting of all financial data in accordance with GAAP.Monitors revenue and expenses while coordinating collection, consolidation, and review of all financial data.Verifies the accuracy of all job costs as well as reconciling all subsidiary ledgers to the general ledger. This includes accounts payable and receivable, cash management, equipment and payroll.Prepares monthly and annual reports on expenditures and implementing corrective actions when necessary.Prepares monthly Work in Progress Schedules.Develops and maintains systems of control for accounting transactions.Creates, audits, and maintains effective chart of accounts and ensure costs are coded accurately.Performs monthly closing of all assigned accounts ensuring detailed and accurate reconciliations are documented and filed for all balance sheet and income statement accounts.Manages expense allocations from various departments and ensures accurate account coding.Obtains and maintains a thorough understanding of the financial reporting and general ledger structure.Manages all aspects of financial and accounting systems and processes including; compliance, AP, AR and revenue accounting, payroll, fixed assets and general ledger functions, and internal financial reporting.Supports audit requirements including internal, external, and compliance audits.Assists with special projects as requested by Controller and CFO.Assists the accounting department and outside vendors to ensure financial accuracy, cost control and reporting.Preserves confidentiality of sensitive information.


Position Requirements:

Qualifications 
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty 
satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and 
ability required.

Required Education and Experience
 A Bachelors degree with an emphasis in Accounting.
 7-10+ years of professional accounting experience within the construction industry.
 Ability to identify and resolve complex issues.
 Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook).
 Knowledge of Viewpoint Construction Software
 Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
 A valid California Drivers License

 Physical requirements 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.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, 
handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required 
to stand and walk. The employee must occasionally lift andor move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision 
abilities required by this job include
close vision, distance vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee 
encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Office Environment
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.
>> the resume: <<Career FocusExtremely motivated accountant with a high-degree of personal and professional ethics and integrity pursuing CPA.
 Hard-working team player with great verbal and written communication, as well as strong analytical and examination skills.
Ability to prioritize, multi-task, and perform efficiently and effectively under pressure.
Summary of SkillsSAPMicrosoft Office with extensive use of ExcelOracleWord Perfect Office 11Triple PointQuick BooksTen Key by touchSun Accounting Systems
EducationSam Houston State University,Expected in2007––Bachelor of Business Administration:Accounting-GPA:Accounting
Professional ExperienceCinc Systems-Gas Marketing Accountant IIDenver,CO,07/2012-04/2016Maintain a portfolio of four assets on an accrual basis with monthly purchases totaling over $137 million and sales totaling over $104 million.Record estimate entries and any gas balancing journal entries in SAP.Confirm all purchases, sales, and transfers in Triple Point using the pipeline support, and consult either the trader or scheduler on any discrepancies.Analyze and provide variance explanations to management regarding any variance from month to month, and year to date for any variance over $50K in any account.Validate all netback and WASP pricing per SOX controls to ensure that the correct prices are being calculated correctly.Assist in any audits that include our assets to ensure that all questions or concerns are answered and that the audit is performed as easily and efficiently as possible.Plan and coordinate netback meetings for asset equity areas to review current prices, and upcoming changes in the flow of gas with revenue, midstream, commercial development and contracts.Approve and process all purchase invoices and contact customer if there is a variance with quantity or price.Mentor the new rotational every three months on the duties and responsibilities of marketing accounting and assist with any questions that may arise during their rotation regarding the position.Responsible for performing the yearly SOX walk through with KPMG to ensure all of our controls are being met.Yahoo!-Well Site AccountantBasking Ridge,NJ,06/2011-06/2012Solely responsible for all invoicing related to the well site division which averages monthly between $1.4 to $1.8 million.Reconciled the work in progress account in addition to other balance sheet accounts for the energy division resulting in an 80% decrease in errors since beginning this task.Set up new projects in the system from information gathered from reviewing the master service agreements.Assisted in month end close and made necessary journal entries in Sun Systems.Analyzed and provided variance explanations to management regarding any variance from month to month, and year to date for all 72 ongoing jobs.Responsible for entering all accounts payable for the well site division and initiating the payments either via wire or ACH.Landry's Restaurants, Inc-Restaurant AccountantCity,STATE,07/2010-05/2011Responsible for 8 restaurants on an accrual basis with monthly revenues totaling over $2.65 million.Completed monthly closings and prepared financial statements while continuously meeting deadline expectations.Reconciled and maintained balance sheet accounts, audited and analyzed costs including variances to budget and RLP, and drew up monthly, quarterly, and year-end financial reports Analyzing, researching, and documenting variances and trends that occur at the restaurant level.Creating journal entries to record prepaid expenses, accruals for payroll and accounts receivable; along with making adjusting entries in Oracle.Recorded and coded invoices in AP and following up with vendors to ensure uninterrupted service to the restaurant.Reconciled $2.5 million in weekly credit card A/R and $103k in weekly cash sales, in addition to I performed monthly bank reconciliations and continuous account analysis.Assisted and responded to any inquiries from vendors, restaurant managers, and accounting managers.Panther Pipeline-Senior AccountantCity,STATE,08/2008-06/2010Prepared the invoicing for multiple pipeline systems.Accountable for month end close, bank and general ledger reconciliations, job costing, accounts payable, accounts receivable, inventory and financial statement preparation.Responsible for assisting with the day to day accounting functions of four entities.Respond and assist with auditor requests and inquiries in a very timely fashion.In charge of setting up new vendors and customers while maintaining good lines of open communication with new and existing clients.Processed payroll and paid appropriate payroll taxes.Completed and filed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and Railroad Commission Quarterly and Annual Reports.Responsible for the preparation and filing of monthly sales tax reports.Exel-  Houston Transportation Command Center-Financial AnalystCity,STATE,11/2007-05/2008Assisted in month end close.Responsible for making journal entries for month end close in SAP.Accountable for coding and entering in all invoices for payment.Worked closely with other members of the finance team to ensure our customers received payment quickly.Trained new members of the finance team.Maintained good communication with our customers on a weekly basis to ensure continued satisfaction of our services.
SkillsTen Key by touch, accounting, Accounting Systems, accounts payable, accounts receivable, accruals, accrual, AP, balance sheet, monthly bank reconciliations, budget, contracts, credit, clients, equity, fashion, filing, finance, financial reports, financial statement preparation, financial statements, general ledger, inventory, invoicing, job costing, marketing, meetings, Mentor, Excel, Microsoft Office, monthly closings, month end close, Oracle, payroll, pricing, coding, progress, Quick Books, researching, sales, SAP, Sun, tax, taxes, Word Perfect Office, year-end, Annual Reports>>. The result is, Good Fit

Fit assessment: Good Fit