The Job Cost Accountant works closely with branch leadership operations management and project management to ensure all financial activities including revenues and costs are recorded timely and accurately in support of the business. This position will work with the divisional accounting team to implement appropriate processes and controls for transactional activity and support the branch leadership to record and monitor the financial position of the branch to ensure revenues job costs and operational costs are reported accurately and in accordance with the standards established by the division accounting team.
Duties/Responsibilities:
Provide direct oversight and support of transactional accounting including purchasing work orders and project costing for the branch
Periodically review costs and other financial activity to ensure appropriateness and accuracy in support of branch leadership
Partner with operations team and branch personnel to ensure contracts and change orders are setup accurately and recorded properly in the project system
Produce operational and financial reports and reviews as needed to support branch leadership
Assist with month end closing processes in coordination with division accounting team
Understand financial policies including basic knowledge of GAAP internal controls and percentage of completion accounting to support operations team and financial review
Understand the financial and operational systems in use by the business
All other duties as assigned
Required Skills/Abilities:
Prior experience with project accounting and percentage of completion
Experience with MS Excel including dealing with large data sets and the use of pivot tables xlookup sumifs and other functions
Experience and proficiency in the use of NetSuite
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.