Senior Accountant

McShane Construction Company is looking for a Senior Accountant!

As a Sr. Accountant you will support active commercial construction projects across multiple states and offices plus several joint ventures.

Company Benefits:

Vision Dental & Health Coverage

401(k) with up to 4% Company Match

Company-paid Life and Disability Insurance

Student Loan Assistance

15 PTO Days

Paid Parental Leave

Responsibilities:

Accounting & Financial Reporting

• Manage fixed asset accounting including capital-versus-expense determinations additions depreciation and amortization and audit support schedules.
• Perform monthly balance sheet payroll insurance prepaid intercompany and revenue reconciliations across operating and joint venture entities.
• Prepare recurring journal entries including software employee benefits insurance overhead and other cost allocations.
• Support monthly close including revenue tie-outs pay application and retention accruals income reporting and JV accounting.

Tax & Compliance

• Prepare and file recurring sales and use tax transaction privilege tax and sales tax reconciliations.
• Manage annual 1099/1096 filings state annual reports contractor license renewals business property returns and other required state filings.

Payroll & Cash Management

• Prepare semi-monthly payroll in Paylocity including 401(k) and FSA funding superintendent cost allocations and related journal entries.
• Manage daily cash activity including bank reconciliations positive pay exceptions and cash ledger maintenance.

Accounts Payable & Receivable

• Serve as a technical resource for Accounts Payable providing coding guidance reviewing correcting entries and resolving escalations from project teams.
• Coordinate accounts receivable follow-up and collections with project teams.

Audit Budget & Financial Support

• Support the annual audit and insurance renewal process.
• Participate in the annual budgeting and forecasting process and gain exposure to the full month-end close cycle.

Qualifications:

• 5 years of progressive accounting experience including full-cycle month-end close ownership
• Construction or project-based accounting experience Advanced level Excel skills
• Bachelors degree in accounting or finance or equivalent experience
• CMiC experience or experience with a comparable construction ERP such as Sage 300 CRE Viewpoint or Procore
• Multi-entity multi-state or joint venture accounting exposure
• Payroll processing experience particularly Paylocity
• Sales and use tax or multi-state filing experience
• CPA or active candidacy

This position is based in our Rosemont Illinois office and is on-site five days a week.

Salary Description: $95000-$115000 per year. This is a good faith estimate based on available market data. Final offers depend on experience skills and qualifications. This position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus cell phone allowance and all company-sponsored employee benefits including medical dental vision 401(k) with match and profit sharing student loan assistance and PTO.

McShane Construction established in 1984 is a national award-winning general contractor specializing in multi-family industrial commercial and healthcare markets. As a female-owned and led business we are committed to integrity innovation and collaboration offering a rewarding career environment. With headquarters in Rosemont IL and regional offices in Auburn AL Madison WI Nashville TN and Phoenix AZ our impact spans nationwide.

McShane Construction cultivates a culture of inclusion where every individuals unique background and perspective are embraced. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and make all employment-related decisions without regard to race religion color sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age or disability or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.

No Agency Inquiries Please: The McShane Companies (McShane Construction Company Cadence McShane Construction Company and Conor Commercial Real Estate) do not accept unsolicited resumes candidates names or summaries from staffing agencies search firms or third-party recruiters. The McShane Companies will not pay a placement fee in connection with any such unsolicited resumes.