A/P Staff Accountant

Confidential Employer; Duluth (GA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential Employer, a Suwanee, GA based construction company, is building out its accounting department and seeks a hands-on Staff Accountant to strengthen AP operations. The role emphasizes heavy AP duties and will evolve toward a broader staff accountant position.

This long-term opportunity is for a polished, detail-oriented self-starter who wants to grow with the company and contribute to a stable, growing team.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of construction accounting experience; 2+ years preferred.
• Hands-on, full-cycle Accounts Payable experience with real volume.
• Experience with job cost coding in a construction environment.
• Strong Excel skills and solid accounting judgment.
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
• Polished, professional communication and self-starter mindset.
• Interest in a long-term role with growth potential.

Responsibilities

• Own the full-cycle AP process from invoice receipt through payment; not just data entry.
• Manage vendor and subcontractor documentation (W-9s, COIs, lien waivers/releases).
• Apply accurate job cost coding to invoices and payables.
• Handle invoice follow-up, discrepancy research, and issue resolution.
• Perform account reconciliations related to AP and vendor accounts.
• Communicate professionally with vendors, subcontractors, project managers, and internal staff.
• Support subcontractor compliance tracking and high-volume invoice processing.
• Grow into a trusted right-hand role within the accounting team.

Skills

Accounts Payable

Full-cycle AP

Excel

Attention to detail

Communication

Job cost coding

Construction accounting

Self-starter

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Procore

Sage 300 CRE (Timberline)

QuickBooks

Job description

A/P StaffAccountant–AccountsPayableFocus· Suwanee, Ga

Company:Establishedconstructioncompany(detailssharedwithqualifiedcandidates)

Location:NorthAtlanta/Suwanee,GAarea(on-site)

Industry:Commercial/Construction

Reportsto:Controller

Type:Full-time,directhire—long-termopportunity

Salary:$60k-$75k

ABOUTTHEROLE

Ourclient,anestablishedconstructioncompany,isbuildingoutitsaccountingdepartmentandislookingforahands-onStaffAccountanttohelpstabilizeandstrengthenoperations.TheimmediatefocusofthispositionisheavyAccountsPayableandA/Padministration—wellbeyondbasicinvoiceentry—whilethedepartmentgetssettled.Overtime,thisroleisdesignedtogrowintoabroaderstaffaccountantpositionandbecomearight-handtotheaccountingleadership.

Thisisalong-termopportunityforapolished,detail-orientedself-starterwhowantstogrowwiththecompany—notasteppingstoneforsomeonechasingthenexttitleorsalarybump.

WHATYOU'LLDO—IMMEDIATEFOCUS(ACCOUNTSPAYABLE)

• Ownthefull-cycleA/Pprocessfrominvoicereceiptthroughpayment—notjustdataentry
• Managevendorandsubcontractordocumentation,includingW-9s,insurancecertificates(COIs),andlienwaivers/releases
• Applyaccuratejobcostcodingtoinvoicesandpayables
• Handleinvoicefollow-up,discrepancyresearch,andissueresolution
• PerformaccountreconciliationsrelatedtoA/Pandvendoraccounts
• Communicateprofessionallywithvendors,subcontractors,projectmanagers,andinternalstaff
• Supportsubcontractorcompliancetrackingandhigh-volumeinvoiceprocessing

GROWTHRESPONSIBILITIES(OVERTIME)

• Supportmonth-endclose,journalentries,andgeneralledgermaintenance
• Assistwithconstructionbilling,retainage,andpayapplications
• Contributetoprojectaccountingandbroaderstaffaccountantduties
• Growintoatrustedright-handrolewithintheaccountingteam

WHATWE'RELOOKINGFOR—REQUIRED

• Minimum1yearofconstructionaccountingexperience—with2+yearsstronglypreferred
• Hands-on,full-cycleAccountsPayableexperiencewithrealvolume(notentry-levelinvoiceentryonly)
• Experiencewithjobcostcodinginaconstructionenvironment
• StrongExcelskillsandsolidaccountingjudgment
• Exceptionalattentiontodetailandaccuracy
• Polished,professionalcommunicationandaself-startermindset
• Interestinalong-termrolewithroomtogrow

PREFERRED/NICETOHAVE

• Procoreexperience(beingimplementednow—aplus,butyoucanlearnitalongsidetheteam;notrequired)
• Sage300CRE(Timberline)and/orQuickBooksexperience
• Experiencewithretainage,lienwaivers,subcontractorinvoices,andpayapplications
• Bachelor'sdegreeinAccountingorrelatedfield

WHYTHISROLE

You'lljoinacompanyatapivotalmomentforitsaccountingfunction,withtheopportunitytomakeanimmediateimpactonA/Poperationsandgrowintoabroader,morestrategicstaffaccountantroleasakeymemberoftheteam.