Accountant

Collabera; Chandler (AZ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Retirement plans

Paid time off

Job summary

Collabera in Chandler, AZ seeks an experienced Senior Accountant to serve as the internal Sage Intacct expert and to support accounting operations, financial reporting, project accounting, and system integrations.

This mission-critical, fully onsite role reports to executives and partners with them to ensure accurate month-end close, GAAP-compliant reporting, and continuous process improvements across the finance function.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of accounting experience.
• 3-4+ years of hands-on Sage Intacct experience.
• Strong experience with month-end close, financial reporting, and GAAP accounting.
• Experience with project accounting, job costing, contract billing, and profitability analysis.
• Advanced Excel skills including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, and financial analysis.
• Experience supporting accounting system implementations or integrations.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally with leadership and project teams.
• Ability to work onsite 5 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Lead month-end and year-end close activities with journals, accruals, and reconciliations.
• Prepare and review financial statements, management reports, and budget variance analyses.
• Serve as the internal Sage Intacct expert for configuration, reporting, and process improvements.
• Manage project accounting, job costing, revenue recognition, labor allocation, and profitability analysis.
• Partner with Project Managers and leadership to review budgets, project performance, and forecasts.
• Oversee accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing, collections, and cash flow.
• Build and maintain financial reports, dashboards, and KPIs.
• Lead Sage Intacct integrations with Kronos and other systems.
• Identify automation opportunities to improve accounting efficiency and accuracy.
• Mentor junior accounting staff and grow the accounting team.

Skills

Sage Intacct

Project accounting

Job costing

Financial reporting

GAAP

Excel advanced

Automation

Communication

Tools

Sage Intacct

Kronos

Paylocity

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Accountant to join our accounting team and serve as the internal subject matter expert for Sage Intacct. This is a mission-critical, fully onsite role reporting directly to our executives and working closely with them to support accounting operations, financial reporting, project accounting, and system integrations. It is mandatory that the candidate will have strong experience with Sage Intacct, project accounting, job costing, and financial reporting, and will be someone the team can rely on for day-to-day accounting expertise and process improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead month-end and year-end close activities, including journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and supporting schedules.
• Prepare and review financial statements, management reports, and budget variance analyses.
• Serve as the internal Sage Intacct expert, supporting configuration, reporting, and ongoing process improvements.
• Manage project accounting, job costing, revenue recognition, labor allocation, and profitability analysis.
• Partner with Project Managers and leadership to review budgets, project performance, and financial forecasting.
• Oversee accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing, collections, and cash flow activities.
• Build and maintain financial reports, dashboards, and key performance metrics.
• Lead accounting support for Sage AND Intacct integrations with Kronos and other business systems.
• Identify and implement automation opportunities to improve accounting efficiency and accuracy.
• Mentor junior accounting staff and support the growth of the accounting team.

Required Qualifications

• 5-8 years of accounting experience.
• 3-4+ years of hands-on Sage AND Intacct experience
• Strong experience with month-end close, financial reporting, and GAAP accounting.
• Experience with project accounting, job costing, contract billing, and profitability analysis.
• Advanced Excel skills including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, and financial analysis.
• Experience supporting accounting system implementations or integrations.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally with leadership and project teams.
• Ability to work onsite 5 days per week.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within engineering, architecture, construction (AEC), consulting, or professional services environments.
• Experience with Kronos, Paylocity, or payroll system integrations.
• Experience developing accounting processes and internal controls.
• Experience mentoring or leading other accounting professionals.
• Background supporting high-growth organizations

Benefits: This is a direct hire opportunity. The selected candidate will be employed directly by our client. All compensation and benefits, including but not limited to medical insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and other perks, will be provided by the client in accordance with their internal policies and subject to applicable laws and eligibility requirements.