Accounting Manager

Pave America; Roebuck (SC); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Pave America is seeking an Accounting Manager to lead the finance function for our growing organization. This role also serves as the HR point of contact, overseeing payroll, benefits administration, and compliance with applicable laws.

You will monitor accounts, prepare financial updates for senior management, and implement internal controls while guiding budgeting and financial decision-making across departments. This position offers a pathway to influence company-wide processes and growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting/business or related field.
• 5+ years' experience in an accounting role in the construction industry.
• Ability to perform detailed financial analysis to extract business insights.
• Advanced Excel skills; strong written and verbal communication.
• 3+ years HR experience preferred; experience processing multi-state payroll.
• Knowledge of Fair Labor Standards Act and wage/hour laws.
• Proficiency with HRIS & payroll systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage and monitor all accounts, ledgers, and reporting systems per GAAP.
• Provide financial updates to senior management by analyzing data.
• Guide financial decisions by applying company policies.
• Develop and maintain financial controls and internal controls.
• Oversee payroll, benefits, and HR processes.
• Manage customer portfolios: contracts, invoices, and collections; optimize DSO.
• Prepare weekly cashflow forecasting and reconciliations.
• Ensure compliance with Federal, State, and local laws.

Skills

Accounting

Financial analysis

Excel skills

HR experience

Payroll processing

GAAP

Bilingual Spanish

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting/business

Tools

HRIS & Payroll systems

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for an Accounting Manager. This Team Member will be the financial leader for our growing organization. This is a great opportunity for someone looking to make the next step in their career! In addition, this position serves as the Human Resources point of contact for the entity, with responsibility for oversight of payroll, benefit administration, and other human resources processes, as well as ensuring compliance with company policy and applicable federal, state and local laws.

Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Manage and monitor all accounts, ledgers, and reporting systems ensuring compliance with appropriate GAAP standards.
• Provide comprehensive financial updates to senior management by evaluating, analyzing, and reporting appropriate data points.
• Guide financial decisions by applying company policies and procedures to current economic landscapes.
• Develop, implement, and maintain financial controls and guidelines. Create a positive culture of accountability and acceptance.
• Help achieve our budgeting goals with proper scheduling, analysis, while recommending corrective actions to senior leadership.
• Manage all customer portfolios: contracts, invoices and collections. Liaison with Sales & Operations to optimize DSO.
• Prepare weekly cashflow forecasting
• Prepare account analysis, bank and payroll reconciliations, and supporting journal entries.
• Prepare all other balance sheet account reconciliations.
• Oversee all disbursements for the Company.
• Establish and maintain a system of internal controls.
• Help lead systems and process implementations
• Supervise support staff by coaching, mentoring and growing the team.
• Ensure that company level processes and deadlines for timekeeping, onboarding, deductions, and payroll processing are met, ensuring high-quality customer service is delivered to every associate.
• Oversee, and/or directly process, multi-state payroll, with a high degree of excellence.
• Oversee, and/or directly complete, certified payroll in compliance with contract requirements.
• Check and audit payrolls to ensure compliance with applicable Federal, State, and local laws.
• Ensure timely response to employee questions, requests or concerns about benefits, LOA, policies, procedures, or programs.
• Support the new employee initial benefit education and election process and annual open enrollment process.
• Support staffing & recruitment, including headcount & workforce planning, job posting, and job offer processes.
• Lead company onboarding process.
• Provide high-quality customer service through clear, timely communication that makes payroll and benefit information understandable and accessible to every associate.
• Coordinate response to Unemployment Claims.
• Maintain detailed, complete, and compliant records.
• Escalate employee relations and other issues as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications (Experience, Education & Certifications, Key Attributes)

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/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Bachelor's degree in accounting/business or related field
• 5+ years' experience in an accounting role in the construction industry.
• Possess detailed financial analysis that can extract business insights to support decision making.
• Must be able to demonstrate advanced excel skills. Strong written and verbal communication.
• Three (3) or more years of HR experience strongly preferred.
• Experience processing multi-state payroll required.
• Experience managing and submitting certified payroll and owning related processes preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge and compliant application of Fair Labor Standards Act and Department of Labor Wage and Hour laws required.
• Proficiency in use of HRIS & Payroll systems.
• Bi-lingual Spanish Speaker a plus.

Physical Requirements

(Each to have one of the following based on the position: Never, Rarely, Occasionally, Constantly)

• Remaining in a stationary position, often standing or sitting for prolonged periods: Occasionally
• Moving about to accomplish tasks at a worksite or moving from one worksite to another: Constantly
• Moving self in different positions to accomplish tasks in various environments, such as stooping, kneeling, or crouching: Rarely
• Adjusting, moving and lifting objects in all directions: Rarely
• Talking and hearing to communicate with others: Constantly
• Seeing to perform job duties at close range, such as monitors or screens: Constantly
• Seeing to perform job duties at a distance, such as driving or operating equipment: Occasionally
• Repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers: Constantly
• Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like: Rarely
• Operating machinery and/or power tools: Rarely
• Operating motor vehicles or heavy equipment: Occasionally
• The ability to travel regionally or nationally: Occasionally

Physical Demands

• Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing: Constantly
• Light work that includes moving objects up to 20 pounds: Occasionally
• Medium work that includes moving objects up to 50 pounds: Occasionally
• Heavy work that includes moving objects up to 100 pounds or more: Rarely

Working Conditions

• Low temperatures: Rarely
• High temperatures: Occasionally
• Outdoor elements such as precipitation and wind: Occasionally
• Noisy environments: Occasionally
• Hazardous conditions: Rarely
• Shift work, to include overnight work: Never
• Frequent overtime, including weekends: Never
• Office environment: Constantly

Pave America and it's companies offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and comply with OFCCP regulations. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, age, national origin, religion, physical and mental disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/assignment, citizenship, pregnancy or maternity, protected veteran status, or any other status prohibited by applicable national, federal, state or local law. Pave America and it's companies promote a drug-free workplace. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries. In compliance with OFCCP requirements, we invite applicants to voluntarily self-identify their gender, race, and veteran status. Submission of this information is voluntary and refusal to provide it will not subject you to any adverse treatment.