Accounting Manager - Financial Center

Turner Construction Company; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner Construction Company is seeking a experienced Finance professional to manage daily operations within the Financial Center. The role interfaces with profit centers and HQ, ensuring timely close processes, policy compliance, and accurate financial reporting.

The ideal candidate holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting with 5+ years in construction finance, demonstrates strong analytical skills, and can lead a small team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or related field required.
• 5+ years of related experience or equivalent.
• Construction industry experience preferred.
• Supervisory experience of a small team.
• Strong accounting principles knowledge.
• Analytical ability to review financial data and identify trends.
• Understanding of cash flows and optimizing interest income.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and take corrective action.
• Proficiency with financial systems, MS Excel, and MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day activities of specific Financial Center function.
• Audit and post journal entries, cash receipts, and related tasks.
• Review and approve A/R journal entries and vendor payments.
• Oversee staff audits of items for data entry and approvals.
• Assist Treasury with cash management improvements.
• Reconcile bank accounts and balance sheet entries.
• Provide year-end 1099 reporting and vendor administration.

Skills

Construction industry experience

Supervisory

Accounting principles

Financial data analysis

Cash flow understanding

Independent judgment

MS Excel

MS Office

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Tools

MS Excel

MS Office

Job description

Division: Turner Shared Services

Project Location(s): Cincinnati, OH 45202 USA

Minimum Years Experience: 3

Travel Involved: 0-10%

Job Type: Regular

Job Classification: Experienced

Education: Bachelors Degree

Job Family: Finance

Compensation: Salaried Non-Exempt

Position Description: Manage day-to-day activities of specific Financial Center function.

Reports to: Financial Manager- Financial Services or Director, Financial Center

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Universal:

• Create supportive environment to develop high performing team, provide training opportunities and engage in mentoring relationships, provide timely performance feedback, contribute to performance appraisals and utilize talent management system.
• Primary point of contact for specific function with profit centers and HQ financial teams.
• Communicate deadlines, month end close schedule, moratorium periods, and standardized processes to profit centers.
• Effectively implement policies and standards and ensure compliance related to Turner's Business Ethics policies and practices.
• Stay abreast of department and corporate updates, maintain current list of policy changes.
• Ensure incoming documentation compliance with company policy and procedures.
• Support Internal Review and audits and develop action plans.
• Standardize, improve and lean processes of Financial Center.
• Other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.

General Ledger:

• Audit and post journal entries, cash receipts, miscellaneous, cash receipts, and applications.
• Follow up with profit center financial managers for approvals and back up.
• Coordinate document maintenance filing schedule and storage pickups.

Accounts Receivable:

• Review and approve journal entries by A/R team.
• Clear third-party vendors for staff payroll group.
• Upload accounts payable positive pay files.

Accounts Payable:

• Oversee staff audit of indexed items for approval and information necessary for data entry, release and follow up on missing backup/approvals.
• Research and recommend solutions for payables and tax payment issues.
• Assist Treasury with efforts to improve cash management and institute alternate payment programs.

Reconciliation:

• Reconcile bank accounts and track profit center entries.
• Coordinate correction journal entries to balance sheet accounts.
• Assist Profit Centers with quarterly reports.

Special Services:

• Oversee employee expense reports.
• Act as administrator for HQ corporate charge account.
• Manage vendor setup process ensure appropriate documentation.
• Manage year-end 1099 reporting process verifying accuracy prior to final IRS remittance.
• Oversee T-4 reports for Canadian vendors and subcontractors.
• Responsible for reports and management of Company fixed assets.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or related field, and 5 years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience
• Construction industry experience
• Supervisory of small team
• Thorough application of accounting principles
• Analytic ability to review and assess financial data, interpret trends, and recognize inconsistencies
• Demonstrates understanding of cash flows and implements procedures to optimize interest income
• Exercises independent judgment and discretion with ability to identify problems and initiate corrective action
• Proficient with financial system applications, MS Excel, and MS Office

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Performance of the required duties will require physical ability to climb permanent and temporary stairs, passenger use of construction personnel hoists, ability to climb ladders and negotiate work areas under construction. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Performing this job requires use of hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls, sit, talk and hear, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move heavy weight.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works on-site at the construction work site where the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts; high precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. The noise in these work environments is usually moderate to very loud.

Turner is an Equal Opportunity Employer - race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.