Accounting Practitioner

Gilbane Building Company; Providence (RI); On-site; USD 51,000 - 62,500; Full time

Job summary

Gilbane Building Company in Providence, RI is seeking an Accounting Practitioner to partner with our accounting team and perform basic manual and computer-based accounting tasks. This role sits primarily in the office.

You will scan AP invoices, process payments and vouchers, extract information, and assist senior staff while learning our processes and systems. Gilbane offers competitive benefits and a strong training culture, with opportunities to contribute to diverse projects across multiple

Qualifications

• Entry level - none required.
• Very good written and verbal communication skills.
• Familiar with Microsoft Excel and Word.

Responsibilities

• Scanning AP Invoices
• Process payments, invoices and vouchers
• Extract specified information or add appropriate standard coding and attachments to documents
• Compile simple summaries of information relating to documents processed
• Locate and extract information from files and records as requested
• May perform simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division manually or using a calculator
• Assist Senior Accounting Practitioner under close supervision
• Kofax - Doc Review - Routing invoices to the correct teams for processing
• Kofax - Validation - Validating invoice information for corporate invoices
• Invoice research for routing or invoice descriptions
• Red Carpet - Setting up new employee reimbursement accounts
• Daily communication with divisional practitioners & project accountants - written & verbal
• MSTR Reports - Run for Pay Select Lists every day & for creating corp. selects
• Checks - Processing paper checks from pay selects
• Paymode - Processing electronic payment files from pay selects
• Posting invoices for all corporate departments
• Pay Selects - Creating weekly pay select reports for the corporate department payments
• Special handling requests for payments
• Occasional proof of electronic payments

Skills

Communication skills

Excel

Word

Education

No degree required

Job description

Job Location

US-RI-Providence

Overview

Are you looking for a highly rewarding opportunity that provides extensive career growth opportunity? Gilbane is seeking an Accounting Practitioner that will partner with our accounting team to perform basic manual and computer related accounting tasks. This role will sit primarily in the office.

Who are we?

As a Top-10 ENR Contractor, Gilbane is a family-owned business with 45 offices that has been shaping communities since 1870. Consistently recognized as one of the most reputable construction management firms in the country, Gilbane is committed to delivering projects safely and on-time. You will have the opportunity to build schools, labs, hospitals, corporate offices, sports arenas and more!

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Who Are You?

You are someone who acts inclusively, showing empathy and treating others with respect and dignity in order to uphold Gilbane's core value of Caring and "People First" workplace culture. You seek to listen in order to understand and can convey information clearly. You're a strong problem solver who can identify, prioritize, and implement alternatives for solutions, and you demonstrate adaptability by collaborating with others and supporting team members to achieve excellence. A self-starter who shows passion, commitment, and ownership all while delivering on business outcomes and driving results. You're someone who identifies opportunities for new and improved ways of doing things that result in value-add solutions.

Your core values match Gilbane's: Integrity, Caring, Teamwork, Toughmindedness, Dedication to Excellence, Discipline, Loyalty, and Entrepreneurship.

What's in it for you?

Gilbane offers employees multi-dimensional training opportunities through a number of resources for those that are early in their career. While managing your responsibilities to projects, you will be able to enroll in trainings through our award-winning Gilbane University to build leadership and technical skills. In addition, you would work with an experienced team which provides you with the opportunity to learn new industry skills every day.

Responsibilities

• Scanning AP Invoices
• Process payments, invoices and vouchers
• Extract specified information or add appropriate standard coding and attachments to documents
• Compile simple summaries of information relating to documents processed
• Locate and extract information from files and records as requested
• May perform simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division manually or using a calculator
• Assist Senior Accounting Practitioner under close supervision
• Kofax - Doc Review - Routing invoices to the correct teams for processing
• Kofax - Validation - Validating invoice information for corporate invoices
• Invoice research for routing or invoice descriptions
• Red Carpet - Setting up new employee reimbursement accounts
• Daily communication with divisional practitioners & project accountants - written & verbal
• MSTR Reports - Run for Pay Select Lists every day & for creating corp. selects
• Checks - Processing paper checks from pay selects
• Paymode - Processing electronic payment files from pay selects
• Posting invoices for all corporate departments
• Pay Selects - Creating weekly pay select reports for the corporate department payments
• Special handling requests for payments
• Occasional proof of electronic payments

Qualifications

EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION

• Entry level - none required

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Very good written and verbal communication skills
• Familiar with Microsoft Excel and Word

Salary to be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, and/or experience of the applicant, as well as the internal equity and alignment with the team.

For Rhode Island, this ranges from $51,000.00-$62,500.00 plus benefits and retirement program.

Gilbane offers an excellent total compensation package which includes competitive health and welfare benefits and a generous profit-sharing/401k plan. We invest in our employees' education and have built Gilbane University into a top training organization in the construction industry. Qualified applicants who are offered a position must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test.

Gilbane is an Aff…? All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or disability status.