Assistant Accountant - Operational Finance

Turner Construction Company; Arbutus (MD); On-site; USD 69,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) plan

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Account

Paid vacation & holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Turner Construction Company in Halethorpe, MD is seeking an Entry-level Finance professional to provide administrative and financial services to a profit center. The role reports to the Senior Accountant / Financial Manager and supports billing, AR, AP and monthly close activities.

Required is a Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance; basic accounting principles knowledge and strong organization are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance from an accredited program.
• Solid knowledge of basic accounting principles.
• Able to resolve problems, meet deadlines and escalate as needed.
• Highly organized, detail oriented, and accurate.
• Able to work independently and in a team.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Data entry and proficiency with databases and MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Assist accountant to ensure client contractual requirements are met in billing and AR.
• Support auditing of client billing and project ledger per GAAP and policy.
• Process AP for vendor invoices; keep accounts current on projects.
• Process AP for subcontractor invoices; ensure lien waivers and insurance terms.
• Assist with monthly close; post or accrue bills and project costs.
• Provide monthly updates to project assets and rentals for insurance docs.
• Assist with project closeout; verify final contract amount and docs.
• Support internal and external audit requests.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

General accounting

GAAP knowledge

Attention to detail

Organization

Independent work

Teamwork

Data entry

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

MS Office

Databases

Job description

Division: Maryland

Project Location(s): Halethorpe, MD 21227 USA

Job Type: Regular

Job Classification: Entry

Education: Bachelors Degree

Job Family: Finance

Compensation: Salaried Non-Exempt

Position Description: Provide administrative and financial services to profit center.

Reports to: Senior Accountant, Finance Reporting HQ or Financial Manager, Finance Reporting HQ

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Assist accountant to ensure client contractual requirements are met in regard to billing and accounts receivable.
• Support the accountant to audit client billing and project ledger, in compliance with contract requirements, GAAP and company policy.
• Process accounts payable for vendor invoices and ensure accounts are up to date for assigned projects.
• Process accounts payable for subcontractor invoices, and work with accountant to ensure all applicable lien waivers are submitted and contracts and insurance requirements are in place.
• Assist with completing the monthly close process, ensuring all client bills and project costs are posted or accrued if work is in place and of material value.
• Provide monthly updates to projects assets and rentals for insurance documentation with project team.
• Assist with project financial closeout, ensure final contract amount and closeout documentation requirements have been met as agreed to by subcontractors.
• Assist with all internal and external audit requests.
• Other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.

The salary range for this position is estimated to be 69,000.00 - 77,000.00 USD annualized.

Turner Construction provides flexible benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, financial benefits such as a 401(k) plan, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account, wellness benefits, a voluntary legal plan, identity theft, life insurance, and short-term and long-term disability coverage.

In addition to our extensive benefits offerings, we provide paid vacation, wellness/sick time, holidays, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement, employee referral bonuses, and end-of-year appreciation pay.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance from an an accredited and credentialed degree program, or an equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience.
• General knowledge basic accounting principles
• Must be accountable to research problems and resolve to completion, upscale issues promptly, learn and apply knowledge quickly, and meet deadlines
• Must be highly organized, detail oriented, maintain accuracy, and self-check work
• Able to work independently, with some oversight, and in team environment
• Must follow established procedures and execute directions to completion without need of follow up by management
• Must have good work ethic and integrity, dependable, adaptable, cooperative, and motivated to take on new responsibilities
• Professional written and verbal communication abilities and general office skills
• Data entry skills and proficiency with databases and computer applications, including 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.