Associate Consultant - Invoice Specialist

Turner-; Oak Court (MD); On-site; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend Heery seeks an Associate Consultant Financial Clerk to perform varied clerical accounting operations within the central accounting system or subsidiary billing system. The role demands independence under policy guidance and occasional audit review.

The position involves posting transactions, balancing accounts, and preparing financial reports while ensuring compliance with procedures. On-site work is required with potential client-driven adjustments.

Qualifications

• Thorough knowledge of accounting documents and their uses in a billing or accounting system.
• Thorough knowledge of departmental accounting transaction practices and procedures and related laws and regulations.
• Familiarity with data processing billing or accounting systems and their use in the assigned system or sub-system.
• Thorough knowledge of technical accounting and bookkeeping principles, practices, and procedures.
• Skill in operating a variety of office equipment including calculator, typewriter, CRT terminal and personal computer.
• Ability to make arithmetical computations rapidly and accurately.
• Ability to maintain a wide variety of complex accounting records and to prepare reports.
• Requires basic analytical skills.
• Intermediate skills with Microsoft Office Suite products such as Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Knowledge of Financial software systems (e.g. PeopleSoft, MTA, VAS and I-Track).

Responsibilities

• Posts encumbrances, expenditures, cash receipts, revenues, and disbursements to journals.
• Reconciles and balances accounts.
• Analyzes and evaluates data input and output of a computerized system.
• Examines departmental requests for monies from accounts and confirms the availability of funds.
• Monitors accounts and notifies agency personnel of over expenditures.
• Authorizes disbursements to vendors and/or taxpayers.
• Examines vouchers, claims, invoices, checks and supporting data for conformance with established procedures and regulations.
• Maintains large computer files, database and/or accounting systems.
• Compiles data and prepares financial statements and other statistical and financial reports in accordance with standardized accounting procedures.
• Contacts vendors, departmental personnel, grant recipients and others to obtain and provide information and resolve disagreements.
• May assign, review, approve, supervise and/or train other office support personnel.
• Handles more complex problems referred by lower level office support personnel.
• Performs related work as required.

Skills

Accounting principles

Billing systems

Office software

Numerical computations

Data analysis

Analytical skills

Tools

Microsoft Office

PeopleSoft

VAS

I-Track

Job description

• Full-time
• Compensation: USD 65,000 - USD 75,000 - yearly

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programs as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include program, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier program, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Job Description

Turner & Townsend Heery are seeking an Associate Consultant Financial Clerk. Work involves responsibility for performing varied and complex clerical accounting operations requiring knowledge of accounting system characteristics and the interrelationship of manual and computer processes.

Employees of this class are responsible for a major transaction area of the central accounting system or for the maintenance of a subsidiary billing or accounting system of a department or division.

Work is performed with considerable independence within the framework of rules, regulations, policies, and procedures governing the recording and reporting of financial transactions. Work is performed under general supervision and is subject to review by superiors and internal and external audit.

Responsibilities

(Note: The duties and responsibilities enumerated in this class specification are for the purpose of determining a common set of minimum qualifications and salary level for all positions in this class. They are not intended to include all of the essential functions of all positions in the class.)

The following duties are performed in accordance with functional assignment:

• Posts encumbrances, expenditures, cash receipts, revenues, and disbursements to journals.
• Reconciles and balances accounts.
• Analyzes and evaluates data input and output of a computerized system.
• Examines departmental requests for monies from accounts and confirms the availability of funds.
• Monitors accounts and notifies agency personnel of over expenditures.
• Authorizes disbursements to vendors and/or taxpayers.
• Examines vouchers, claims, invoices, checks and supporting data for conformance with established procedures and regulations.
• Maintains large computer files, database and/or accounting systems.
• Compiles data and prepares financial statements and other statistical and financial reports in accordance with standardized accounting procedures.
• Contacts vendors, departmental personnel, grant recipients and others to obtain and provide information and resolve disagreements.
• May assign, review, approve, supervise and/or train other office support personnel.
• Handles more complex problems referred by lower level office support personnel.
• Performs related work as required.

Qualifications

• Thorough knowledge of various accounting documents and their uses in a billing or accounting system.
• Thorough knowledge of departmental accounting transaction practices and procedures and related laws and regulations.
• Familiarity with data processing billing or accounting systems and their use in the assigned system or sub-system.
• Thorough knowledge of technical accounting and bookkeeping principles, practices, and procedures.
• Skill in operating a variety of office equipment including calculator, typewriter, CRT terminal and personal computer.
• Ability to make arithmetical computations rapidly and accurately.
• Ability to maintain a wide variety of complex accounting records and to prepare reports.
• Requires basic analytical skills.
• Intermediate skills with Microsoft Office Suite products such as Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Knowledge of Financial software systems (e.g. PeopleSoft, MTA, VAS and I-Track).

Additional Information

*On site requirements might change based on client needs*

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.