Construction Accountant: Profitability, Budgets & Close

D.R. Horton - Multifamily; Overland Park (KS); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental & Vision

Stock Purchase Plan

Flex Spending Accounts

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

D.R. Horton, Inc. is seeking an Accountant-BLD to apply accounting principles to analyze financial information and prepare financial reports for builder operations in Overland Park, KS.

The right candidate will assist in maintaining budgets, review house profit margins, conduct monthly close, and prepare balance sheet reconciliations, while managing various reports and tax-related tasks. Some duties require overnight travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting from a four-year college or university.
• Three to five years of related experience and/or training.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Ability to accurately and efficiently process and record large volumes of data.
• Strong verbal, written and interpersonal skills; ability to work well with all levels of personnel.
• Proficiency with MS Office and email.

Responsibilities

• Prepare House Profit Analyses and review gross profit margins for each sales contract.
• Review job costs for budget variances, cost code errors, and other posting errors on invoices and resolve with proper departments.
• Conduct monthly close procedures and ensure that deadlines are met.
• Prepare monthly balance sheet account reconciliations.
• Post bank deposits and create related cash receipt journals.
• Process timely payment of property taxes and monthly amortization.
• Monitor fixed asset purchases and ensure timely capitalization and depreciation of assets.
• Prepare the B&O excise tax return in web site, get approvals, and enter in Docusphere.
• Responsible for various weekly and monthly reports, including the Weekly Sales Report, Back Charge Report, Marketing Report, Warranty Expense Report, and Production Report.
• Oversee Due Diligence Reconciliation and review.
• Review SG&A expenses and provide coding.
• Review employee expense reimbursements for accuracy and appropriate documentation. Review HOA financials.
• Update the sales tax rate sheet.
• Reconcile the RE Tax excel spreadsheet.
• Monitor upcoming projects that may require a new city license and application, track current license expiration dates, and submit renewals.
• Prepare BRWs and upload to DocuNECT.
• Assist vendors with any questions as needed.
• Prepare journal entries as needed.
• Other ad hoc analyses, reports and projects as needed by division management.
• Conducts all business in a professional and ethical manner to serve customers and increase the goodwill and profit of the company.
• Ability to travel overnight

Skills

Analytical skills

Verbal and written communication

MS Office

Data processing

Interpersonal skills

Ability to travel overnight

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

CPA preferred

Job description

D.R. Horton, Inc. is seeking an Accountant-BLD to apply accounting principles to analyze financial information and prepare financial reports for builder operations in Overland Park, KS.

The right candidate will assist in maintaining budgets, review house profit margins, conduct monthly close, and prepare balance sheet reconciliations, while managing various reports and tax-related tasks. Some duties require overnight travel.