Senior Accountant

PTS Advance; Prairieville (LA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

PTS Advance is seeking a Senior Accountant to prepare journal entries, perform account reconciliations, and support management reporting with strong internal controls. You will contribute to month-end and year-end close, capital expenditure accruals, intercompany entries, and project-related reporting.

The role requires 4+ years of related experience, CPA candidate preferred, and proficiency with SAP and Microsoft Excel.

Qualifications

• BS/BA in a related field or equivalent experience required.
• CPA candidate preferred.
• Typically 4+ years of related professional work experience.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Prior experience with construction or large-scale capital projects preferred.
• Strong SAP experience and Microsoft Excel proficiency.
• Ability to interpret contracts and supplier agreements.

Responsibilities

• Prepares monthly journal entries into the SAP system ensuring timely, accurate and efficient recording and analysis of month-end and year-end transactions.
• Prepare capital expenditure accruals.
• Prepare intercompany journal entries.
• Reconcile various balance sheet account reconciliations including construction in progress.
• Coordinate with project managers to identify unbilled work and prepare accruals.
• Prepare capitalization forms.
• Assist with preparation of project reporting.
• Review and approve purchase requisitions, purchase orders and vendor invoices.
• Participate in audits as required.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Prioritization

Communication skills

Deadline oriented

Interpersonal skills

Education

BS/BA in a related field or equivalent experience

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Excel

Job description

The Senior Accountant prepares and focuses on preparing journal entries, account reconciliations, management reporting and performs financial analyses while ensuring internal controls are adhered to.

II. Major Responsibilities:

Limit of 10 bullets – each bullet should represent at least 10% of the job

Plant

• Prepares monthly journal entries into the SAP system ensuring timely, accurate and efficient recording and analysis of month-end and year-end transactions;
• Prepare capital expenditure accruals
• Prepare intercompany journal entries
• Reconcile various balance sheet account reconciliations including construction in progress;
• Coordinate with project managers to identify unbilled work and prepare accruals;
• Prepare capitalization forms;
• Assist with preparation of project reporting;
• Review and approve purchase requisitions, purchase orders and vendor invoices;
• Participate in audits as required.

Internal Controls

Understands and complies with established departmental processes and procedures designed to support internal controls efforts. Identifies and brings to the attention of department management internal controls deficiencies.

III. Supervisory Relationships:

• Position Reports To: Supv, Accounting or Mgr, Accounting

Education: BS/BA in a related field or equivalent experience typically required to complete all essential job functions.

CPA candidate preferred

Years of experience: Typically, 4 or more years of related professional work experience is required to complete all essential job functions

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks

Ability to function effectively while meeting deadlines

Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Prior experience with construction or large-scale capital projects preferred

Strong SAP experience and Microsoft experience

Ability to interpret contracts and supplier agreements

V. Position Scope/Contribution

Breadth of Scope: Scope is typically within a single functional area or work team. Typically performs increased

coordination and interaction with multiple functions. Impact is generally limited to the functional area(s) supported.

Communications and Interpersonal Skills: Regularly communicates both in writing and verbally. Communicates with internal and external customers and others related to work function such as a vendor. Information exchanged generally requires intermediate knowledge. Some influence and persuasion may take place with teammates

Complexity: May work with increasingly complex challenges or problems. Work entails detailed planning of own activities and immediate work team. Requires using some logic, judgment, option identification and critical thinking skills to assess situations

Decision Making Authority: Decisions are governed by established policies and procedures within normal job duties based on prior similar situations and precedents. Seeks guidance and decision-making from supervisor or lead for exceptions to standard operating procedures and policies.

Financial Accountability: Decisions made may impact profit or loss however decisions are governed by organizational policies and not personal independent actions

Strategic Influence: May impact the execution or achievement of short-term strategic initiatives but is not involved in the planning process