Senior Accountant

Guy Roofing, Inc.; Spartanburg (SC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Guy Roofing, Inc. is seeking an experienced Senior Accountant to support the Controller in managing accounting operations, financial reporting, internal controls, and process improvements. This hands-on role oversees GL activity, job costing, and WIP reporting to ensure timely month-end and year-end closes.

You will collaborate across departments, implement ERP integrations, and help maintain accurate financial records while driving continuous improvements and compliance with GAAP.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of progressive accounting experience in construction, manufacturing, or project-based business.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP, general ledger accounting, reconciliations, and financial statements.
• Strong attention to detail, accountability, and commitment to accuracy and improvement.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Accounting software experience required.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain general ledger accounts and reconciliations.
• Assist monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes.
• Prepare monthly financial statements and balance sheet analyses.
• Investigate variances and provide explanations to management.
• Support internal controls and compliance with policies.
• Assist with year-end reporting, audits, and tax requests.
• Oversee WIP reporting and job profitability analysis.
• Coordinate ERP and financial system integrations.
• Liaise with warehouse for inventory counts and GL reconciliation.

Skills

GAAP knowledge

GL accounting

Reconciliations

Financial statements

Detail-oriented

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

ERP systems

Financial software integrations

Job description

We are looking for an experienced, detail-oriented, hands-on Senior Accountant to support the Controller in managing the company's accounting operations, financial reporting, internal controls, and process improvements. This position will play a key role in maintaining accurate financial records, overseeing general ledger activity, supporting construction job costing and Work-in-Progress (WIP) reporting, and ensuring timely month-end and year-end financial closes.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage and maintain general ledger accounts, including journal entries, accruals, prepaid expenses, fixed assets, depreciation, and bank account reconciliations.
• Assist with the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes, ensuring accuracy and timely completion.
• Prepare and analyze monthly financial statements, balance sheet reconciliations, and financial trends.
• Investigate significant variances, identify discrepancies, and provide meaningful explanations to management.
• Support internal controls and ensure compliance with company accounting policies and procedures.
• Assist with year-end financial reporting, external audits, tax preparation requests, and other financial reviews.
• Assist with monthly Work-in-Progress (WIP) reporting, including review of project costs, estimated costs to complete, percentage of completion, and job profitability.
• Support the implementation, maintenance, and ongoing optimization of ERP and Financial system integrations.
• Import weekly payroll time entries into the accounting system, including reconciling to summary-level reports to ensure accuracy.
• Import job estimates into the accounting system as finalized by the estimating department.
• Maintain Client portals to ensure they are current and allow invoicing and collection to occur by contract deadlines.
• Serve as backup for Purchasing and Sales/Use Tax.
• Maintain Inventory in the accounting system, including troubleshooting inventory issues related to job cost.
• Serve as the accounting liaison with the warehouse for physical inventory counts, reconciling inventory to physical counts and reconciling the General Ledger module to the Inventory module.
• Assist in continuous improvement efforts for processes/procedures for accounting department functions including efforts to automate processes where possible.

PERKS:

• Health Benefits (medical, dental, vision and more)
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Five or more years of progressive accounting experience, preferably in construction, manufacturing, or another project-based business.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP, general ledger accounting, account reconciliations, and financial statement preparation.
• Strong attention to detail, accountability, and commitment to accuracy and continuous improvement.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Accounting software experience required.