Senior Accountant / Senior Project Accountant – Construction
Temple, TX – onsite
Want a role where your work ties directly to real projects? Our client, an established construction company in Temple, is adding a Senior Accountant to its small, hands‑on accounting team. You’ll own job cost accounting, help drive the close, and work closely with project managers and leadership, with a real path to more responsibility as the company grows.
Benefits & Extras:
- Clear growth path, with room to take on more responsibility and move toward a leadership role
- Direct access to leadership and a voice in how things get done
- Broad exposure across job costing, reporting, close, audit, and tax
- Hands‑on partnership with project managers on active construction projects
- Stable, established company with steady work
- Opportunity to improve processes, controls, and reporting
- Competitive benefits package
Compensation:
$80,000–$90,000, depending on experience
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Own job cost accounting for active construction projects, making sure costs, commitments, and billings are coded and classified correctly
- Partner with project managers to keep project financials accurate and timely, and support project closeout and final cost reconciliations
- Oversee vendor and subcontractor payments, and review documentation for accuracy, approvals, and coding
- Track receivables and payables, and help resolve discrepancies and collection issues
- Handle bank reconciliations, daily cash activity, and cash reporting
- Support month‑end and year‑end close, including journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial statements
- Review GL activity and research anything that looks off
- Assist with sales and use tax and other state and local filings
- Prepare audit schedules and support documentation for the annual financial statement audit
- Help strengthen accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls
What You’ll Need to Be Considered:
- 5+ years of progressive accounting experience
- Construction or project-based accounting experience (strongly preferred)
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field preferred; equivalent experience considered
- Experience with an ERP or accounting system; construction accounting software a plus
- Detail‑oriented, organized, and comfortable switching between hands‑on work and higher‑level analysis
- Able to communicate clearly with project managers, vendors, and leadership