Senior Accounting Manager

NorthPoint Search Group; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary plus bonus

Job summary

NorthPoint Search Group seeks a Senior Accounting Manager/Controller for a hands-on leadership role in a growing general contractor. The position is based in Atlanta and oversees the monthly close, financial reporting, WIP schedule, payroll, and staff development.

The role focuses on full-cycle month-end close, ASC 606 revenue recognition, and job costing, partnering with project management and ownership. Reports to ownership with a defined path to the Controller role and strong benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 2+ years in construction accounting.
• Hands-on ownership of a WIP schedule and percentage-of-completion revenue recognition under ASC 606.
• Experience running a full-cycle month-end close independently.
• Strong GAAP knowledge and demonstrated journal entry and reconciliation skills.
• Experience processing payroll and supervising accounting staff.

Responsibilities

• Own the full-cycle month-end close, including close calendar, journal entries, accruals, and supporting schedules.
• Own the WIP schedule end to end: monthly updates, over/under billing analysis, WIP adjustments, and moving jobs from open to closed.
• Review and process bi-weekly payroll for all employees (salaried workforce).
• Qualifications include: 5+ years accounting with 2+ years construction accounting; GAAP; ASC 606; month-end close; payroll; staff supervision.

Skills

GAAP knowledge

Journal entries

Payroll processing

Team supervision

WIP accounting

ASC 606

Job description

Senior Accounting Manager/Controller The Senior Accounting Manager owns the accounting function of the company: the monthly close, job ost accuracy, the Work in Progress (WIP) schedule, financial statement production, payroll, and the evelopment of the project accounting staff. This is a hands‑on leadership role at the center of a rowing general contractor, reporting directly to ownership, with a defined path to the Controller role. Responsibilities include: Month‑End Close and Financial Reporting

• Own the full-cycle month-end close, including the close calendar, journal entries, accruals, and
• supporting schedules.
• Maintain GAAP compliance, with revenue recognized under ASC 606 using the cost-to-cost method.

Construction and Job Cost Accounting

• Own the WIP schedule end to end: monthly updates, over/under billing analysis, WIP adjustments,
• and moving jobs from open to closed.
• Ensure WIP accuracy that ownership, the bank, and the surety rely on for revenue recognition and
• bonding capacity.
• Participate in monthly cost projection meetings with project management; identify mis-cost-coded
• items and process the reclassifying journal entries.
• Partner with project managers and the project accountant on billings, retainage, and
• subcontractor cost accuracy.

Payroll and Administration

• Review and process bi-weekly payroll for all employees (salaried workforce, no hourly or certified
• payroll).
• Track PTO requests against PTO accruals and maintain accrual accuracy.

Qualifications Required

• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 2+ years in construction accounting
• (general contractor or subcontractor).
• Hands‑on experience owning a WIP schedule and percentage‑of‑completion revenue recognition under
• ASC 606.
• Experience running a full-cycle month-end close independently.
• Strong GAAP knowledge and demonstrated journal entry and reconciliation skills.
• Experience processing payroll and supervising accounting staff.

• Base salary plus bonus and excellent benefits.