Staff Accountant – Accounts Payable Focus · North Atlanta / Gwinnett

Confidential Employer; Duluth (GA); Presencial; USD 60 000 - 75 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Confidential Employer is seeking a Staff Accountant focused on Accounts Payable in the North Atlanta area. The role emphasizes hands-on AP duties, vendor documentation, and job-cost coding to support a growing construction accounting team.

The ideal candidate has 1+ year in construction accounting (2+ preferred), strong Excel skills, and professional communication. This is a long-term, on-site opportunity with potential for growth within the department.

Qualificações

• Minimum 1 year of construction accounting experience; 2+ years preferred.
• Hands-on, full-cycle AP with real volume.
• Experience with job costing in construction.
• Strong Excel skills and solid accounting judgment.
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
• Polished, professional communication and self-starter mindset.
• Interest in a long-term role with growth.

Responsabilidades

• Own the full-cycle AP from invoice receipt to payment.
• Manage vendor and subcontractor docs (W-9s, COIs, lien waivers).
• Apply accurate job costing to invoices and payables.
• Handle invoice follow-up, discrepancies, and resolution.
• Perform AP and vendor account reconciliations.
• Communicate professionally with vendors, subcontractors, PMs, and staff.
• Support subcontractor compliance tracking and high-volume processing.
• Assist month-end close and general ledger maintenance.
• Assist construction billing, retainage, and pay apps.
• Contribute to project accounting and broader staff duties.
• Grow into trusted right-hand within the accounting team.

Conhecimentos

Accounts Payable

Full-cycle AP

Construction accounting

Excel

Attention to detail

Professional communication

Long-term role

Formação académica

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Ferramentas

Procore

Sage 300 CRE / Timberline

QuickBooks

Descrição da oferta de emprego

StaffAccountant–AccountsPayableFocus·NorthAtlanta/Gwinnett

Company:Establishedconstructioncompany(detailssharedwithqualifiedcandidates)

Location:NorthAtlanta/Suwanee,GAarea(on-site)

Industry:Commercial/Construction

Reportsto:Controller

Type:Full-time,directhire—long-termopportunity

Salary:$60k-$75k

ABOUTTHEROLE

Ourclient,anestablishedconstructioncompany,isbuildingoutitsaccountingdepartmentandislookingforahands-onStaffAccountanttohelpstabilizeandstrengthenoperations.TheimmediatefocusofthispositionisheavyAccountsPayableandA/Padministration—wellbeyondbasicinvoiceentry—whilethedepartmentgetssettled.Overtime,thisroleisdesignedtogrowintoabroaderstaffaccountantpositionandbecomearight-handtotheaccountingleadership.

Thisisalong-termopportunityforapolished,detail-orientedself-starterwhowantstogrowwiththecompany—notasteppingstoneforsomeonechasingthenexttitleorsalarybump.

WHATYOU'LLDO—IMMEDIATEFOCUS(ACCOUNTSPAYABLE)

• Ownthefull-cycleA/Pprocessfrominvoicereceiptthroughpayment—notjustdataentry
• Managevendorandsubcontractordocumentation,includingW-9s,insurancecertificates(COIs),andlienwaivers/releases
• Applyaccuratejobcostcodingtoinvoicesandpayables
• Handleinvoicefollow-up,discrepancyresearch,andissueresolution
• PerformaccountreconciliationsrelatedtoA/Pandvendoraccounts
• Communicateprofessionallywithvendors,subcontractors,projectmanagers,andinternalstaff
• Supportsubcontractorcompliancetrackingandhigh-volumeinvoiceprocessing

GROWTHRESPONSIBILITIES(OVERTIME)

• Supportmonth-endclose,journalentries,andgeneralledgermaintenance
• Assistwithconstructionbilling,retainage,andpayapplications
• Contributetoprojectaccountingandbroaderstaffaccountantduties
• Growintoatrustedright-handrolewithintheaccountingteam

WHATWE'RELOOKINGFOR—REQUIRED

• Minimum1yearofconstructionaccountingexperience—with2+yearsstronglypreferred
• Hands-on,full-cycleAccountsPayableexperiencewithrealvolume(notentry-levelinvoiceentryonly)
• Experiencewithjobcostcodinginaconstructionenvironment
• StrongExcelskillsandsolidaccountingjudgment
• Exceptionalattentiontodetailandaccuracy
• Polished,professionalcommunicationandaself-startermindset
• Interestinalong-termrolewithroomtogrow

PREFERRED/NICETOHAVE

• Procoreexperience(beingimplementednow—aplus,butyoucanlearnitalongsidetheteam;notrequired)
• Sage300CRE(Timberline)and/orQuickBooksexperience
• Experiencewithretainage,lienwaivers,subcontractorinvoices,andpayapplications
• Bachelor'sdegreeinAccountingorrelatedfield

WHYTHISROLE

You'lljoinacompanyatapivotalmomentforitsaccountingfunction,withtheopportunitytomakeanimmediateimpactonA/Poperationsandgrowintoabroader,morestrategicstaffaccountantroleasakeymemberoftheteam.