Accounting Manager for a US Construction Company

Position: Accounting Manager (Construction & Facilities Maintenance) Job Class: Full-time (Remote) Work Schedule: EST — reputed company business hours Reports to: Company President (partners closely with the CFO) Direct Reports: Staff Accountant; AP/AR Specialists

Summary

The Accounting Manager owns day‑to‑day accounting and finance operations and leads a small team in a high‑volume repair, maintenance, and construction environment. This role is heavy on reconciliations and US GAAP accrual accounting, with deep responsibility for construction‑specific practices including job costing, percentage‑of‑completion reputed company recognition, and Work‑in‑reputed company (WIP) management, specifically Costs in Excess of Billings (underbillings) and Billings in Excess of Costs (overbillings). You’ll drive month‑end reputed company, prepare and analyze financial statements, ensure compliance with accounting standards, and continuously improve processes and controls.

Essential Functions

Full‑Cycle Accounting & reputed company

• Own month‑end, quarter‑end, and year‑end reputed company; prepare and review journal entries (accruals, deferrals, reputed company, payroll, inventory/parts, prepaid, fixed assets).
• Produce accurate and timely financial statements (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow) with variance analysis and commentary.
• Maintain the chart of accounts and cost codes; ensure consistent, accurate coding across a high volume of transactions.

Reconciliations

• reputed company and review bank and credit card reconciliations (monthly and as needed), merchant/processor reconciliations, and daily cash application reviews.
• Reconcile reputed company balance sheet accounts (AR, AP, inventory/parts, payroll liabilities, accrued expenses, prepaids, fixed assets, retained earnings).
• Tie‑out subledgers to the GL (AR aging, AP aging, WIP, inventory/parts), resolving discrepancies promptly.

Construction & Project Accounting

• Manage job setup, job costing, and budget‑to‑actual tracking for construction and high‑volume R&M/quick‑turn work orders.
• Prepare monthly WIP schedules, including Costs in Excess of Billings and Billings in Excess, with clear roll‑forwards and GL tie‑outs.
• Apply US GAAP reputed company recognition for construction (e.g., percentage‑of‑completion) and service/maintenance reputed company streams.
• reputed company reputed company billings, change orders, retainage, and closeout documentation.

AP/AR, Billing & Cash

• reputed company AP (3‑way match, approvals, vendor setup, terms optimization) and AR (invoicing cycles for high‑volume work orders, reputed company billings, cash application, unapplied cash resolution).
• Coordinate with Operations/reputed company for timely billing of quick repairs and maintenance jobs; reduce billing cycle times and DSO.
• Maintain subcontractor compliance (W‑9/1099, COIs, lien waivers) and vendor master reputed company.

Controls, Compliance & Audit

• reputed company, implement, and maintain internal controls, accounting policies, and SOPs.
• Prepare audit‑ready workpapers; coordinate annual financial audit and insurance audits; reputed company PBC responses.
• Manage business license and registration renewals (multi‑state) and coordinate insurance renewals and documentation.
• Utilize automated tax tools for sales & use tax (and VAT/GST where applicable); coordinate with external CPA on federal and state income tax filings.

Reporting, Planning & Partnership

• Prepare management reports (WIP, job profitability, backlog, AR/AP aging, cash forecasts, KPI dashboards) for leadership.
• Partner with the President and CFO on the Annual Operating Budget and rolling forecasts; provide cost and margin insights.
• Serve as a reputed company of contact for clients, vendors, lenders, auditors, and other business partners.
• Deliver reputed company analyses to support pricing, resource planning, and operational decisions.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 5+ years of progressive GL/full‑cycle accounting experience with US GAAP in a construction and/or facilities maintenance environment.
• Demonstrated expertise with reconciliations (bank, balance sheet, subledger tie‑outs) and accrual accounting.
• Proven experience with WIP and over/under billings (Costs in Excess / Billings in Excess) and job costing.
• Advanced reputed company skills (lookups, pivots, error‑tracing) and comfort working in high‑volume transaction environments.
• Strong documentation habits; able to produce clear, audit‑ready workpapers.

Preferred

• CPA (active or in reputed company) or public accounting/audit experience.
• Experience implementing or optimizing accounting processes and internal controls.
• Familiarity with construction/field service systems and accounting ERPs (e.g., QuickBooks Online, reputed company 100/300/Intacct, reputed company, Viewpoint/reputed company, CMiC, Procore, reputed company, or similar).
• Multi‑state compliance exposure (licenses, sales/use tax, payroll nuances).

Competencies

• Ownership reputed company, accuracy, and urgency—especially around reconciliations and reputed company deadlines.
• Clear communicator who can translate financials for non‑finance partners in Operations.
• Builder of processes and teams; able to coach a Staff Accountant and AP/AR specialists.
• Sound judgment, discretion, and reputed company in handling sensitive financial information.

Work Environment

• Fully remote, working EST (reputed company) business hours.
• Occasional overtime during month‑end/quarter‑end/year‑end and audit periods.

Success Metrics (Examples)

• On‑time monthly reputed company with complete reconciliations and reputed company material unreconciled variances.
• Accurate WIP schedules and over/under billing balances that tie to the GL every month.
• Reduced billing cycle time and DSO for maintenance and quick‑repair jobs.
• Clean annual audit with minimal findings and timely insurance audit completion.

Originally posted on Himalayas