The Beach Company Hiring for Staff Accountant* Job at Charleston, SC Full Time

Established in 1963, Gulf Stream Construction Company is a turnkey site contractor based in Charleston, SC operating on projects across South Carolina and coastal Georgia. We build high-quality projects alongside the very best subcontractors while maintaining a cost-efficient, timely approach to our work. Now, with a second office in Savannah, GA, Gulf Stream Construction is proving its dedication to growing the business and the team!

We are looking for a dependable and resourceful candidate to join the accounting team in our Charleston office! Ideal candidates will thrive on identifying opportunities for improvement and making those changes happen. If you are ready to roll up your sleeves, make a difference and join a growing, family-owned construction company, we want to meet you!

The Staff Accountant is responsible for accounts payable, job costing, labor cost tracking, tax returns as well as day to day business transactions. The Staff Accountant will provide support to the Assistant Controller with balance sheet accounts, account reconciliation, budgeting, and month-end closure tasks. Responsibilities include taking the initiative to streamline, improve efficiency, identify opportunities, and try new approaches.

Responsibilities

• Manage all assigned cash accounts. Perform monthly bank reconciliations, wire transfers, deposits, and other payment processes to ensure vendors are paid in a timely manner.
• Facilitate month-end close process including preparation of journal entries
• Manage analysis and forecasting for annual company budget
• Enter invoices into job costing software to include overhead costs, subcontracting, job & equipment repair, and temporary staffing costs
• Review and reconcile Accounts Payable statements
• Process payment for subcontractors and audit subcontracts before retainage
• Audit Accounts Payable statements (for missed invoices)
• Process project related invoices; verifying receipt of item or service, sales tax calculations, and appropriate authorization for payment
• Support the Accounting Department through impromptu reporting and special projects when requested
• Collaborate with payroll administrator by providing employee hours, running parallel payrolls for job costing purposes, and reconciling discrepancies in data
• Collaborate with staffing agencies by providing temporary worker hours, reconciling hours worked, and processing invoices
• Enter and maintain employee and temporary worker data in job costing software; enter manual data as needed for differential and other pay codes
• Prepare and file SC and GA Sales and Use tax returns
• Make appropriate journal entries in the general ledger by checking calculations, balancing and reconciling financial data
• Establish and maintain professional communication with all internal and external project stakeholders
• Develop good working relationships with other departments including but not limited to; Administrative Assistants, Project Manager, Estimating, and Site Work Crews
• Communicate with customers to resolve AP issues
• Prepare reports to include workers’ compensation class codes, workforce census, and certified payroll as defined by the project
• Perform comprehensive accounting activities in accordance with GAAP. May include transaction processing for AP, AR, Payroll, Job cost, and POs/Subcontracts
• Perform reconciliations and maintain documentation related to balance sheet accounts such as cash, receivables, prepaids, fixed assets, WIP, deposits, line of credit, accruals, outstanding debts and loans, notes payable, etc.
• Ensure overall compliance with accounting policies and procedures
• Ensure overall contractual compliance, providing accounting support and training for construction site management team, and performing other related activities and duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

• Three to five years of experience in cost accounting
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, preferred
• Viewpoint and B2W software, experience a plus
• Construction background, preferred
• Customer Service experience
• Experience with construction subcontracts, a plus
• Proficient in all Microsoft Office products with a demonstrated ability to learn and adapt to new technology

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to streamline processes and eliminate manual interventions
• Ability to multitask and perform under pressure
• Attention to detail
• Effective interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills are essential
• High degree of ethics: ability to maintain confidentiality with respect to sensitive information, and conduct oneself in a professional and courteous manner that demonstrates integrity, trust, care and collaboration
• Strong communications skills: ability to effectively convey information to others, and actively listen to employee and customer questions
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

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