ULTRA Company General Contractors Hiring for Construction Accountant Job at Chantilly, VA Full Time

Senior Construction Accountant Job Summary

ULTRA Company is a commercial general contractor serving the Washington, DC area. The Company offers our commercial real estate clients a wide array of construction, renovation, and maintenance services from large complex projects to smaller service contracts. This role is your opportunity to build your leadership skills, enhance your accounting skillset, and find new or more creative ways to administer our business. As our Senior Construction Accountant, you will not only take ownership of our financial and project accounting but to apply your knowledge of accounting principles to record and analyze financial information to grow the financial management and reporting of the entire business with the intent on growth.

We value integrity, humility, respect, and the spirit of entrepreneurship. Our people embody these values to our customers and vendors. Accordingly, this position comes with excellent opportunities for career development and competitive benefits.

Job Responsibilities

• Coordinate and supervise support staff.
• Work with external auditors, tax professionals, and insurance companies.
• Manage all accounts payable and accounts receivable transactions for the company to include prepaid credit card management.
• Process payroll for the company using Paychex payroll service.
• Manage company and project cash flows.
• Coordinate/interface with the company’s cost accounting system software provider.
• Develop, implement, and maintain construction management system, including setting up projects (jobs), estimated job costs, cost codes, contracts, change orders, purchase orders, and, when needed, customizing construction progress reports.
• Review construction contract documents including change orders and lien releases.
• Review and analyze capitalization of costs to ensure compliance with revenue recognition standards and company policies.
• Manage process for proper and timely coding of construction invoices (payment applications)
• Periodically review and analyze construction financial status with Project/Construction Managers.
• Oversee project billings and lien releases for customer invoices.
• Oversee disbursements and lien releases for vendor invoices.
• Facilitate project reporting needs of operational personnel.
• Prepare monthly financial statements for management.

Job Skills & Qualifications Required

• Four‐year business accounting/finance degree and a minimum of 5 years’ construction / job cost accounting experience.
• Self-starter with the ability to work with limited supervision.
• Professional written and verbal communication skills.
• Extensive experience with QuickBooks Contractor edition.
• Understanding of construction cost accounting principles and revenue recognition standards.
• Experience reading and/or interpreting construction contracts, lien releases, and other pertinent construction documents.
• Intermediate skills with MS Office, including Outlook, Excel, and Word.
• Ability to analyze and interpret accounting data and perform quantitative analyses.
• Experience structuring and applying Microsoft Excel solutions to accounting and reporting needs.
• Adept in responding to common business inquiries from customers, regulatory agencies, vendors, employees, and management.

Preferred:

• Procore software experience is a plus, but not required
• Experience reading and/or interpreting construction contracts, lien releases, and other pertinent construction documents.
• Experience developing and writing accounting policies, processes, and procedures.
• Experience diagramming with Microsoft Visio.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $65,000.00 – $80,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Physical setting:

• Office

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Chantilly, VA 20151: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• GAAP: 2 years (Preferred)

Work Location: One location