Lead Accountant
hace 5 días
Houston
Job Description If you're ready to advance your accounting career and gain hands-on experience while building leadership and supervisory skills, this is your opportunity! You'll have the chance to mentor and lead a team, with a clear path toward heading the accounting department. Join our collaborative accounting team where you will work with a team (AR, AP and payroll) and learn alongside an experienced Controller who will mentor and grow you into that Controller / mentoring role. Lead Accountant (Commercial Construction) – What You Will Do You will shadow the Controller and perform hands-on accounting functions across accounts receivable / construction WIP and billing, accounts payable, and payroll, with the opportunity to grow into a leadership role overseeing the accounting team. You will: • Mentor the small accounting team (AR, AP and payroll), reviewing their work, providing regular check-ins, daily management, supporting their growth, • Serve as a hands-on, supportive manager who removes obstacles and helps the team succeed, also serving as back up when needed, • Review AR aging reports regularly, identify items that need attention, and guide the team on follow-up and collection efforts, • Work closely with Project Management team to monitor Percentage of Completion (POC), gather billing information, resolve discrepancies, and ensure accuracy in project billings and cost tracking, • Manage construction Work In Progress (WIP) schedules, assisting with reconciliation between accounting records and project management reports, • Prepare and review construction billing documentation to ensure compliance with contract requirements, • Oversee AP processing including invoice entry, approval workflows, and payment runs to ensure vendors are paid accurately and on time, • Collaborate with the Controller to identify and implement process improvements that make our accounting operations more efficient, • Assist with complex or escalated AR or AP issues, balancing leadership with hands-on problem-solving, • You've overseen an accounting team in construction, engineering, or related industries, • You have experience managing Accounts Receivable (AR), understanding the full accounting cycle from billing to vendor payments and reconciliations, • You have a solid understanding of Work In Progress (WIP) schedules and have experience in monitoring and managing Percentage of Completion (POC) billing, • You're skilled at reviewing and interpreting construction contracts to ensure billing aligns with scope, change orders, and project milestones, • You're experienced and comfortable in a high volume AP environment, keeping multiple priorities on track, • You enjoy leading, mentoring, teaching and inspiring a team, while ensuring accountability and shared success, • You take ownership, follow through, and ensure projects and process improvements are completed on time, • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required, • Excited to grow into an Accounting Manager or Assistant Controller role in the future Lead Accountant (Commercial Construction) – You Might Have • Experience with Computerease ERP system, • Experience managing Accounts Payable (AP), and Payroll Lead Accountant (Commercial Construction) – For You Compensation $75,000 to $90,000 base salary. You will receive medical, dental and vision insurance options, paid time off, paid holidays, and a 401k plan with annual company contribution. In addition, our office provides you access to on-site health care for urgent care items and prescriptions for you and your family. This role requires successful completion of a drug test and a background check prior to start date.