Cost Accountant (Construction)

About the role

R.S. Harritan is a leading industrial construction firm specializing in process and utility piping systems, custom sheet metal fabrication, ducts, chutes, structural steel fabrication and installation, and equipment setting and erection.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly billings based on information received from Project Management teams.
• Generate client invoices using AIA, RSH, or client-specific formats.
• Submit completed invoices to clients or upload through client portals.
• Maintain Accounts Receivable files and documentation.
• Maintain and reconcile the Sales Journal at month-end.
• Enter all finalized billing into Starbuilder (accounting ERP software).
• Collect field employee timesheets, enter payroll data into Starbuilder, and process weekly union payroll.
• Aid in maintaining employee records.
• Prepare and submit required monthly union reports.
• Monitor the AP email inbox and process incoming invoices through PVault, including indexing and routing for approvals.
• Aid with the weekly AP check run, including printing and assembling checks.
• Perform limited office support for the Newport News location, including weekly travel to deliver field payroll checks, pick up mail, and retrieve documents.
• Maintain office supply inventory in the Newport News office.
• Review and understand pay applications in accordance with upstream contractual requirements through communication with the accounting and project operations departments and their related processes and technological resources.
• Responsible for review, audit of accounts payable invoices specific to project pay applications.
• This includes vetting packing slips with vendor invoices for materials purchased for the applicable projects, equipment purchase orders vetting to vendor invoices, and the ability to discern errors in quantities, unit pricing, taxable vs. non-taxable scenarios.
• Responsible for payroll audit and collection of payroll related data for the pay application process.
• Ability to interpret certified payroll reports, and reporting obligations.
• Responsible for ensuring all timesheets, time cards, and other means and methods of reporting of time is fully completed, and with accuracy and are approved by authorized managers within the organization (e.g. payroll coding, employee classifications, and authorized signatures are on time cards) and/or processed correctly through the remote time entry software.
• Prepares and customizes various excel reports developing source documents for the feed of data to various rollup Excel workbooks.
• Responsible for the timely and accurate development of the project pay application.
• Maintains employee confidence by protecting payroll information in confidence and within company best practices and policies.
• Flexibility to work additional hours when necessary to meet exceptional deadlines.
• Responsible for accounting compliance with accounting principles and practices, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and other federal and state law as required.
• Valid state driver’s license is required.
• Able to meet the fitness for duty requirements as may be required of upstream clients is required.
• Able to meet criminal background check requirements (seven prior years).

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or Construction Management.
• One to three years of related professional cost accounting experience is required, preferably in the construction industry.
• Strong understanding of related accounting practices and procedures.
• Advanced working knowledge of accounting systems software.
• Professional experience with certified payroll requirements, and bona fide fringe benefits.
• Advanced usage and knowledge of accounting software solutions and Microsoft Excel.
• Proficient user of automated accounts payable platforms.

Skills

• Strong attention details and self-proof work for accuracy.
• Professional written and verbal communications skills.
• Professional emotional intelligence and steadfast composure.
• Able to discern work assignment priorities and utilize independent thinking within the scope of authority the position.
• Commitment to performing duties in a safe manner within the scope of company policies, state and federal laws.
• Commitment to company values.

Benefits

We offer our employees a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package and are always looking for individuals with the talent and skills required to contribute to our continued growth and success.

Pay

Competitive salary.

Schedule

Monday through Friday – 8:00a.m. – 5:00p.m.