DELTA | Sr. Construction Accountant Cape Girardeau, MO

Main Responsibilities

• Safety and culture
  • Champion the Company’s safety culture; model safe behaviors on jobsites and in the office; support Safety Steering and Continuous Improvement initiatives.
  • Promote and practice the Company’s core values, vision, and mission; uphold the code of ethics, workplace conduct, and all policies.
• Job costing leadership
  • Direct and perform detailed tracking and analysis of project costs (labor, materials, subcontractors, and equipment); ensure costs are captured to the correct job, phase, and cost type in real time.
  • Reconcile job cost subledgers to the general ledger monthly; investigate and resolve discrepancies; ensure accurate cutoff and accruals.
  • Prepare, review, and present job cost reports, work-in-progress (WIP) schedules, cost-to-complete, earned value, productivity analysis, and variance analysis to project managers and leadership; recommend corrective actions.
  • Absorb and review project budget and re-forecasting of monthly EAC updates with upload of monthly changes into JDE.
  • Oversee timely, accurate project billing (schedule of values, T&M, unit-price, progress billings); align billing with contract terms, retainage, lien waivers, and supporting documentation; monitor AR collections and cash flow by job.
  • Drive timely job closeout: final cost true-ups, punch-list cost capture, revenue recognition, final billing, release of retainage, and lessons-learned on cost performance.
• Compliance, controls, and technical accounting
  • Ensure compliance with accounting standards, company policies, and contract requirements; apply construction-specific accounting, including percentage-of-completion, over/under billings, and cost capitalization.
  • Review, investigate, and correct errors or inconsistencies in financial entries, documents, and reports; strengthen internal controls over project costs, purchasing, payroll allocations, and equipment charging.
  • Prepare/coordinate regulatory filings (e.g., highway use tax); support audits and provide job-level audit trails.
  • Review assets for annual property tax assessments; ensure accurate valuations, classifications, and timely filings.
• Operational partnership and analytics
  • Collaborate with project managers, superintendents, estimators, and procurement to ensure accurate cost capture, disciplined change management, and margin protection.
  • Review fuel, equipment, and small tools usage; validate utilization rates, and allocations to jobs or business units; resolve discrepancies promptly.
  • Review employee expense reports for accurate GL/job coding, cost center allocation, policy compliance, and timely submission.
  • Perform statistical and trend analyses on labor productivity, committed vs. incurred costs, subcontractor performance, vendor pricing, and cash flow; identify risks and opportunities and drive action.
  • Conduct studies and recommend improvements to accounting operations, cost control processes, and financial systems; champion process standardization and automation.
• Close and reporting
  • Lead monthly close activities for project accounting: accruals, prepaids/allocations, revenue recognition, WIP and margin roll-forwards, and reconciliations.
  • Prepare, review, and analyze monthly financial statements and dashboards; ensure integrity and explain variances at company, division, and job levels.
• Leadership and Mentorship
  • Serve as a resource for project manager and construction team on job cost best practices, system usage, and reporting.
  • Provide training on coding discipline, forecast methodologies, change order pricing, and compliance requirements.

Education Skills And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Valid driver’s license with the ability to maintain a clean driving history.
• CPA, CMA, or CCIFP preferred.

Skills and Experience

• 3-5+ years of progressive accounting experience required, with 2+ years in project-based accounting and demonstrated depth in job costing and WIP management. Construction job costing experience preferred.
• Strong command of construction accounting concepts: debits/credits, reconciliations, revenue recognition (percentage-of-completion), cost-to-complete, over/under billings, retainage, lien releases, committed costs, and change order accounting.
• Proven ability to own multiple complex projects, define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw actionable conclusions.
• Skilled at reading and interpreting contracts, financial reports, technical journals, and applicable regulations.
• Effective communicator with customers, regulatory agencies, auditors, and internal stakeholders; comfortable presenting financials to project teams and executives.
• Advanced proficiency with spreadsheets and accounting/ERP systems (e.g., JD Edwards, JWS, etc.) and payroll/job costing integrations; experience with database/reporting tools and dashboarding is a plus.
• Experience designing or improving cost code structures, workflows, and internal controls; process automation experience preferred.

Physical Requirements

• Primarily office-based; quiet to moderate noise; extended periods of computer work (up to 8+ hours) with regular breaks.
• Frequent use of hands to finger, handle, or feel.
• Occasional lifting/moving up to 35 pounds.
• Occasional standing, walking, reaching, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling; site visits may involve uneven terrain and exposure to dust, chemicals, and loud noise.
• Some travel, including overnight stays, may be required.

Success Measures

• Timely, accurate WIP and financial closes; minimal post-close adjustments.
• High data integrity between job cost, subledger, and GL; resolved variances.
• Consistent forecast accuracy and proactive risk/opportunity identification.
• On-time, compliant billings and filings; improved cash flow and DSO.
• Positive feedback from project teams; measurable improvements in cost controls and processes.