Senior Accountant

Overview

D&B Engineers and Architects is hiring a Senior Accountant. This is an exciting opportunity to join our collaborative team of experienced engineers, architects, scientists and other professionals. The Senior Accountant will be responsible for financial reporting, month-end close, project accounting, accounts receivable, and account reconciliations. The position will also serve as a key contributor to the administration, improvement, and future upgrade of the firm’s project accounting ERP system. The ideal candidate has strong accounting fundamentals, excellent analytical skills, and experience in a project-based engineering, architecture, construction, or professional-services environment.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly financial reports, perform variance analysis, and investigate significant budget-to-actual and period-over-period variances.
• Prepare, post, and review journal entries, including accruals, prepaid expenses, payroll, project-related entries, and other general ledger adjustments.
• Perform and review bank and balance sheet account reconciliations.
• Support month-end and year-end close processes to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting.
• Record and reconcile project accounting activity, including work in process, revenue recognition, project costs, and related accruals.
• Manage accounts receivable and collections, including coordinating with project managers and clients on outstanding invoices.
• Review contracts to ensure appropriate application of payment provisions, including paid-when-paid terms.
• Review accounts payable payment batches and employee expense reports for accuracy, compliance, and proper coding.
• Assist with payroll processing and related accounting reconciliations.
• Administer and support the firm's project accounting ERP system, including troubleshooting, reporting, testing, system enhancements, and future migration activities.
• Develop and maintain Excel-based financial reports, reconciliations, and analyses using advanced functions such as XLOOKUP and pivot tables.
• Assist with annual audits, sales tax filings, and other regulatory reporting requirements.
• Develop, document, and improve accounting procedures and internal controls.
• Supervise, train, and review the work of accounting staff as needed.
• Provide cross-functional accounting support and perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or closely related field is required.
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive accounting experience, including experience with project accounting, is required.
• Experience with a project ERP system is required, BST Global experience is preferred.
• Working knowledge of WIP accounting and paid-when-paid concepts.
• Proficient in Excel.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

Schedule

Monday through Friday.

Salary Range

$85,000 – $110,000

Benefits

• Employer 401 K contributions
• Health, dental and vision coverage
• Compensated time off and holiday pay
• Short/Long term disability coverage
• Life insurance
• Flex spending Program