Staff Accountant

Responsibilities

• Acts as a key resource to assist with both licensing & tax as well as accounting and financial reporting and analysis for Shawmut.
• Assists with the accounts receivable process, reconciliation of balance sheet asset accounts, and assists with the month-end close and financial reporting to senior management.
• Drives cash management, reconciles daily and monthly cash, provides analysis on trends of cash inflows and outflows for forecasting cash balances.
• Reconcile contract notes, receivables, and unapplied cash for accuracy.
• Aid individual license holders in obtaining and maintaining construction licenses.
• Facilitate license renewals for corporate state and local business needs.
• Assists with the External Audit process by preparing Confirmations and Account Reconciliations.
• Assists Licensing and Tax Department with sales and use tax compliance at monthly, quarterly and annual intervals; reviews of job cost reporting for compliance.
• Performs Special Projects as needed for Controller, Assistant Controller, and Accounting Manager.

Qualifications

• Experience: 1-4 years of general ledger experience.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Business/Finance with a concentration in Accounting.
• Additional Role Specific Skills: Fundamental understanding of basic accounting principles and a desire to learn construction accounting construction principles, practices, procedures, means and methods. Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English. Demonstrated initiative, follow through, resourcefulness, efficiency and attention to detail. Strong working knowledge of MS Office (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint).