Job Accountant

Job Description

Job Description

Salary : $18 - $22

Job Description :

TheJobAccountantwill aid the department in reviewing construction budgets, approving invoices, and ensuring that construction billings are issued to clients and payments are collected. This position will also assist the team reduce time to close, increase department efficiencies, improve internal controls and prepare and analyze key areas of the business.

Whitaker Construction, founded in 1953, has over 69 years of experience in the heavy civil and underground utility construction industry. Whitaker, anESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan)company, has become one of the largest contractors in the intermountain area with more than 400 employees and nearly 50 crews. We perform sanitary sewer, storm drain, culinary water, irrigation, earthwork, roadway construction, dams, landfills, natural gas pipelines, industrial piping, and telecommunication projects primarily in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, Colorado, and Oregon.

Responsibilities & Duties :

• Champion the Companys Vision, Mission and Core Values in every action and decision you are a part of; Value Safety, Embrace Ownership, Be Honorable, and Elevate Team!
• Review and code invoices for approval and reconcile vendor statements and discrepancies. Provide invoices to the project manager for approval.
• Process job cost adjustments in accounting system.
• Coordination of master service agreements and lien waivers in conjunction with project manager, project engineer, and Vendor Compliance Specialist.
• Set up Purchase Orders and Sub-contract agreements during job inception.
• Ensure quantity adjustments and run projections are accounted for and entered in the accounting system in collaboration with the project engineer.
• Manger change order compliance / process to include, input to accounting system and updates, estimating system updates and contract tie out.
• Set up new job phases as requested by project engineer and project manager.
• File State Construction Registry (SCR) and Lien Waver forms.
• Participate in Pre-construction meeting(s) (internal and external).
• Provide financial reporting and weekly scorecard update in coordination with project engineer to provide to the project manager.
• Assist with the development of project budget(s) and forecast(s).
• Provide sound accounting / budgetary advice to job owners and stakeholders in relation to project financials.
• Maintain project files for audit-ready purposes.
• Assist with month end close for areas of responsibility.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications & Skills :

Physical Requirements :

Whitaker Construction offers an exceptional benefit package including :

Reasonable Accommodation Statement

The ADA defines reasonable accommodation as a change or adjustment to a job or work environment that allows a qualified individual with a disability to satisfactorily perform the essential functions of a particular job, and does not cause an undue hardship for the employer.

Whitaker Construction is an equal opportunity employer. Whitaker will not discriminate and will take affirmative action measures to ensure against discrimination in employment, recruitment, advertisements for employment, compensation, termination, upgrading, promotions, and other conditions of employment against any employee or job applicant on the bases of race, creed, color, national origin, or sex.

Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.