Job description
About us
Penn Construction Group, Inc. is a veteran owned, small business in Milwaukee, WI. We are professional, work nationally, and innovative.
Our work environment includes:
- Modern office setting
- Growth opportunities
- Wellness programs
Our organization is seeking a Accountant to join our team. The successful candidate will be accountable for monitoring the progress of projects, investigating variances, approving expenses, and ensuring that project billings are issued to customers and payments collected.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Create project accounts in the accounting system
- Maintain project-related records, including contracts and change orders
- Authorize access to project accounts
- Authorize the transfer of expenses into and out of project-related accounts
- Review and approve supplier invoices related to a project
- Review and approve time sheets for work related to a project
- Review and approve overhead charges to be applied to a project
- Review account totals related to project assets and expenses
- Investigate project variances and submit variance reports to management
- Confer with receivables staff regarding unpaid contract billings
- Report on project profitability to management
- Report to management on any opportunities for additional billings
- Report to management regarding the remaining funding available for projects
- Create or approve all project-related billings to customers
- Investigate all project expenses not billed to customers
- Respond to requests for more detail from customers
- Approve the write-off of any project-related billings that cannot be billed to or collected from customers
- Close out project accounts upon project completion
- Create and submit government reports and tax returns related to projects
- Compile information for internal and external auditors, as required
Position Requirements:
- Must have excellent communication and writing skills, and at least three years of experience in accounting
- Must demonstrate or prove an ability to learn quickly, work hard, take initiative, and successfully engage in multiple tasks
- Must be organized, detail oriented, and an excellent written and verbal communicator
- Must be able to work independently and with others while maintaining a positive, professional attitude in all situations
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $70,000.00 - $75,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Vision insurance
Physical setting:
- Office
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus pay
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Milwaukee, WI 53204: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)
Work Location: In person