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Staff Accountant

Stress Engineering Services
Houston, TX, US
Full-time

Overview

Stress Engineering Services, Inc. is the premier provider of engineered solutions and professional consulting services across a wide range of engineering disciplines.

Since 1972, our clients have benefited from our special in-depth technical knowledge and proven performance in failure analysis, solid mechanics and structural design, reliability and predictive engineering, electrical engineering, IoT device development, IIoT solutions implementation, instrumentation and testing, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, floating systems, forensics, and material science.

We maintain an excellent reputation within the industries we serve, with more than 80% of our current business from repeat clients or direct referrals.

Responsibilities

  • Reviewing general ledger accounts and preparing and adjusting journal entries
  • Performing account analysis and reconciliation, including bank statements and intercompany general ledger accounts
  • Maintaining general ledger charts of accounts
  • Assisting with initial internal control evaluations
  • Posting monthly, quarterly, and yearly accruals
  • Assist in collecting accounts receivable
  • Client billing (F&O) system setup
  • Client contract / PO setup, financial data, and maintenance
  • Resolve purchase order / contract issues relating to project invoices for clients
  • Maintain / update client billing accounts
  • Identify specific client billing requirements; rate schedules to ensure clients are billed in accordance with MSA and contract
  • Enter and maintain project contract values
  • Assist in streamlining project contracts
  • Client portal experience (i.e. Ariba, Coupa)
  • Maintain accurate and timely records
  • Conduct investigations into project costs and create ad-hoc reporting.
  • Respond in a timely and professional manner to all internal and external parties
  • Respond to requests for more detail from customers.
  • Investigate project variances and submit variance reports to management.
  • Work closely with project manager and accounting staff
  • Must be a team player and able to interface with other personnel effectively
  • Other related duties as assigned

Qualifications

Candidates must have a bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or business-related degree.

Strong technology skills are critical, particularly expertise with an ERP system (Dynamics 365 a plus). At minimum, intermediate Microsoft Excel (to include pivot tables & VLOOKUP).

Knowledge of full cycle accounting (include A / P A / R cycles)

Staff accountant must be detailed-oriented, analytical, and organized, able to work on a variety of activities in a fast-paced environment.

Minimum 2 years of general accounting experience. Billing experience in an engineering or professional fee-based service firms a plus.

30+ days ago
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