SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

Company Description

AWP Safety is North America's leading traffic control specialist. Our team of 6,500 professionals helps secure 2,000 work zones every day - ensuring customer crews, drivers, and our teams get home safely.

We protect those who operate, maintain, and upgrade infrastructure in the energy, broadband, and transportation sectors and provide traffic control for major events like the Super Bowl and Boston Marathon.

Since our founding in 1981, we have served customers through the talent of extraordinary team members committed to customer focus, growth, valuing each other, safety and quality, and a sense of urgency.

Job Description

POSITION SUMMARY

The Senior Accountant provides support in the preparation of the monthly financial statements. The primary responsibilities include but are not limited to monthly close procedures and preparation of accurate and timely reconciliations for multiple entities and analysis of financial information.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Proper and timely recording of financial transactions in the general ledger.
• Preparing journal entries, analyses, and account reconciliations and assisting with monthly close processes.
• Monthly bank reconciliations
• Own all treasury responsibilities, such as positive pay uploads and suspect check review, wire transfers, Concur, credit card statement reconciliations, research inquiries from coworkers.
• Ensure the general ledger and sub-ledgers are reconciled
• Organize and update financial records.
• Maintaining financial reports, records, and general ledger accounts monthly
• Meeting processing and reporting deadlines.
• Responding to information requests, reviewing financial statements, and assisting with audits.
• Ensuring compliance with GAAP.
• Resolve accounting discrepancies and irregularities
• Develop and maintain large sets of financial data with use of Excel and other tools to summarize the data in order to reconcile accounts.
• Financial audit preparation and direction interaction with auditors related to specific functions.
• Assist with special projects and work with Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) department with monthly reporting and ad hoc financial analysis as needed
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS / EDUCATION

Bachelor's Degree required in Accounting, Finance, Analytics, or Economics

• 3-10 years' experience within a corporate enterprise a plus
• Knowledge of accepted accounting practices and principles (GAAP)
• Familiarity with the processes, concepts, methods and tools for maintaining accurate and thorough records of financial transactions
• Knowledge of economic principles
• Knowledge of auditing practices and principles
• Knowledge of applicable laws, codes and regulations
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and ability to learn and use job specific computer programs
• Advanced Excel skills - pivot tables, lookups and handling large amounts of data

Additional Information

• Benefits-eligible 1st of the month following hire
• All traditional benefits are offered, including 3 medical plan options and 2 dental plan options, as well as additional benefits such as Legal and Identity Shield, Accident, and Critical Illness
• Company paid 50k in basic life insurance
• Company paid LTD
• Health Savings and Flex Spending Accounts Available
• 401(k)
• aid Time Off & Paid Holidays
• AWP named one of America's Greatest Workplaces 2023 for Diversity

AWP Safety is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability.