Corporate & Project Accounting Professional

Sierra Piedmont • Atlanta (Woodstock), GA

110d

About The Position

Sierra Piedmont Engineers & Geologists wishes to retain a Corporate and Project Accounting professional to play an integral part of our leadership team. Serving clients since 1996, as an environmental engineering consulting firm our steadfast commitment is to provide THE Superior Client Experience in our industry while developing and offering our team members a great professional experience. This role reports directly to the President and is tasked with providing corporate and project accounting leadership to the ownership team, our outside tax accountant, bank, and clients. Candidates should exhibit meticulous attention to detail, have well-developed communications skills, have an ability to multi-task and offer financial discipline and structure to the company at all times. The successful candidate will be energetic and pro-active in initiating solutions to assure accounting goals are strategically created and tasks are executed completed timely, accurately, and efficiently. The vision for this position when done well will result in the accounting and bookkeeping function being coalesced from parts of multiple people working at the reactionary and tactical level to ONE working at the strategic level. It will provide needed corporate financial discipline and importantly allow the President and leadership team to more effectively grow the business.

Requirements

• Degree in accounting or finance.
• At least 8+ years exhibiting progression in execution, management, and leadership roles.
• Highly proficient in Deltek Vision (or comparable accounting system).
• Highly proficient in both accrual and cash-based accounting.
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel.
• Be self-directed and an independent thinker.

Responsibilities

• Monthly maintenance and presentation of 'Ownership Dashboard' to include financial, project and sales KPIs along with ideas for KPI improvement.
• Income statement (both accrual and cash basis), balance sheet, cash flow statement and corporate level budget management.
• Accounts receivable management including invoicing, issuing of monthly statements, and collections with days sales outstanding as a KPI.
• Accounts payable management including invoice acceptance/approval, system entry and payment.
• Reconciliation of all bank accounts (6-ish), journal entry for month end closing along with amortization schedules.
• Administering weekly expense report approval and payment to employees.
• Executing semi-monthly payroll along with payroll taxes and unemployment tax management.
• Management of new and existing 1099 vendors so that their contracts and insurance documents are in place and 1099's (approximately 20) are issued at year end.
• Addressing any IRS questions related to 940 or 941 items.
• Filing state level tax returns for those few states the tax accountant does not.
• Compilation of quarterly and year-end data for tax accountant.
• Assist project managers with project level financial analysis and assist in improvement, as necessary.
• Project budget entry and on-going profit analysis reportable in weekly project meeting.
• Client and subcontractor contract administration.
• Management of yearly property tax asset management and filing of return.
• Manage an upcoming major accounting system upgrade.
• Although minor in volume, certain bookkeeping functions are also needed for a real estate entity.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees