Senior Accounting Specialist
About The Position
J National Contractors is seeking a highly organized, resourceful Senior Accounting Specialist to join its Dallas accounting team. This hands-on, non-management role focuses on investigating financial information, resolving discrepancies, organizing records, and ensuring transactions and balances are accurate. The successful candidate will work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment where priorities may shift, take initiative to resolve issues, and follow assigned projects through to completion. The role supports accounting operations across the company’s commercial service and construction activities, including plumbing, HVAC, electrical, roofing, restoration, and construction. The company is headquartered in Dallas and also operates in Houston and San Antonio. The position is in-office in Dallas, and compensation is based on experience.
Requirements
- 3–5+ years of hands-on accounting experience.
- Strong understanding of general ledger accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and reconciliations.
- Excellent Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and working with large datasets.
- Experience with QuickBooks or similar accounting software.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills.
- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
- Comfort researching and resolving accounting discrepancies independently.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in construction, contracting, or service-based businesses.
- ServiceTitan experience.
Responsibilities
- Perform bank, credit card, vendor, and general ledger reconciliations.
- Research and resolve discrepancies, unmatched transactions, and accounting inconsistencies.
- Assist with month-end closing and financial reporting.
- Review financial transactions for accuracy, proper coding, and supporting documentation.
- Maintain accurate and organized accounting records.
- Assist with reconciling customer balances, payments, credits, and outstanding invoices.
- Investigate billing discrepancies and unapplied payments.
- Review vendor invoices, statements, and payment records for accuracy.
- Identify duplicate charges, missing invoices, and incorrect allocations.
- Support AP and AR reporting and account cleanup.
- Review labor, materials, subcontractor expenses, and other job-related costs.
- Help ensure expenses are accurately allocated to the correct jobs and locations.
- Investigate discrepancies between operational records and accounting systems.
- Work with internal departments to obtain missing information and resolve accounting issues.
- Prepare and maintain Excel spreadsheets, reconciliations, and accounting reports.
- Help identify accounting errors, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement.
- Help streamline accounting processes and improve accuracy.
- Support accounting workflows and data accuracy as the company transitions to ServiceTitan.
- Take ownership of assigned accounting projects and follow through to resolution.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
