Senior Staff Accountant
About The Position
EPEX Home Performance / Solar Works Energy is seeking an experienced, highly organized Senior Staff Accountant to join our Albuquerque accounting team. We are a growing, multi-entity construction and home-improvement company operating across solar, roofing, windows, electrical, stucco, and related services. This is a hands-on accounting role reporting to the Controller. The Senior Staff Accountant will take ownership of account reconciliations, journal entries, AR/AP, customer billing, job costing, month-end close support, and other general accounting responsibilities. We are looking for someone who can work independently, identify when something does not look right, research discrepancies, and consistently produce accurate, complete, review-ready work.
Requirements
- 3–5+ years of progressive accounting experience.
- General-ledger accounting experience.
- Experience with accounts receivable and accounts payable.
- Experience performing bank and balance-sheet reconciliations.
- Experience preparing journal entries.
- Experience supporting month-end close.
- Working knowledge of accrual accounting.
- Strong Excel skills.
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple deadlines.
Nice To Haves
- Construction or project-based accounting experience.
- Job-cost accounting experience.
- NetSuite or comparable ERP experience.
- Multi-entity accounting experience.
- Revenue-recognition or deferred-revenue experience.
- Experience supporting or mentoring junior accounting personnel.
- Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field.
- Equivalent relevant experience may substitute for formal education.
Responsibilities
- Prepare journal entries, accruals, and supporting schedules.
- Perform bank, credit-card, and balance-sheet reconciliations.
- Review general-ledger activity for errors and incorrect classifications.
- Complete assigned month-end close responsibilities on schedule.
- Research and resolve accounting discrepancies.
- Support multi-entity and intercompany accounting.
- Assist with revenue recognition and deferred-revenue accounting.
- Maintain accurate project-level cost records.
- Ensure labor, materials, subcontractors, commissions, permits, rework, and other direct costs are assigned correctly.
- Identify missing, duplicate, or miscoded project costs.
- Support project and trade-level gross-profit reporting.
- Work with Project Managers and the Controller to research cost discrepancies.
- Help improve the accuracy of job-cost reporting.
- Prepare and review customer invoices.
- Maintain accurate customer balances and record customer payments.
- Assist with collections and outstanding receivables.
- Identify unbilled completed work and funding delays.
- Research billing discrepancies and coordinate with internal teams as needed.
- Review vendor and subcontractor invoices for accuracy and proper coding.
- Confirm required approvals and supporting documentation.
- Process approved payments and reconcile vendor statements.
- Research duplicate invoices, credits, refunds, and discrepancies.
- Maintain accurate vendor records.
- Serve as an experienced accounting resource to Staff Accountants and junior accounting personnel.
- Help answer accounting questions and review assigned work.
- Support training on reconciliations, coding, AR/AP, journal entries, and job costing.
- Help improve accounting procedures and reduce recurring errors.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance with 50% employee premium contribution
- FSA
- 401(k) with company match
- Paid time off
- Continuing education and certification support
- Professional growth opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
