Senior Staff Accountant

Balfour Beatty • Dallas, TX

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About The Position

Balfour Beatty is seeking a Senior/Staff Accountant for its Texas Division. The role reports the organization’s financial status by preparing and analyzing financial plans, forecasts, and reports. It is a highly interactive and visible position supporting management, construction projects, and corporate teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 1 to 3 years of relevant experience.
• Strong work ethic and flexibility to meet tight deadlines, particularly around month-end close and projection cycles.
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to identify unusual trends and drive issues through to resolution.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to obtain and relay information clearly and concisely.
• Self-motivating, high-energy, confident personality, with the ability to interact with all levels, including senior management.
• Experience with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Understanding of financial statements and accounting relationships.
• Proficiency using a personal computer and company communication tools, including email, internet, accounting applications, and Microsoft products such as Word, Excel, Office, and Outlook.

Nice To Haves

• Construction industry experience is a plus but not required.
• Financial analysis experience is a plus but not required.
• Experience with Oracle/JD Edwards and Hyperion systems is helpful but not required.

Responsibilities

• Prepare accurate and timely financial packets comparing actual performance with forecasts and budgets, including journal entries, month-end close, and account reconciliations.
• Perform construction project financial reviews, profit analysis, and planning and forecasting, while reviewing for compliance.
• Compare and analyze plans and forecasts against actual results to assess financial status and identify opportunities, trends, and risks.
• Support construction projects and corporate teams with internal and external audits.
• Provide customer service by assembling and summarizing data, preparing reports, and presenting findings, analyses, and recommendations.
• Perform special projects and analysis as directed by Financial Services management.
• Understand and ensure compliance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
• Set priorities to meet daily, weekly, and monthly financial deadlines.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Health Savings Account
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off
• Tuition assistance
• Employee referral bonus

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level