Staff Accountant - Job Costing
About The Position
The Staff Accountant — Job Costing supports the accounting team across daily transactional work, weekly job cost review, and month-end close for a multi-entity marine construction and boatyard operation. This role sits at the intersection of core accounting and job costing, working with automated and AI-assisted reporting tools to keep job data accurate and the close on schedule. This is a hands-on role with a wide runway. The Staff Accountant will own bank reconciliations from day one, investigate exceptions flagged by our automated job reports, and grow into WIP support and multi-entity close responsibilities as the company completes a migration to a new ERP platform. We are hiring for flexibility and curiosity — the responsibilities below will evolve, and the right person will treat that as the best part of the job.
Requirements
- 2–5 years of accounting experience; job costing, construction, ship repair, or manufacturing environment experience is a strong asset
- Hands-on month-end close experience, including bank and account reconciliations
- Exposure to job costing, WIP, or percentage-of-completion accounting preferred
- Investigative by nature — digs into a number that looks wrong rather than routing it to someone else
- Flexible and adaptable; comfortable in an evolving environment where responsibilities grow over time
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or equivalent practical experience
- Must be reliable, detail oriented, with a high level of integrity
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Ability to maintain confidential and meticulous records
- Strong Excel skills (lookups, pivot tables, structured reconciliation workpapers)
- QuickBooks Desktop experience preferred; QuickBooks Online or similar cloud ERP exposure a plus
- Comfortable working with automated reporting and AI-assisted tools; curiosity to improve them
- Proficient in Microsoft Office: Excel, Word, Outlook required
- Ability to communicate effectively in English
Nice To Haves
- job costing, construction, ship repair, or manufacturing environment experience
- Exposure to job costing, WIP, or percentage-of-completion accounting
- QuickBooks Online or similar cloud ERP exposure
Responsibilities
- Prepare bank reconciliations across multiple entities and accounts
- Reconcile credit card activity; identify and resolve missing bills or payments before close
- Provide support and backup coverage for Accounts Payable, including vendor bill entry and invoice matching during peak periods and staff absences
- Work the daily/weekly exception queue produced by automated job cost and margin reporting: investigate flagged jobs, resolve variances, and correct jobs that are not automating properly
- Review purchase orders daily so month-end accruals are complete and accurate
- Assist the Controller with WIP schedule assembly and job cost journal entries
- Support shop stock, allocation, revenue, and accrual entries as assigned
- Execute assigned close tasks within the company's 4-day close calendar
- Support close across three entities
- Assist with and grow into supporting secondary companies with month-end close
- Take on new workflows and tasks surfaced by the ERP migration
- Partner with the team's automation lead to improve and extend AI-assisted tools
- Other tasks as needed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
