Accounting Manager

Position Summary:

The Accounting Manager will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the accounting department, ensuring accuracy and compliance with accounting standards and regulations. This role involves managing accounting professionals, providing guidance and support, leading regional office accounting team, and assisting the General Manager with financial analysis and support.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead project accounting effort including ensuring utilizing software properly to track job costing and utilization data, with a constant focus on margin analysis.

• Supervise Account Receivable process in office, including accurate, timely invoicing, collections, reducing AR aging days, and navigating the lien waiver process.

• Supervise Accounts Payable process in office, including purchasing, proper cost accounting, internal financial controls, and maximizing vendor discounts.

• Coordinate with Corporate Office on month end process, reviewing financial reports, and in communicating information that impacts accurate GAAP accounting.

• Provide monthly reports to corporate office on job margins, equipment utilization, labor utilization.

• Monitor equipment rental costs and make recommendations to GM regarding buy/rent decisions.

• Monitor overtime utilization and make recommendation to GM around timing of hires.

• Work with project managers to ensure they have the data needed to effectively manage their projects.

• Understand the entire portal process from Quote to Invoicing, and oversee employee training and coordinate process improvement, including recommendation to programming team as needed.

• Perform monthly variance analysis on financial statements to provide corporate office with explanations for variance against plan.

• Track property leases and manage vendor contracts connected with local Regional Office.

• Effective customer management including the ability to thoroughly review of customer contracts, purchase orders, and master service contracts, and the establishment of credit approvals and limits.

• Review and process Lien waivers/releases.

Minimum Qualifications (Experience, Skills, and Education):

• Associate or Bachelor’s in Accounting or combination of education and experience to demonstrate a strong understanding of accounting principles.

• A minimum of 3 years of experience as a supervisor or in a leadership role

• Knowledge for CCIP, ROCIP, etc. set up for customers.

• Knowledge of certified payroll/prevailing wages.

• Good to excellent level of working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite to include Word, Outlook, and Power Point.

• Advanced Excel and data entry skills with excellent typing speed and accuracy.

• Excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills with internal and external stakeholders.

• Excellent organizational, detail oriented and time management skills.

• Effectively able to maintain discretion and confidentiality of employee and customer information as appropriate.

• Ability to multi-task and process multiple activities successfully.

• Exceptional problem-solving skills.

• Demonstrated ability to work under deadlines and timeframes effectively with a customer service demeanor.

• Demonstrated supervisory skills including workflow management, performance management and mentoring skills.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

Normal, temperature-controlled office environment. Work includes frequent work at a computer terminal with extended periods of sitting, occasional walking, and lifting up to 10 pounds. Frequent use of keyboard / mouse, cellular and land-line telephones, and standard office equipment. The Accounting Manager may need to occasionally perform work in a non-temperature controlled or warehouse environment.

Additional Requirements: 

Must be able to work in a high functioning team environment. Display the highest levels of honesty, integrity, and professionalism. Take pride in your work and in the company. Communicate openly and strive for peak performance in daily tasks. Know and deliver the quality service MEI’s customers have come to expect.

Disclaimer: This job description is intended to summarize the type and level of work performed by an Accounting Manager and is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and/or requirements. MEI reserves the right to change or modify this job description or the essential duties of the job, as necessary.

MEI is an Equal Opportunity, M/F/Disabled/Vet Preferred Employer.