Our client is a leading company with a strong reputation for delivering high-quality projects across various sectors. With a legacy of excellence and a commitment to innovation, we are looking for a detail-oriented Senior Accountant to join our dynamic finance team. This role is crucial in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of our financial operations as we continue to grow.
Key Responsibilities:
- Financial Reporting: Prepare and analyze monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements in compliance with GAAP.
- Project Accounting: Oversee project cost accounting, ensuring accurate tracking of expenses and revenue recognition for construction projects.
- General Ledger Management: Manage and reconcile general ledger accounts, ensuring timely and accurate month-end and year-end close processes.
- Budgeting and Forecasting: Assist in the preparation of budgets and forecasts, providing insights and variance analysis to support decision-making.
- Accounts Payable/Receivable: Supervise AP/AR functions, ensuring timely processing of invoices, payments, and collections.
- Audit Support: Coordinate with external auditors during the annual audit process, ensuring compliance and providing necessary documentation.
- Internal Controls: Develop and maintain strong internal controls to safeguard company assets and ensure compliance with financial regulations.
- Process Improvement: Identify opportunities for process enhancements and implement best practices in accounting procedures.
- Team Collaboration: Work closely with project managers, finance team members, and other departments to provide financial insights and support.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
- Minimum of 3 years of accounting experience, preferably in the construction industry.
- Strong knowledge of GAAP and project cost accounting.
- Proficiency in accounting software (e.g., QuickBooks, Sage, or similar) and MS Excel.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
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What We Do
GHJ is an accounting and advisory firm that specializes in nonprofit, food and beverage, entertainment and media and health and wellness companies. Previous recipient of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Employee Champion For Life Work Harmony Award and named a “Best Places to Work” by the Los Angeles Business Journal eight times since 2008, GHJ is passionate about helping clients and its people #BeMore by focusing on building thriving businesses and creating a better future.
GHJ works as a business advocate for its clients — providing personalized service and building long-term relationships to help position our clients for growth. Through its affiliation with HLB International, a global network of independent professional accounting firms and business advisers, GHJ is able to partner with other top firms across major cities throughout the U.S. and the world. GHJ’s audit, tax and advisory teams leverage the HLB network to better serve its clients and give clients access to member firms in over 158 countries across the globe and over 775 offices worldwide.
Also ranked as a top-20 largest accounting firm on the Los Angeles Business Journal’s Book of Lists, GHJ has 15 partners and more than 160 staff members that serve over 3,000 clients. GHJ is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the AICPA Governmental Audit Quality Center (GAQC), the California Society of CPAs and the California Association of Nonprofits (CalNonprofit).
