Job Outline:
Perform and monitor all aspects of accounting and budget control.
Duties & responsibilities:
1. Prepare and manage both project and company cash flow and cash flow requirements to ensure proper cost forecasting and bank facilities management.
2. Ensure company financial records are maintained, updated and comply with legal requirements and accepted accounting practices.
3. Prepare month-end, quarter-end and year-end company financial statements for review by management.
4. Prepare monthly financial reports detailing the financial status (gross margin, forecasted net margin, etc) of open projects for review by management.
5. Develop and improve accounting processes for better controls and reduction of accounting errors.
6. Implement and manage budgetary controls for company petty-cash resources to ensure expenditures do not exceed allocated amounts.
7. Review outgoing purchase orders against respective allocated budgets to ensure no budget over-runs occur.
8. Prepare and update project cost-tracking sheets against quotation workup sheets to reflect both actual and committed costs.
9. Manage payables and receivables to ensure timely payment to vendors and positive cash flow.
10. Manage company payroll and overhead expenses.
11. Conduct internal audits when requested by management.
12. Manage company lease and insurance contracts.
13. Perform other accounting activities as required by the day to day operations of the company.
3-5 years work experience performing cost accounting, project revenue tracking, invoice processing and billing in a contracting or engineering environment.
Applicant must have strong working knowledge of GAAP, general and contract administration, fixed assets reporting and tracking as well as experience generating financial reports.
Applicant should have strong computer (windows, MS Office) skills and have experience in accounting software applications and peripherals for data entry and data management.
Strong communication (verbal and written) skills are a must