Senior Accountant, Cost Accounting - Asplundh Tree Expert Co

Senior Accountant, Cost Accounting

Job Type: Exempt

Pay: Salary 

Benefits:

• Benefits Available and vary per position and location.

Are you a real go-getter looking for an amazing opportunity with a nationwide full-service utility contractor offering competitive wages and incredible benefits? Keep reading because this job might be for you!

Since 1928, Asplundh has been dedicated to safe, efficient, and innovative line clearance services for the utility industry. Reliable, uninterrupted power is an important service provided by the world's electrical utilities and Asplundh has the expertise to help keep the power flowing. Over the years, diversification has opened vegetation management services to other specialized markets such as municipalities, railroads, pipelines, helicopter vegetation services, and departments of transportation.

A family-owned and operated corporation headquartered near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Asplundh has grown to employ over 36,000 service professionals throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• Execute the company’s system / process of allocating overhead and other costs at the segment, region, and individual contract/job levels.
• Actively participate in efforts to streamline the overall financial close process, including exploring better and more efficient ways of allocating costs at the right level (and via the optimal mechanism and process) within the company (i.e. enhance and modernize the existing overhead allocation process)
• Prepare monthly and year-end balancing of all overhead-related balance sheet and income statement accounts.
• Prepare period-end accruals related to overhead costs to ensure accuracy/completeness.
• Prepare inventory accounting entries, as well as period-end account reconciliations.
• Support the development and review of job bids to ensure fully costed for both the Vegetation Management and Infrastructure segments.
• Analyze overhead costs (actuals and forecasting) to support the field and executive leadership needs.
• Regular interaction/support of the external auditors for the consolidated (and subsidiary) year-end audits, with regards to overhead-related accounts.
• Participate in special projects such as integration of new or acquired companies, system implements, process improvements, etc..
• Help with other responsibilities, as needed, such as real and personal property tax filings, payroll/bonus accruals and related filings.

Requirements:

• BS in Accounting.
• CPA preferred, but not required
• Preferred experience level - 3 to 5 years’ experience in cost accounting/allocation of overhead costs, preferably in the service industry.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Team player with a teachable attitude / willingness to learn.
• Ability to execute tasks within a project plan on time and at a high-level of quality.
• Working knowledge of MS Office tools
• Experience using modern ERP’s such as SAP or Oracle is preferred
• Good social skills in dealing with internal personnel, auditors, and customers.

Pre-Screen

• Upon offer, employees may be required to complete and pass a pre-employment drug screen, background, and/or MVR check.

Physical Requirements:

• Rarely: walking, kneeling, squatting, crawling, seeing distant, climbing on/off truck, climbing, lifting over 10 lbs. to 50 lbs., depth perception, color vision, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, climbing ladders, balancing, lifting up to 10 lbs., lifting up to 50 lbs.
• Occasionally: standing, stooping, body twisting, gripping, reaching, range of motion, climbing stairs.
• Frequently: sitting, sense of touch, manual dexterity, speaking clearly, reading, hearing-speech range.
• Constantly: seeing.

About Us:

As a full-service utility contractor, Asplundh performs tree pruning and removals, right-of-way clearing and maintenance, vegetation management with herbicides, and emergency storm work and logistical support. Asplundh is the parent company of Asplundh Infrastructure Group whose subsidiaries provide overhead and underground line construction, planning and design, meter reading and AMR/AMI installation, electrical testing, and street lighting/traffic signal services. Asplundh also operates Rotor Blade Airborne Utilities Management, overhead electric distribution, and transmission lines using MD 500 helicopters.

Individuals must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.  Individuals with a disability who desire a reasonable accommodation should contact the ADA Coordinator at 1-800-248-8733, ext. 1339.

An Equal Opportunity Employer.