Senior Accountant - ABM Industries

Overview

The Senior Accountant is responsible for performing daily accounting tasks associated with Accounts Receivable and Invoicing, Job Costing, and Month End.  The position requires knowledge in construction or project accounting.

Benefit Information:

ABM offers a comprehensive benefits package. For information about ABM’s benefits, visit ABM 2024 Employee Benefits | Staff & Management 

Essential Duties

• Maintain and nurture cohesive and collaborative working relationships with internal teams (Operations and Service); coordinate with all departments to assure proper and timely flow of data and documentation to the Accounting Department.
• Build rapport and productive working relationships with customers, vendors, and other outside agents; effectively represent the company’s interest to outside agents to maximize profits.
• Prepare and distribute customer billing according to established schedule.
• Ensure all job cost and billing tasks are performed timely and accurately.
• Ensure all billing tasks (including project and maintenance agreements) are validated and entered timely and accurately in the financial system.
• Produce accurate maintenance and project invoices for contract billings.
• Consolidate approved expense reports and weekly per diem requests for proper processing.
• Prepare and distribute all required accounting reports per accounting guidelines or instructions.
• Assist with month end reconciliation of general ledger accounts.
• Support customer satisfaction initiatives and process improvements.
• Support successful operations consistent with ABM Building Solutions policies, programs, procedures, systems, and guidelines. 
• Conduct research in specific areas assigned by your manager.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• A minimum of four (4) years of experience in accounting with accounts payable, accounts receivable, and job costing, required.
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles, previous experience in construction or project accounting, preferred.
• Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, SharePoint) advance user required.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics, JDE, preferred.
• Must be well organized, hard worker, great attitude, and a team player.
• Ability to multitask, assisting with different projects at any given time.
• Ability to understand and carry out instructions quickly and effectively.
• Ability to keep accurate records of activities performed.
• Ability to be proactive, bring forth ideas, attention to detail, quality and quantity of work are critical.