Senior Accountant – Construction Accounting

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Illinois.

📋 Description

• Support the month-end closing process and assist in the creation of relevant journal entries.

• Aid in the preparation and upkeep of balance sheet reconciliations.

• Investigate and resolve historical discrepancies in the general ledger.

• Examine payroll, tax, accrual, prepaid, fixed-asset, and liability accounts.

• Assist in the preparation of financial statements and conduct account analyses.

• Provide support in construction accounting, job costing, work in progress, retainage, and related reconciliations.

• Generate audit-ready workpapers and supporting documentation.

• Identify weaknesses in accounting controls and implement improved processes.

• Review payroll tax configurations for employees working in multiple states.

• Investigate state withholding, unemployment, reciprocity, and other employer obligations.

• Register new payroll tax accounts at the state and local levels.

• Address historical filing issues and tax notices through research and resolution.

• Reconcile payroll tax filings, payments, payroll reports, and general ledger accounts.

• Collaborate with the payroll provider to ensure correct tax withholding based on employee work locations.

• Assist in identifying potential historical payroll tax liabilities and facilitate corrective filings or remediation.

• Support the review of multi-state sales tax nexus.

• Research construction sales and use tax obligations by state.

• Determine registration and filing requirements.

• Review documentation for reseller, resale, and exemptions.

• Prepare or review sales and use tax filings.

• Assist in identifying potential historical tax liabilities and support corrective filings or remediation.

• Develop procedures to ensure tax obligations are recognized before project initiation.

⛳️ Requirements

• Strong accounting knowledge at the Senior Accountant level.

• Experience with month-end close processes, journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial statement preparation.

• Ability to independently investigate unfamiliar accounting and tax matters.

• Experience in payroll tax, sales/use tax, or multi-state compliance.

• Proficient in Excel and capable of handling large datasets.

• Excellent skills in documentation and workpapers.

• Ability to identify root causes of issues rather than merely addressing immediate problems.

• Comfortable engaging with state agencies, payroll providers, CPAs, auditors, operations teams, and leadership.

• Experience in construction accounting is highly advantageous.

• Familiarity with QuickBooks and/or Sage is beneficial.

• Experience utilizing AI tools to enhance accounting research, data analysis, documentation, reconciliations, or process efficiencies is a plus.

• Experience in a CPA firm or public accounting is strongly preferred.

• Bachelor's degree required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Target annual bonus of 10%.

• Health insurance benefits provided.

• 401(k) retirement plan available.

• Full-time remote working opportunity.

• Significant potential to influence Accounting and Compliance areas.