Accountant

Company: Prime AE Group, Inc
Location: Columbus
Posted on: October 19, 2020

Job Description:

PRIME AE Group (www.primeeng.com), a multi-discipline A/E firm with (14) office locations and over 420 employees within the Mid-Atlantic, Northeast, Midwest and Southeast Regions, is seeking an Accountant for our Corporate office in north Columbus (Polaris area).





Overview:


We are looking for an organized, passionate, and driven person to join our growing Finance and Accounting team. The Jr. Accountant will work closely with our other accounting team members, project managers, clients, and handle day-to-day cash collection, bank reconciliation, project accounting related, and month-end closing activities. The role will also be supporting on general ledger reconciliations. We desire this Accountant role to develop and maintain good working relationships with Project Managers, and other accounting team members; complete work assignments by applying up-to-date expertise in subject area; leverage understanding of business model and policies; identify and monitor priorities, deadlines, and expectations; identify issues and provide recommendations for solutions.





Responsibilities:



- Deposit cash receipt and post collection in Deltek Vision system on daily basis

- Complete ACH forms for Client to setup EFT payment

- Maintain and track aged AR collections

- Perform monthly AR collection analysis by Clients and by monthly invoicing trend

- Perform monthly AR collection forecast based on average client payment cycle and verify with actuals

- Review month-end AR report and work with Project Accounting team to identify discrepancies and perform clean up

- Calculate monthly BBC borrowing base based on AR aging and unbilled aging and related reporting under the supervision of Sr. Finance Manager

- Complete bank reconciliation on daily basis including related Cash disbursement and AP disbursement entries, and prepare monthly bank rec report for Management Analyst to sign off

- Review floating checks and work with Accounts Payable team to resolve aged payment issue

- Calculate monthly Corporate Expense allocation and post JE entry under the supervision of the Management Analyst

- Assist to reconcile general ledge accounts, such as fixed asset, other receivables, etc.

- Other month-end closing activities as assigned

- Process project invoices and submits invoices to clients according to contract requirement

- Setup and update project including project structure, budget, billing terms etc. to ensure accurate invoicing and reporting

- Account for project expense, revenue, and billing correctly

- Coordinate with Accounts Payable to ensure accurate and timely payments for sub-consultants

- Support and communicate with Project Managers, Project Accounting Manager, or CFO on detailed project analysis to determine project performance

- Perform Month-end project and department performance variance analysis

- Assist on company financial audit, overhead audit, bank audit, and other audits

- Flexible and willing to perform other tasks as assigned



Qualifications





Education/Experience:



- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration

- targeting 3-5 years Experience in cash management and invoicing

- Some experience in GL reconciliation is preferred

- Experience with A&E industry and Deltek Vision is highly preferred



Additional Qualifications:



- Strong Interpersonal and Communication skills

- Comfortable managing large amount of Data

- Proficient Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel

- Detail oriented and well organized

- Ability to work both as a team member as well as independently

- Excellent learning ability

- Excellent organizational, problem-solving, and project management skills

- Ability to adapt to fast pace working environment

- Active thinking and driven for results









NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:


Please note that PRIME AE Group, Inc. (PRIME AE) does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, PRIME AE Group will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, PRIME AE Group explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers and/or other PRIME AE Group personnel, are deemed to be the property of PRIME AE Group.








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