Senior Accountant

Title: Senior Accountant

Location: Rockville, MD (On-site)

Our client, a growing construction/general contracting firm here in Rockville, MD is adding a Senior Accountant to their team.

This person will own the general ledger close across its entities, including month-end close, balance sheet recs, intercompany transactions, job costing/WIP back to the GL, and liaison with external auditors for year-end audit prep.

This position offers a competitive compensation package and benefits, vast upward growth mobility, a dynamic work culture, and the chance to join a growing team as they continue to scale.

What you'll own

• The month-end, quarter-end and year-end GL close across multiple entities

• Journal entries: accruals, prepaids, depreciation, intercompany and non-standard entries

• Balance sheet reconciliations and trial balance review across every entity, chasing down misclassifications and unusual variances

• Intercompany transactions and eliminations

• Tying job cost activity to the GL, reconciled to job cost reports and WIP schedules, with the Project Accounting team

• Forecast support, budget-to-actual variance reporting, cash flow analysis and ad hoc analysis for the Controller

• Audit schedules and point of contact for external auditors and tax preparers, plus process and control improvements wherever you see them

What we're looking for

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field

• 4+ years of progressive GL/accounting experience including multi-entity work, or 2+ years of audit in public accounting (Big 4, large regional or similar)

• CPA or CPA candidate (strongly preferred)

• Strong GAAP and month-end close fundamentals: journal entries, account reconciliations, financial statement preparation

• Construction or data center industry experience (preferred)

• Able to work on-site in Rockville, MD five days a week