Contract Accounts Payable Jobs in Raleigh, NC (NOW HIRING)

The Senior Accountant is a hands-on, detail-oriented accounting professional responsible for supporting the accuracy, timeliness, and integrity of the company’s financial reporting and accounting operations. This role performs complex accounting activities, including general ledger maintenance, month-end close, reconciliations, financial analysis, revenue and expense review, and support for internal reporting and audit requirements.

The ideal candidate has strong technical accounting skills, sound judgment, and the ability to work independently while partnering effectively with operations, project managers, and finance leadership. Project accounting experience is preferred, particularly in environments involving job costing, work-in-progress reporting, contract billing, project profitability analysis, or service-based operations.

Key Responsibilities:

General Ledger & Month-End Close

• Prepare, review, and post journal entries in accordance with company accounting policies and generally accepted accounting principles.

• Support monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, including accruals, allocations, prepaid expenses, fixed assets, and other recurring accounting activities.

• Maintain accurate general ledger account balances and ensure proper classification of revenue, costs, operating expenses, assets, and liabilities.

• Research and resolve accounting discrepancies, unusual variances, or reconciling items in a timely manner.

• Assist with the preparation of internal financial statements, management reports, and supporting schedules.

Account Reconciliations & Financial Controls

• Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations, including cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued liabilities, intercompany accounts, fixed assets, and other assigned accounts.

• Ensure reconciliations include appropriate support, explanations, and timely resolution of open items.

• Support internal control procedures and assist in identifying opportunities to improve accounting accuracy, process efficiency, and documentation standards.

• Maintain organized accounting records and supporting documentation for internal review, external audit, tax, and compliance purposes.

Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable & Cash Support

• Review accounts payable and accounts receivable activity for proper coding, documentation, timing, and accounting treatment.

• Assist with customer billing review, collections support, cash receipts application, and invoice-related issue resolution as needed.

• Support vendor, customer, and internal department inquiries related to accounting transactions and account balances.

• Assist with cash reporting, bank reconciliations, and banking-related accounting activities.

Financial Analysis, Reporting & Audit Support

• Prepare financial analyses, schedules, and reports to support management decision-making and operating performance reviews.

• Analyze trends, account activity, and financial results to identify variances, risks, or opportunities for process improvement.

• Support annual audit activities, including preparation of schedules, documentation requests, and responses to auditor inquiries.

• Assist with tax, regulatory, lender, investor, or other external reporting support, as assigned.

• Participate in accounting system, reporting, and process improvement initiatives.

Project Accounting & Operational Support

• Support project accounting activities, including project setup, cost tracking, billing review, project revenue recognition support, and project closeout activities, as assigned.

• Assist with job cost reporting, project profitability analysis, and variance analysis between budgets, actual costs, billings, and revenue.

• Partner with operations and project managers to review project financial performance, resolve coding matters, and ensure transactions are recorded to the appropriate project, department, location, account, and/or service line.

• Review labor, materials, subcontractor, equipment, and other project-related costs for accuracy and completeness.

• Support work-in-progress, unbilled receivables, deferred revenue, retainage, or other project-related accounting schedules, as applicable.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required.

• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, preferably in a multi-entity, project-based, municipal services, construction, engineering, or professional services environment.

• Project accounting experience preferred, including job costing, contract billing, WIP support, project profitability analysis, project setup, and cost coding.

• Strong understanding of general ledger accounting, reconciliations, month-end close, accrual accounting, and financial reporting principles.

• Solid knowledge of accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash accounting, revenue and expense recognition, and internal control practices.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, lookups, formulas, and the ability to analyze large data sets.

• Experience with accounting or ERP systems required; Deltek Vantagepoint experience preferred.

• Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

• Ability to communicate professionally with finance leadership, operations teams, project managers, vendors, customers, auditors, and other stakeholders.

• CPA, CMA, or progress toward professional certification preferred but not required.