Construction Accountant

Staff Accountant for a Small Construction Company Performing Contracts for the Federal GOVT

Our company, a fast‑growing construction firm located in Corpus Christi, TX, is seeking a detail‑oriented Staff Accountant to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity for an accounting professional with construction project experience to play a key role supporting multiple projects, ensuring accuracy and compliance in all financial aspects. This position plays a critical role in maintaining accurate financial records, supporting job cost tracking, and ensuring compliance with federal contract requirements.

The ideal candidate is detail‑oriented, organized, and comfortable working in a small‑business environment where accuracy and accountability are essential to supporting growth.

• Project Accounting
  • Allocate project‑related costs accurately to appropriate projects for financial analysis.
  • Maintain accurate project cost records within the accounting system.
  • Regularly review, reconcile, and report on project budgets, financial commitments, expenses, and revenues.
  • Bimonthly reporting of costing per project basis for management.
  • Assist management in the preparations of Work in Progress schedules and Percentage Completed Contracts reports for financial reporting.
  • Collaborate closely with management and internal stakeholders, delivering relevant financial data and supporting effective project financial management.
• Compliance & Documentation
  • Ensure all accounting activities adhere to financial laws, regulations, and the company’s internal procedures.
  • Assist with maintaining records required for compliance with FAR federal contracts.
  • Assist with project‑related audits, ensuring completeness and accuracy of all supporting financial documentation.
  • Maintain organized digital and physical accounting records.
  • Manage company‑wide insurance policies (liability, property, workers’ compensation).
  • Ensure Subcontractor compliance, including maintaining current COIs, accurate certified payroll reports, proper submission of release of liens, and other compliance items as necessary.
  • Ensure proper documentation for subcontractor payments for federal reporting.
  • Effectively manage insurance audits, DOL audits, and assist as required on legal, banking, bonding, retirement and investment plans.
  • Other duties may be assigned as necessary (ordering office supplies or assisting staff as needed).
• Budgeting
  • Responsible for managing budgets within the accounting software, including uploading new project budgets and overseeing budget revisions and adjustments.
  • Conduct budget‑to‑actual reviews to confirm accuracy of labor costs, expenses, and consulting fees against approved budget allocations and ensure alignment with budget parameters.
• Bank & Account Reconciliations
  • Assist with the management and maintenance of bank accounts and credit card activities.
  • Monitoring daily cash flow and ensuring deposits are timely made.
  • Maintain & reconcile the monthly bank and credit card statements.
  • Reconcile subcontractor pay applications.
  • Assist with account reconciliation of other general ledger accounts as required.
  • Assist with monthly closeout procedures, ensuring financials are in compliance with GAAP.
  • Assist with year‑end review of accounting records or audited financials performed by an outside CPA firm.
• Payable Accounts
  • Process vendor and subcontractor invoices.
  • Verify invoices against purchase orders and project cost codes.
  • Track subcontractor compliance documents (W9s, COIs, lien waivers, weekly certified payroll reports).
  • Prepare check runs and electronic payments as required.
  • Maintain organized vendor files.
  • Bimonthly reporting of payables.
• Accounts Receivable
  • Assist with preparation of progress billings using WAWF; some AIA format may be required.
  • Generate invoices for Time & Materials contracts.
  • Track retainage receivable as needed.
  • Monitor AR aging and follow up on outstanding receivables.
  • Bimonthly reporting preparation of aging, collections, liens and/or retention reporting.
• Payroll and HR Support
  • Assist with processing payroll, payroll taxes, benefits and reporting.
  • Prepare supporting certified payroll reports.
  • Assist with reviewing,…