Senior Staff Accountant

Mission Statement

Unlocking Potential by protecting your most critical assets.

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The Senior Staff Accountant is responsible for supporting the organization's financial operations, with a strong focus on construction accounting and union-related financial processes. This role ensures accurate financial reporting, compliance with GAAP, collective bargaining agreements, and applicable regulatory requirements. The Senior Staff Accountant plays a critical role in the monthly close process, job cost accounting, general ledger maintenance, and balance sheet reconciliations.

This position works closely with finance leadership, project management, payroll, and operations teams to ensure financial data related to labor, job costs, and project performance is accurate, timely, and aligned with contractual and union requirements. The Senior Staff Accountant supports internal and external audits, assists with union reporting and fringe benefit reconciliations, and helps maintain strong internal controls across multiple projects and entities.

The role requires a high level of attention to detail, strong analytical skills, and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven construction environment. In addition, the Senior Staff Accountant may serve as a resource to junior accounting staff and contribute to process improvements that enhance accuracy, efficiency, and compliance.

• Assist with financial statement preparation
• Prepare and review General Ledger Account analysis and reconciliation
• Develop a strong working knowledge of the company’s financial systems
• Develop and maintain quantity-based cost allocations within the company’s ERP System
• Audit contracts, orders, and vouchers, and prepare reports to substantiate individual transactions before the monthly close process.
• Establish, modify, document, and coordinate the implementation of accounting and accounting control procedures.
• Develop and post general ledger entries
• Evaluate areas for process improvement and automation
• Work closely with the controller on daily operations and strategic planning
• Assist with the month-end close
• Prepare allocations, post monthly entries, and assist with monthly credit card expense reconciliation
• Prepare ad hoc analysis reports as needed
• Additional projects as assigned

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting preferred
• 4+ years of experience in accounting with increased levels of responsibility preferred
• High degree of attention to detail
• Proficiency in Excel and other Microsoft Suite programs
• Superior analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong time management and organizational skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

• Supervisory experience
• Experience with payroll

• Microsoft Office Suite
• Adobe Acrobat Suite

Niles Shared Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, creed, marital status or parental status, height, weight, citizenship status, arrest record, disability, genetic information, military or veterans’ status or any other legally protected status by federal, state, or local law.