Staff Accountant - Asplundh Infrastructure Group

Staff Accountant- Asplundh Infrastructure Group

Asplundh Infrastructure Group, an Asplundh company, is a leading national provider of infrastructure services and solutions for utilities, power producers and energy-intensive customers. Asplundh Infrastructure Group safely and efficiently designs, builds and maintains electric, gas and telecommunications transmission and distribution networks through our experienced operating companies. The Asplundh Infrastructure Group family of companies have more than 50 years of utility construction industry experience. Our team has the breadth of resources, services, utility experience and program and project management capabilities needed to deliver safe, reliable, and affordable grid solutions.

We are seeking a staff accountant to join the accounting team with excellent communication and leadership skills. The staff accountant provides financial support to the business by ensuring proper accounting, resolving discrepancies, and preparing financial reports according to established policies and procedures in an efficient, timely and accurate manner. This will be a great opportunity for you to have a key role in the accounting close for a billion-dollar plus business while supporting our modernization initiatives within the overall finance department.

The successful candidate will be an excellent communicator, work hard, manage multiple work streams, be self-motivated, and want to learn and grow with the organization.

Job Type : Exempt

Pay : Salary

Benefits

• Benefits Available and vary per position and location.

Are you a real go-getter looking for an amazing opportunity with a nationwide full-service utility contractor offering competitive wages and incredible benefits? Keep reading because this job might be for you!

Since 1928, Asplundh has been dedicated to safe, efficient, and innovative line clearance services for the utility industry. Reliable, uninterrupted power is an important service provided by the world's electrical utilities and Asplundh has the expertise to help keep the power flowing. Over the years, diversification has opened vegetation management services to other specialized markets such as municipalities, railroads, pipelines, helicopter vegetation services, and departments of transportation.

A family-owned and operated corporation headquartered near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Asplundh has grown to employ over 36,000 service professionals throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• Assists with monthly review of Work in Process (WIP) and cost reports

• Supports monthly close process including preparation of journal entries, account reconciliations and processing of WIP

• Assists in preparing financial reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends

• Conducts contract analysis ensuring alignment with the organization's accounting practices

• Supports internal and external audits by providing relevant reports and documentation

• Partner with finance team members to support field operations timely and effectively

• Supports prequalification filings with state/local agencies

• Carefully follows established policy framework to resolve problems

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting required

• 1-2 years of accounting experience preferred

• Basic knowledge of accounting principles and regulatory requirements

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel including pivot tables, formulas, etc.

• Excellent customer service including ability to interact with all levels timely and effectively

• Professional communication both written and verbal

• Able to collaborate with multiple team members in both the corporate office and field, while also possessing the skillset to work thru tasks independently

• Capacity to handle multiple tasks simultaneously as related to the monthly close process.

• Detail-oriented with excellent time management, prioritization, and organizational skills

Pre-Screen

• Upon offer, employees may be required to complete and pass a pre-employment drug screen, background, and/or MVR check.

Physical Requirements

• Rarely: walking, kneeling, squatting, crawling, seeing distant, climbing on/off truck, climbing, lifting over 10 lbs. to 50 lbs., depth perception, color vision, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, climbing ladders, balancing, lifting up to 10 lbs., lifting up to 50 lbs.

• Occasionally: standing, stooping, body twisting, gripping, reaching, range of motion, climbing stairs.

• Frequently : sitting, sense of touch, manual dexterity, speaking clearly, reading, hearing-speech range.

• Constantly: seeing.

About Us

As a full-service utility contractor, Asplundh performs tree pruning and removals, right-of-way clearing and maintenance, vegetation management with herbicides, and emergency storm work and logistical support. Asplundh is the parent company of Asplundh Infrastructure Group whose subsidiaries provide overhead and underground line construction, planning and design, meter reading and AMR/AMI installation, electrical testing, and street lighting/traffic signal services. Asplundh also operates Rotor Blade Airborne Utilities Management, overhead electric distribution, and transmission lines using MD 500 helicopters.

Individuals must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation. Individuals with a disability who desire a reasonable accommodation should contact the ADA Coordinator at ~~~, ext. 1339.

An Equal Opportunity Employer.