Senior Accountant – Construction Accounting

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🔥 14 hours ago

🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

💵 $70k - $90k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧾 Accounting Manager

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Complete Fence

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 1976

🏗️ Construction

🏭 Manufacturing

🔐 Security

Construction • Manufacturing • Security

Complete Fence is a nationwide commercial fencing company specializing in high-performance perimeter security for mission-critical infrastructure. They provide fencing solutions for data centers, solar facilities, utilities, manufacturing, corporate offices, retail locations, and other commercial and industrial sites. Offerings include chain link enclosures, ornamental fencing, heavy-duty steel and rail systems, and integrated access control systems. Complete Fence works with architects, builders, and security consultants, and can provide Union or Non-Union labor across multiple states; they handle permitting, regulatory compliance, and environmental considerations. Headquarters in Batavia, Illinois.

📋 Description

• Assist with month-end close and preparation of supporting journal entries • Assist with preparation and maintenance of balance-sheet reconciliations • Research and resolve historical GL discrepancies • Review payroll, tax, accrual, prepaid, fixed-asset, and liability accounts • Assist with financial statement preparation and account analysis • Support construction accounting, job costing, WIP, retainage, and related reconciliations • Prepare audit-ready workpapers and supporting schedules • Identify accounting-control weaknesses and implement better processes • Review payroll-tax setup for employees working across multiple states • Research state withholding, unemployment, reciprocity, and other employer requirements • Register new state and local payroll-tax accounts • Research and resolve historical filing issues and tax notices • Reconcile payroll tax filings, payments, payroll reports, and GL accounts • Work with the payroll provider to ensure employees are taxed correctly based on work location • Help identify potential historical payroll-tax exposure and assist with corrective filings or remediation • Assist with multi-state sales-tax nexus review • Research construction sales/use-tax requirements by state • Determine registration and filing requirements • Review reseller, resale, and exemption documentation • Prepare or review sales/use-tax filings • Help identify potential historical tax exposure and assist with corrective filings or remediation • Develop procedures so tax requirements are identified before projects begin

🎯 Requirements

• Strong Senior Accountant-level accounting knowledge • Experience with month-end close, journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial statements • Ability to independently research unfamiliar accounting and tax issues • Experience with payroll tax, sales/use tax, or multi-state compliance • Strong Excel skills and the ability to work with large data sets • Excellent documentation and workpaper skills • Ability to identify the root cause of a problem rather than simply correcting the immediate issue • Comfortable communicating with state agencies, payroll providers, CPAs, auditors, Operations, and leadership • Construction accounting experience is highly desirable • QuickBooks and/or Sage experience is helpful • Experience using AI tools to improve accounting research, data analysis, documentation, reconciliations, or process efficiency is a plus • CPA firm or public accounting experience is strongly preferred • 4 Year Degree

🏖️ Benefits

• 10% target annual bonus • Health insurance benefits • 401(k) retirement plan • Full-time remote position • Significant opportunity to make an impact across Accounting and Compliance