Chief Accountant

- Directly supervise staff and accounting activities which may include accounts receivable and accounts payable processing, ensuring the accurate and timely processing of invoices, purchase orders, petty cash, employee expense reports, cash control, payroll processing and total corporate payroll tax compliance.
- Responsible for the accurate and timely dissemination of financial reports.
- Provide accounting and financial reporting oversight over certain legal operating and non-operating entities. This action may include interfacing with other key departmental personnel as it relates to tax or treasury matters.
- Evaluate and make improvements to accounting processes while ensuring that practices comply with organization accounting policies and applicable laws and regulations.
- Review contracts and identify financial and operational risks. Work closely with the legal team to ensure that we fully understand our contractual commitments and the associated risks.
- Complete financial analysis including providing clear, concise support for variances.
- Identify best practices around general and project accounting as well as develop and document standard operating procedures.
- Ensure the accuracy and completeness of financial information. Help develop and implement systems for collecting, analyzing, verifying, and reporting information.
- Perform daily and month end accounting functions for assigned companies.
- Ensure the month-end and year-end closes are completed timely and accurately.
- Create and maintain various management and financial reporting requirements.
- Communicate with departments and project managers on project status, budget variance and forecasts.
- Collaborate with key stakeholders for appropriate cost estimating and forecasting.
- Develop service standards and procedures to gain efficiencies and ensure accuracy of data.
- Simplify complex data through visualization to assist in key stakeholder understanding of data