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Accountant II (Coppell, TX) - Austin Bridge & Road

Coppell, TXOnsiteFull TimePosted 1 month ago

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Required skills

  • Microsoft Excel
  • Analytical skills
  • Team environment
  • Meet deadlines
  • Excellent communication skills

Nice to have

  • Construction industry experience

Role summary

Austin Industries, a large diversified construction company, is seeking an Accountant II for Austin Bridge & Road at their Coppell, Texas headquarters. This role focuses on job cost accounting, general ledger management, and financial reporting. Responsibilities include month-end close, reconciliations, budgeting, forecasting, job cost tracking, and supporting field operations. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance, 3+ years of accounting experience, proficiency in Microsoft Excel, strong analytical and communication skills, and the ability to work effectively in a team and fast-paced environment. Construction industry experience is preferred.

Austin Industries is one of the nation’s largest, most diversified U.S.-based construction companies. With more than 8,000 employee-owners, Austin Industries provides nearly every type of civil, commercial and industrial construction services through the expertise of our operating companies: Austin Bridge & Road, Austin Commercial and Austin Industrial.

Austin Bridge & Road has an outstanding opportunity for an Accountant II at our corporate headquarters in Coppell, Texas. The role will be responsible for job cost accounting, general ledger, and reporting.

 

Responsibilities:

  • General ledger accounting including reconciliations
  • Monthly accounting close process, contract profit review and analyses
  • Various reports and analyses (including KPIs and various business metrics)
  • Periodic forecast and budgeting processes
  • Job cost responsibilities including project setup, budget upload, maintains on-going contract budget adjustment, change orders etc. Monthly job billing, cost review etc.
  • Support field operations including field office managers, project managers and regional managers
  • Assist in external and internal audits
  • Completes ad hoc requests
  • Perform other duties as assigned

 

Qualifications:

  • Construction industry experience is preferred but not required
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Able to work well in a team environment
  • Able to work in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines
  • Excellent communication skills both written and oral
  • Proven people and organizational development skills; able to work smoothly and effectively with people at all levels of the organization

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance required
  • 3+ years of accounting experience
  • Proficient with Microsoft Excel
  • Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States. Austin Bridge & Road is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.

 

Benefits & Compensation

We offer excellent benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, and a matching 401K plan. We are proud to be a 100% Employee-Owned Company (ESOP)! To learn more about our employee-ownership structure, please go to https://www.austin-ind.com/our-company/100-employee-owned.

Austin Bridge & Road is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

See the “Know Your Rights” poster available in English and Spanish.

 

About Austin Bridge and Road

A leader in the heavy highway and transportation industry for more than 100 years, Austin Bridge & Road delivers asphalt and concrete services, and builds landmark projects such as complex highway interchanges, tollways, runways, bridges, rail projects, and water/wastewater facilities.

To learn more about us, visit https://www.austin-ind.com/what-we-do/bridge-road.

 

No Third-Party Inquiries Please

This Company does not accept and will not consider unsolicited resumes or any other unsolicited candidate information submitted to the Company or any of its employee-owners by staffing agencies, search firms, or third-party recruiters in response to a posted vacancy. The Company will not pay any placement fee(s) without a written agreement to do so (i.e., payment must be required pursuant to the terms of a written agreement). 

Any unsolicited resumes or candidate information submitted to this Company or any of its employee-owners becomes the property of the Company. 

Accessibility Note

If you are a job seeker with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to apply for one of our jobs or have accessibility concerns, please contact the People Services Team at (877) 831-1217.

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