Elliott Davis

Senior Manager, Accounting Advisory – Construction

Elliott Davis

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Charlotte • North Carolina • South Carolina • United States

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Lead and oversee monthly accounting and advisory services for construction customers, including supervision of engagement teams
  • Serve as primary point of contact for day-to-day accounting, financial reporting, and advisory matters, as well as technical and special projects
  • Conduct and review in-depth financial and operational analyses, including job cost performance, WIP schedules, margin analysis, backlog and cash flow
  • Provide expert Accounting and Advisory guidance related to construction-specific topics such as revenue recognition, retainage, change orders, claims and contract modifications.
  • Perform technical accounting reviews of complex deliverables, ensuring compliance with US GAAP and industry best practices
  • Prepare and review monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc financial reports and analyses for customers
  • Develop a deep understanding of customers’ business operations, project portfolios, and engagement economics to provide proactive insights and updates
  • Provide coaching and mentoring, and developmental feedback to AAS team members
  • Collaborate closely with customer to provide advisory services and additional service line SME project opportunities
  • Collaborate with tax department to drive advisory services for new and existing customers as well as continually improve workflow and collaboration between the functions.
  • Actively participate in growth opportunities through collaboration with other service lines, specialty groups, and referral sources.
  • Deliver technical training and construction accounting knowledge to staff and seniors
  • Attend customer meetings, industry events, recruiting activities, and networking functions within the local market, as appropriate

Requirements

  • A bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance
  • CPA certification required
  • A seasoned professional with a blend of 8+ years of experience in public and corporate accounting
  • Construction industry experience
  • A strong understanding of financial statements and general ledger accounting
  • Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Experience supervising and training team members
  • The ability to: work quickly and accurately with significant attention to detail, work both independently and collaboratively with a team, learn about our firm’s service offerings to identify areas our customers have needs and how we can support those needs
  • The ability to take full ownership of customer deadlines and needs, including working necessary hours to meet customer deadlines
  • Strong time-management skills
  • Familiarity with multiple commercial accounting software packages including Sage Intacct, SAGE Intacct, Construction specific systems, etc., as well as expertise within QuickBooks and excellent Excel skills
  • A proven track record of handling high volume of deadlines and deliverables
Benefits
  • generous time away and paid firm holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s
  • flexible work schedules
  • 16 weeks of paid maternity and adoption leave, 8 weeks of paid parental leave, 4 weeks of paid and caregiver leave (once eligible)
  • first-class health and wellness benefits, including wellness coaching and mental health counseling
  • one-on-one professional coaching
  • Leadership and career development programs
  • access to Beyond: a one-of-a kind program with experiences that help you expand your life, personally and professionally
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
financial reportingfinancial analysisjob cost performanceWIP schedulesmargin analysiscash flow analysistechnical accounting reviewsUS GAAP compliancerevenue recognitiongeneral ledger accounting
Soft Skills
problem-solvingcritical-thinkingwritten communicationoral communicationsupervisingtrainingattention to detailcollaborationtime-managementcoaching
Certifications
CPAbachelor's degree in accountingbachelor's degree in finance