Are you interested in a career in the fun, exciting, yet stable field of civil engineering? Binkley & Barfield | DCCM takes pride in our exceptional staff and considers our team critical to the company’s success. Providing professionals with the tools and training they need to achieve excellence in their career is key to employee engagement and productivity. Our goal is to foster a work environment that attracts top talent, inspires innovation, and renders excellence in service to our clients. 

Our Accounting team has an immediate need for an Accounts Payable Specialist. In this role, you will work directly with the Accounting Manager and CFO to ensure the accuracy, distribution, and record keeping of invoices along with monitoring different aspects of the pay cycles. 

What you will do:

• Processing all incoming invoices for accuracy, manage approval and entry into Deltek Vision/Vantagepoint for all companies.
• Ensures invoices are properly recorded in accordance with company policy and generally accepted accounting principles.
• Distributes invoices for approval to department managers within organization.
• Prepares invoices for data entry including general ledger coding as required.
• Reviews all invoices for appropriate documentation and approval prior to data entry based on our organization's policies and procedures.
• Verifies sales tax on invoices is accurate and communicate with Accounting Manager and CFO any identified issues with tax on invoices that are out of the norm.
• Communicates with satellite offices, vendors, and within the organization, regarding accounts payable related items.
• Assists other companies/divisions with any issues that they may have regarding invoices and processes.
• Processes out-of cycle disbursements, weekly and mid-monthly checks/ACH payments with the Accounting Manager and CFO.
• Assists with compiling audit documentation.
• Reconciles intercompany AR/AP.
• Monitors on-hold invoices and credit items within accounts payable.
• Assists with any month-end close items as required.
• Responsible for preparing and filing vendor 1099s annually.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Who you are:

You are a team player with a professional demeanor focused on performing a variety of support functions. As a self-starter, you have excellent time and task management skills. You are an accomplished communicator, both verbal and written.

What you bring:

• Associate degree in Accounting or related field or equivalent in education and experience.
• Minimum two years of accounts payable experience.
• Experience with high volume accounts payable processes specific to engineering, architecture, or construction firm.
• Experience in Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel, and enterprise level payable applications. Process all incoming invoices reviewing for accuracy, overseeing approvals, and entering into Deltek Vision/Vantagepoint for all companies.
• Ensure invoices are recorded in accordance with company policy and generally accepted accounting principles.
• Distribute invoices for approval to proper associates within organization.
• Review all invoices for appropriate documentation and approval prior to data entry based on our organization’s policies and procedures.
• Communicate within the organization, including satellite offices, and with vendors regarding identified issues with invoices.
• Assist other companies/divisions with any matters regarding invoices and processes.
• Communicate with vendors regarding statements, invoice payment inquiries, invoices outstanding, etc.
• Send out weekly cash requirements for payment runs to CFO for approval
• Assist with compiling audit documentation.
• Tie-out intra-company invoices with accounts receivable.
• Monitor on-hold invoices and credit items.
• Assist with any month-end close items as requested.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

The things about us you will appreciate!

Our comprehensive benefit package includes the following:

• Three medical plan options (2 PPOs and a HDHP)
• Dental & vision plans
• Company-paid group life, short and long-term disability insurance
• Voluntary Life Insurance 
• Flexible and Dependent care spending accounts
• Additional Supplemental plans (Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Accident)
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off (PTO) which starts accruing upon hire
• Alternative Work Schedules

About Binkley & Barfield | DCCM

Binkley & Barfield, a DCCM company, and its sister companies offer a range of services, including transportation, structural, traffic, infrastructure (drainage, water, wastewater, and roadway), survey, construction management, utility engineering and coordination, subsurface utility engineering (SUE), telecommunications, power, pipeline, and emerging technologies.
Binkley & Barfield has also been voted one of Houston’s Top Places to Work by the Houston Chronicle over 10 years in a row and is repeatedly ranked as one of the Top 10 Largest Houston-Area Civil & Structural engineering firms by the Houston Business Journal. Binkley & Barfield continues to provide excellence not only to its clients but to its employees as well.