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Assistant Accountant

Turner Construction
Memphis, TN Full Time
POSTED ON 2/8/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/8/2025

Division : Memphis Main

Project Location(s) :

Memphis, TN 38119 USA

Minimum Years Experience :

Travel Involved :

Job Type :

Regular Job Classification :

Experienced Education : Job Family : Finance Compensation : Salaried Non-Exempt

Position Description :

Provide financial services to profit centers and may include any specific accounting function.

Essential Duties & Key Responsibilities :

  • Universal :

Correspond with profit centers regarding deadlines, month end close schedule, and standardized processes.

  • Maintain current knowledge and compliance with internal policy changes.
  • Ensure incoming documentation meets current company policy and procedures.
  • Provide information to auditors in support of internal review.
  • Standardize and continuously improve financial center and financial processes.
  • Provide timely processing of urgent and non-standard requests.
  • Assist with financial system updates and improvements.
  • Other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.
  • Accounts Payable :
  • Audit invoices and check requests.

  • Follow up with profit center financial managers and staff for required approvals and back up.
  • Coordinate storage pickups for records retention.
  • Expedite subcontractor payments and address compliance issues with profit center accountants.
  • Forward approved reports to each profit center for review.
  • Address missing items or payment method issues with profit center.
  • Prepare proposals and generate checks as authorized by office accountants.
  • Coordinate external vendor disbursements and associated internal software system clearings.
  • Distribute checks via mail or overnight.
  • General Ledger / Accounts Receivable :
  • Enter journal entries.

  • Distribute accounts receivable reports / reconciliations to profit centers / headquarters according to published schedule.
  • Assist with reconciliation process.
  • Maintain documents in established filing system.
  • Reconciliations :
  • Log and reconcile bank accounts and track reconciliations performed by profit centers.

  • Log and complete monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
  • Create journal entries to clear reconciliation items ensuring proper approvals are obtained.
  • Request voids and reissues of outstanding checks greater than 180 days.
  • Process and update sales and use tax reports and communicate issues with tax team.
  • Provide detailed inventory listings for profit centers.
  • Special Services :
  • Audit and process expense reports in expense reporting system.

  • Perform daily upload of employee data files from expense reporting system to internal software system, creating both payroll and A / P files.
  • Monitor corporate credit card account oversee day-to-day activities and maintain vendor relationship, expense reporting system and purchase card provider.
  • Maintain confidential document records for backup.
  • Assist service desk for business partner maintenance and vendor pre-qualification related issues.
  • Obtain all required documentation for vendor setup process.
  • Verify authenticity of all vendors prior to set up in internal software system, utilizing "Real-Time" FEIN verification capabilities.
  • Perform year-end 1099 reports and verify accuracy of data files prior to IRS remittance.
  • Audit and distribute headquarters accounts payable expenses for processing (including confidential payments, legal, HR, insurance, pension).
  • Report Company fixed assets schedule and maintain a detailed inventory for each profit center.
  • Perform check research and issue stop payments and check voids.
  • Qualifications :

  • Associate's Degree in Accounting or related field, from accredited degree program with 1-2 years related experience or equivalent combination of education, training and / or experience
  • Understand basic accounting principles
  • Proficient with financial systems applications, MS Office, MS Excel and general office skills
  • Basic understanding of policies and procedures and able to identify problems and make recommendations for resolution
  • Must be highly organized, able to prioritize competing demands, detail oriented, maintain accuracy, and self-check work
  • Able to work independently, with some oversight, and in team environment
  • Must follow established procedures and execute directions to completion without need of follow up by management
  • Must have good work ethic and integrity, be dependable, adaptable, cooperative, and motivated to take on new responsibilities
  • Professional written and verbal communication skills
  • Must display initiative, teamwork and independent thinking
  • Physical Demands :

    The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee frequently views a computer monitor and frequently uses a computer keyboard. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, and reach with hands, talk, and hear. The employee must regularly lift and / or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and / or move up to 25 pounds.

    Work Environment :

    The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works in an office or remote setting. The noise in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate in an office setting. The employee is required to work in compliance with company safety policies, procedures, and applicable laws.

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    Turner is an Equal Opportunity Employer - race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.

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