Accounting Manager (Coppell, TX) - Austin Bridge & Road

Austin Industries is one of the nation’s largest, most diversified U.S.-based construction companies. With more than 7,000 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 is currently seeking a Accountant Manager to be located at our corporate headquarters in Coppell, TX. We excel at what we do and are looking for talented professionals that want to excel with us.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and oversee the daily operation of asphalt plants accounting for our operating company, related to:
  • Accuracy of general ledger, monthly balance sheets account reconciliations
  • Inventory account management, product standard cost evaluation
  • Department cost review to ensure the integrity of the accounting system
  • Month end and year end close process
  • Inventory and cost of goods sold evaluation
  • Plants fixed cost, admin support cost allocation
  • Financial reports and cost/profit variance analysis (including KPIs and various business metrics)
  • Periodic forecast and budgeting processes
  • Accounts receivable, including AR collections, and lien notices
  • Fixed assets activities, work in progress cost review

• Establish and enforce proper accounting methods, policies and principles
• Improve systems and procedures and initiate corrective actions
• Provide required training to accounting staff, manage and develop the team
• Perform regular credit reviews on customers and work closely with sales managers  
• Support plant and field operations of variance needs
• Assist in external and internal audit
• Ad Hoc special projects

Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years accounting experience, with some supervisor experience
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance required
• Master’s Degree or CPA preferred
• Knowledge in cost accounting or inventory in manufacturing is preferred
• High attention to details and accuracy
• Strong analytical skills
• Highly proficient with Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Able to work well in a team environment
• 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.

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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. 

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