What are the responsibilities and job description for the Budget Accountant position at Epcon Communities?
Who is Epcon? A trusted home builder for over 39 years.
Experience a more Livable Lifestyle. At Epcon Communities, our mission is to build homes, neighborhoods, and lifestyles that provide one remarkable experience. We have delivered on that promise since 1986 by integrating smart, innovative designs with the most desirable of modern amenities. Today, more than 30,000 families and individuals call an Epcon community “home,” which makes Epcon one of the top lifestyle-rich home developers in the country year after year.
Your Next Opportunity
The Budget Accountant will work as a liaison between the Accounting Department and the Regional Land Teams, contributing to updates, review and reconciliation of actual to budget variances and remaining cost to complete development for all active communities. Additionally, this position will work with the Regional Purchasing Teams, evaluating and examining actual to budget variances for vertical construction costs for closed homes.
Responsibilities
- Direct and support the Regional Land Teams with cost to complete (CTC) reporting requirements, including cost to complete review meetings. Manage the reconciliation between the Regional Land Team and the Accounting Team for all land development costs, expenditures, and variances with budgets and cost to complete estimates. Work will include, but is not limited to, the review, analysis, and updating of monthly cost to complete estimates for accuracy and proper cost allocation.
- Examine vertical cost of goods sold (COGS) variance reports for all closed homes prepared by the Regional Purchasing Teams. Identify trends, significant or unusual variances, missing or miscoded costs, and proper documentation to ensure that all vertical costs are recorded when the home closes.
- Assist with the lot takedown process and maintain schedules to ascertain the Company is meeting its contractual obligations and loan requirements.
To Be Successful as a Budget Accountant
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field
- Demonstrated work history in cost accounting and related experience in the homebuilding industry in lieu of degree.
- 2-4 years of accounting and budgeting experience
- Prior experience in an accounting or budgeting role in homebuilding industry strongly preferred.
- Intermediate Excel skills.
- Strong time management skills to manage multiple competing priorities and deadlines.
- Organized with attentive to detail and accuracy.
What We Offer the Budget Accountant
- Health benefits including medical, dental, & vision coverage
- Company-provided short- and long-term disability and life insurance
- 401(k) plan including company match
- Paid time off including vacation, sick and holidays
- Convenient Dublin location with free parking on-site.
Epcon Communities Services, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.