Senior Accountant

Raba Kistner, Inc. Is a Premier Engineering Consulting And Program Management Firm. Our Purpose Is To Build a Better And More Sustainable World For Our Employees, Their Families, Our Clients, And The Communities We Serve. Our Core Values Are

• Community “We care for our communities”
• Integrity “We act with integrity”
• Passion “We infuse passion into everything we do”
• Quality “We believe quality comes from a culture of innovation and continuous improvement”
• Growth “We dedicate ourselves to personal and business growth”
  
  

Responsibilities

Raba Kistner is seeking a detailed-oriented, dependable Senior Accountant to join our team in San Antonio, TX . The Senior Accountant will be responsible for accurate and timely reporting for assigned profit centers, including month-end close, journal entry preparation, account reconciliations, financial statement analysis, reporting, and support for interim and annual applicable audits. This role also supports key operational accounting functions such as cash and treasury activities, payroll coordination, intercompany transactions, and international operations. In addition, the Senior Accountant helps maintain the integrity of financial reporting systems and internal controls in compliance with GAAP and industry standards, while providing support across other accounting functions as needed. Responsibilities include:

• Perform month-end close responsibilities, including preparation of general ledger journal entries, accruals, reclasses, related schedules, account reconciliations, reporting, and analysis, while meeting weekly and monthly close timelines
• Prepare reconciliations of assigned balance sheet accounts ensuring adequate supporting documentation, and responsible for researching any reconciling items, which include accrual accounts, prepaids and bank reconciliations.
• Process Sales Tax calculation, payments and reconciliations
• Assist with the preparation, review, and distribution of internal management financial reporting to accounting and division leaders
• Analyze financial statements and maintain monthly schedules for various balance sheet and P&L accounts, including accruals, fixed assets gains and loss, lease accounting schedules, payroll, and intercompany activity, to ensure proper financial presentation and supporting journal entries
• Prepare and post journal entries related to accounts receivable, cash, and intercompany activity, including retainage reclassifications, write-offs, revenue transfers, bad debt reserves, AR/AP eliminations, daily bank deposits, and cash receipts postings
• Support treasury functions, including wire transfers, account funding, credit card payments, and monitoring and posting bank activity and related fees
• Collaborate with project managers and internal teams to ensure financial accuracy and alignment
• Maintain organized, detailed, and compliant accounting documentation
• Assist in preparing project financial reports and analyzing variances
• Provide general assistance to other accounting teams as required, including accounts payable support, vendor accruals, and purchase order creation with supporting documentation
• Support Mexico operations, including journal entries, PO administration and processing, payments, bank transaction initiation, exchange rate postings, account reconciliations, payroll coordination, documentation, and coordination with internal teams and external accountants
• Oversee payroll-related accounting, including payroll journal entries, bank adjustments, accruals, and coordination with payroll systems, including reconciliations between payroll systems, ERP, and related bank accounts
• Assist with internal and external audits, year-end audit requests, compliance, and regulatory reporting, including annual and quarterly reporting requirements
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve accounting processes and efficiency
• Ensure compliance with company policies, accounting standards, and regulatory requirements
• Serve as a back-up for all accounting functions
• Perform other duties as assigned
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field; Master's degree preferred.
• Five (5) to ten (10) years of accounting experience preferably in the professional service industry.
  
  

Good oral and written communications skills and ability to work in teams at different levels within the organization. Demonstrate ability to efficiently handle multiple tasks. Advance level skills in Microsoft Office (Word and Excel). Able to perform analytics and learn the accounting system and other software. Must be self-motivated with good attendance record and be able to work independently.

The following physical activities described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations.

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, stop, and talk. May be required to lift and/or move up to 15 pounds. Frequently required to use hands and reach. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, far vision, color vision, peripheral vision, focus vision and depth vision. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate (business office with computers/printers, light traffic, etc.).

This position may require protracted or irregular hours. Flexibility to work irregular hours is necessary due to client needs.

EOE/Disabled/Veteran

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