Job Summary Required Qualifications and Skills
We are seeking an experienced Accountant with strong Accounts Receivable, Collections, and Payroll expertise for a direct hire opportunity in San Jose, CA. This role is ideal for a hands-on accounting professional who enjoys variety, ownership, and working in a stable construction-related environment.
This position offers the opportunity to support both payroll and accounts receivable functions while using Sage 100 Contractor software. The company offers a family-like work environment, long-term stability, and a collaborative office culture where accounting, operations, and leadership work closely together. Candidates who thrive in a supportive, team-oriented setting and enjoy making a direct impact on financial operations will find this to be a strong fit.
The Accountant will oversee key functions including accounts receivable, collections, billing, payroll processing, reconciliations, and related accounting support. This is a great opportunity for a detail-oriented professional who can manage deadlines, communicate effectively across departments, and help keep accounting operations running smoothly.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee accounts receivable operations, including billing, invoicing, account reconciliations, and customer account follow-up.
- Manage collections activity, including debt collection, liens, pre-liens, and communication with internal accounting teams.
- Support payroll operations, including payroll processing, employee records, vacation and sick leave tracking, workers’ compensation, benefits, and 401k-related administration.
- Prepare monthly journal entries, account analysis, inventory close support, and monthly close-related accounting tasks.
- Assist with tracking and reporting capital projects, fixed asset activity, and quarterly and annual audit schedules.
- Support office staff coordination, training, and accounting workflow improvements as needed.
Compensation and Benefits
- Pay range: $35.00 to $42.00 per hour, depending on experience.
- Direct hire opportunity.
- Stable company environment with more than 35 years in business.
- Family-like workplace culture.
- Oversee accounts receivable, collections, and payroll operations.
- Prepare reconciliations, journal entries, billing, reporting, and close-related accounting support.
- Manage payroll-related records, employee benefit transactions, and communication across accounting functions.
- Support audit schedules, capital project tracking, fixed asset activity, and accounting process accuracy.
- 6 to 10 years of relevant accounting, accounts receivable, collections, and payroll experience.
- Strong knowledge of business accounting principles and accounting software integration.
- Hands-on experience with Sage 100 Contractor.
- Experience with billing, invoicing, account reconciliations, journal entries, and collections processes.
- Understanding of payroll operations, employee records, benefits administration, workers’ compensation, vacation, sick leave, and 401k-related transactions.
- Ability to communicate clearly with internal teams, customers, and vendors.
- Strong attention to detail, organization, follow-through, and confidentiality.
- Ability to speak, read, and write English.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bilingual English and Spanish communication skills.
- Experience in the construction, industrial facilities, infrastructure, or contractor-related industry.
- Experience with liens, pre-liens, and construction-related collections processes.
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