DELTA┃ Manufacturing Staff Accountant Cape Girardeau, MO

Delta Companies Inc. is a division of Reeves Construction Company, the Colas USA subsidiary that operates throughout the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Missouri and Arkansas. Delta is a highway and site development contractor specializing in asphalt paving and road construction materials. Delta is vertically integrated, with numerous aggregate locations, asphalt plants, a liquid asphalt terminal, and local construction offices, to serve multiple transportation infrastructure needs. Delta continuously strives to be a model of excellence by working with our customers to provide safe, sustainable, and cost-effective solutions. To learn more about Delta Companies Inc. visit www.deltacos.com.

The Colas USA Family of Companies provides competitive pay, outstanding benefits, career advancement opportunities, professional education, and extensive training for every employee. We pride ourselves on upholding the highest standards of safety, environmental conservation, and ethical conduct as we strive to grow our infrastructure products and services through empowering and developing our people, fostering innovation, utilizing new technology, and maximizing vertical integration at all levels of the company’s value chain. To learn more about the Colas USA Family of Companies, please visit www.colasusa.com. 

Job Summary

Applies principles of accounting to analyze financial information, prepare financial reports, and perform weekly, monthly, and annual tasks to help provide accurate financials. 

Main Responsibilities

• Embrace the Company’s safety culture, actively support all safety initiatives, and adhere to defined accountabilities implemented by the Safety
  Steering and Continuous Improvement teams
• Support, promote, and practice the Company’s core values, vision, and mission; follow code of ethics, workplace conduct, safety, and other
  established policies
• Reviews employee expense reports to ensure accurate general ledger coding, appropriate cost center allocation, complete and compliant
  supporting documentation, adherence to company travel and expense policies, resolution of discrepancies, and timely submission for
  processing.
• Reviews assets for annual property tax assessments to ensure accurate valuations, proper classification, and compliance with jurisdictional
  requirements, and prepares and submits all related filings in a timely manner.
• Prepare/coordinate reports required by regulatory agencies, e.g., sales and use tax, highway use tax
• Reviews fuel and equipment usage to ensure accurate coding, proper allocation to jobs or business units, compliance with company policies,
  and timely correction of discrepancies.
• Compile and analyze financial information to prepare entries to accounts, such as general ledger accounts, documenting business
  transactions
• Perform statistical analyses to determine trends, estimates, and significant changes
• Monitor compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and company procedures
• Review, investigate, and correct errors and inconsistencies in financial entries, documents, and reports
• Conduct studies and submit recommendations for improving the organization's accounting operation
• Support monthly close processes. Prepare, review, and analyze monthly financial reports to ensure integrity is maintained
  
  

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, Finance, related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience required • Valid driver’s license and ability to maintain a clean driving history

Skills and Experience

• Minimum 1 year of accounting experience required; 3 years preferred. 
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
• Ability to effectively respond to common inquiries and concerns from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community
• Ability to apply accounting concepts such as debits, credits, reconciliation, discounts, interest, commissions, analysis, etc.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and