Accounting Manager - Remote or Hybrid

Accounting Manager - Remote or Hybrid 

 

Centennial is a national leader in renovation, construction, and design-build services, with a national reach spanning from Florida to Alaska, with offices led by construction professionals sharing a common goal; to keep promises, honor commitments and exceed client expectations. Our performance is what has helped, and continues to help forge strong partnerships, which are strengthened over time.  

 

Driven by integrity and a long-standing culture of performance excellence, Centennial doesn’t just build structures – we transform spaces and create places. These are unique places for our clients to learn, teach, work, play, and heal. With 30 years of nationwide experience, on over $4 billion in diverse projects, we excel at making the impossible possible.  Centennial provides employees opportunities, both internally and externally, to further develop in their role, yet also grow into other roles, and even leadership positions.

 

The Role

The Accounting Manager’s primary area of focus is managing payroll related accounting processes and actions. They will play a key role in the Accounting and Finance department during a dynamic period of high growth and process transformation. They will be responsible for taking ownership of various workstreams within the organization. They are responsible for the analysis and general ledger reconciliations for a variety of payroll tax accounts at the employer and employee level and ensuring compliance with all non-income tax related regulations to include external audits, and managing accounts payable activities.

 

Qualifications:

• 4+ years’ relevant experience

• Must have previous experience independently managing payroll actions on a recurrent basis

• Must be able to provide top notch customer service support to our employees, partners, vendors, and clients

• Experience working with the industrial or commercial construction industry, a plus

• Must demonstrate a strong ability to:

  • Adapt and be flexible to frequent changes in a fast-paced work environment

  • Demonstrate integrity consistent with Centennial’s core values

  • Collaborate and work effectively in a team environment with people of various backgrounds and styles

  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, to include clear, concise, and professional presentation of information

  • Adapt to the constantly evolving world of technology and methods, systems may include but not limited to: Microsoft Office suite, Adobe, and others

  • Must be very experienced in Excel

  • Previous experience with ADP desired

  • Mentor and train assistant level operations team members

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Management, or related field highly desired

 

Responsibilities:

• Payroll: Manage all functions related to the timely processing of the bi-weekly payroll; Manage monthly reconciliation of all payroll related liability accounts; Ensure timely filing of monthly and quarterly payroll taxes; Ensure the transfer of funds to payroll accounts to cover payroll and related taxes; Oversee processing of year-end 1099 forms and W-2 statements; Ensure timely administration and payments related to garnishments, workers compensation issues, vacation and sick leave balances; Provide input into the G&A and project budget preparation; Act as primary point-of-contact for ADP technical and support issues; Assist employees with all payroll and timesheet issues; Review employee expense reimbursement entries; Provide year-end audit support.; Ensure ledger balances in these accounts are accurate and ensure resolution of reconciling items; Collaborate closely with team members to understand posting issues, payroll processing questions, and be able to identify opportunities for process improvement; Work with Finance, Operations,and  HR teams to identify and escalate any system issues affecting financial data accuracy; Develop intricate knowledge of the payroll system and how it interfaces with the general ledger; Manage the period close process including preparation and review of manual journal entries, monitoring period close activities, and assist Finance Business Partners and stakeholders with P&L analysis as needed; Collaborate, train, and provide regular and actionable mentoring, feedback and professional development opportunities to team members; Establish a process improvement mindset across the team Prepare and file all sales, use, BPOL and personal property tax returns;  Assist in preparing GAAP financial statements; Securing and reconciling client blanket payment and performance bonds.

• Accounts Payable/Account