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Stress Engineering Services

Staff Accountant

Stress Engineering Services, Houston, Texas, United States, 77246

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Overview Stress Engineering Services, Inc. is the premier provider of engineered solutions and professional consulting services across a wide range of engineering disciplines. Since 1972, our clients have benefited from our special in-depth technical knowledge and proven performance in failure analysis, solid mechanics and structural design, reliability and predictive engineering, electrical engineering, IoT device development, IIoT solutions implementation, instrumentation and testing, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, floating systems, forensics, and material science. We maintain an excellent reputation within the industries we serve, with more than 80% of our current business from repeat clients or direct referrals.

Responsibilities

Reviewing general ledger accounts and preparing and adjusting journal entries

Performing account analysis and reconciliation, including bank statements and intercompany general ledger accounts

Maintaining general ledger charts of accounts

Assisting with initial internal control evaluations

Posting monthly, quarterly, and yearly accruals

Assist in collecting accounts receivable

Client billing (F&O) system setup

Client contract / PO setup, financial data, and maintenance

Resolve purchase order / contract issues relating to project invoices for clients

Maintain / update client billing accounts

Identify specific client billing requirements; rate schedules to ensure clients are billed in accordance with MSA and contract

Enter and maintain project contract values

Assist in streamlining project contracts

Client portal experience (i.e. Ariba, Coupa)

Maintain accurate and timely records

Conduct investigations into project costs and create ad-hoc reporting.

Respond in a timely and professional manner to all internal and external parties

Respond to requests for more detail from customers.

Investigate project variances and submit variance reports to management.

Work closely with project manager and accounting staff

Must be a team player and able to interface with other personnel effectively

Other related duties as assigned

Qualifications Candidates must have a bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or business-related degree.

Strong technology skills are critical, particularly expertise with an ERP system (Dynamics 365 a plus). At minimum, intermediate Microsoft Excel (to include pivot tables & VLOOKUP).

Knowledge of full cycle accounting (include A / P – A / R cycles)

Staff accountant must be detailed-oriented, analytical, and organized, able to work on a variety of activities in a fast-paced environment.

Minimum 2 years of general accounting experience. Billing experience in an engineering or professional fee-based service firms a plus.

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