Accounts Receivable Junior Accountant

Job Description

Accounts Receivable Junior Accountant | Rycon Construction

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Rycon Construction, Inc., located in Pittsburgh, PA. Rycon Construction, Inc. is an employee-owned company specializing in construction management, general contracting, and design-build services nationwide. They are an ENR Top 400 Contractor, celebrating 35 years, and work on a diverse portfolio including healthcare, educational, industrial, commercial, and multi-unit residential projects. This role is crucial for ensuring accurate and timely project billings, maintaining organized financial records, and supporting project close-out activities, directly impacting the company’s financial operations and client relationships.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person Pittsburgh, PA

• Team: Reports to Corporate Accounts Receivable Supervisor
• Mission: Owns the preparation, issuance, and posting of project billings, ensuring compliance with contract terms, maintaining financial records, and resolving payment discrepancies for assigned projects.
• Tech Stack: Sage, Procore, Excel

What You’ll Actually Do
• Billings: Prepare and issue project billings for assigned projects, including schedule of values, pay applications, and progress billings consistent with contract terms and owner requirements for various contract types.
• Posting: Post project billings and billing adjustments in the ERP system, ensuring all project billings are completed monthly prior to close deadlines.
• Record Keeping: Maintain organized project financial records, including billing support, schedule of values worksheets, and lien waiver collection tracking, while adhering to project accounting procedures.
• Account Management: Monitor customers’ account balances, investigate and resolve payment discrepancies, and follow up on past due amounts for assigned projects.
• Project Support: Conduct meetings with project managers, serve as a day-to-day point of contact for financial matters, prepare routine project financial reports, and support close-out activities including final billing and retention release.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Associate’s degree in Accounting, Business, or a related field required; basic understanding of accounting fundamentals.
• Experience: Entry-level; comfortable with data entry and desktop productivity tools.
• Skills: Strong attention to detail and accuracy; strong organizational skills and ability to manage a queue of work under recurring monthly deadlines; strong written and verbal communication skills; discretion and integrity in handling financial and operational information.
• Bonus: Construction industry experience a plus; working proficiency in Excel and ability to learn construction systems such as Sage and Procore a plus.