Senior project accountant vs staff accountant

Differences between senior project accountant and staff accountant duties and responsibilities

Senior project accountant example responsibilities.

• Manage daily operations of the accounting department to include contract billing, accounts receivable, and monthly backlog/accrual reconciliations.
• Manage the review, enhancement, and creation of department policy and procedure documentation require for Sarbanes-Oxley auditing and compliance.
• Produce financial reports on a timely basis for building construction decision making using various job cost methods in conformity to GAAP.
• Provide recommendations and assist with development, documentation, and implementation of agree process improvement procedures according to GAAP and SOX.
• Audit and approve the supporting documents of all invoices of the company in accordance with the requirements regulations by SOX.
• Prepare schedules for recurring accruals and deferrals and amortize monthly.
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Staff accountant example responsibilities.

• Manage and monitor accounting procedures for compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley and coordinate and facilitate external audit requirements.
• Contribute revenue accruals using job cost system, fix assets including reclassification, reconciliation and depreciation.
• Prepare month-end journal entries and assist in compilation of financial statements, reconcile bank statements and general ledgers.
• Complete audit-quality account reconciliations monthly for balance sheet accounts including the capital projects in progress accounts and miscellaneous revenue accounts.
• Assume responsibility for cash management encompassing wire and ACH transfers processing, bank activity confirmation, and monthly bank account reconciliations.
• Handle all A/R and A/P, payroll, change orders, collections, lien placement and release, vendor account management.
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