General Accounting Specialist

Midsouth Steel, a leader in the fabrication and erection on structural steel has an immediate need for a General Accounting Specialist. This is a full time (M-F 8am to 5pm) position on site by the Atlanta airport.

Responsibilities:

• Works in tandem with Customers, PM Liaison team, Accounts payable and Accounts Receivable.
• Manages the Supplier and Subcontractor Waiver Tracker
o Reports bi-weekly on whether there are any issues, concerns or positive feedback.
• Is responsible for billing submission, waivers and collections for the PMs they are allocated.
o Generates billing in Vista’s JB progress Billing as per project manager’s instructions.
o Manages all collections pertaining to PMs projects.
 Utilizes collection action plan to ensure thorough communication with customers for timely payment.  Acquires requested customer waivers from General Accounting Specialist to submit to GC for timely payment
 Inform PM Compliance Liaison team if a subcontractor is out of compliance, why and if it is holding up a payment.
• Reviews customer contracts for billing processes associated with their PMs projects
o Ensures billing and payment terms are in Vista and terms are honored.
• Utilizes a weekly Collection report reflecting what has been collected for the current week and what is projected to be collected in the following week. Will be combined with General Accounting Specialists.
o Who has paid/ who will pay and how much?
• Utilizes a bi-weekly retainage report to show what retainage has been released and what has been billed. Will be combined with General Accounting Specialists.
o Have any retainage reductions been issued? Have you asked the PM?
• Utilizes a weekly billing report to reflect who was billed/ amount/ date for the current week and following, Will be combined with General Accounting Specialists.
o Billings usually fall on the 15th or the 20th.

Job Requirements

• Experience with construction collections is a huge plus.
• Experience with an ERP system (Vista Viewpoint is a huge plus)
• Excellent communication skills.
• Bachelors Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Management is a plus.