Accounting Clerk, Kansas City, KS

Our Team

The Bilfinger group of companies enhances the efficiency of assets, ensures a high level of availability, and reduces maintenance costs for its clients. Its portfolio covers the entire value chain from consulting, engineering, manufacturing, assembly, maintenance, plant expansion, as well as turnarounds. 

Bilfinger Industrial Services Inc.is a leading provider of complex and comprehensive industrial services specializing in chemicals, manufacturing, assembly, and construction. With over 80 years of experience, on a multitude of projects across multiple markets, we excel at making the impossible possible.

Driven by integrity and a long-standing culture of performance excellence, Bilfinger doesn’t just build structures – we build relationships. Our professionals share 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. Bilfinger Industrial Services Inc provides employees with training and opportunities, both internally and externally, to further develop in their role and prepare them for elevated roles. 

The Role

Accounting Clerks manage accounts and provide support for the accounting, construction and safety departments. They may also be responsible for payroll or maintaining vendor/subcontractor accounts and processing procurement requests for goods and services.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years’ experience in corporate accounting in the industrial or commercial construction industry, industrial preferred

• Working knowledge of SAP, preferred.

• Previous Construction, POC accounting or Job Cost experience preferred.

• Technically proficient in US GAAP; exposure to IFRS 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 Bilfinger’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, include but not limited to: Microsoft Office suite, particularly Excel, and SAP.

  • Mentor and train team members

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance highly desired

Responsibilities:

• Accounting Clerk: Prepares complex weekly balance sheet reconciliations timely and accurately, as assigned; Prepares week-end. month-end and year-end close, journal entries, fixed assets, treasury postings, etc; Prepares and monitors the fixed assets registers (IFRS, US GAAP and TAX); Prepares monthly balance sheet and P&L on timely basis; Assists with preparing the quarterly and annual financial statements based on US GAAP and IFRS basis; Bookkeeping and general accounting; Ensure owned construction equipment charges are sufficiently applied on a weekly basis; Creating and maintaining spreadsheets; Preparing and timely routing of weekly job cost summary reports; Preparing summary reports of accounting activity and compiling financial reports and summaries to management; Operating time clock data terminals and other standard office equipment; Creating and updating craftsperson’s time clock data and payroll reconciliation; Performing clerical work and interoffice support including receiving and processing mail; Invoicing and reconciliation; Ensuring compliance with company accounting policies are compliant with regulations and accounting standards; Maintaining and promoting excellent vendor & subcontractor relations; Assembling, sorting and tabulating codes and filing data; Verifying claims and processing orders; Assists management with ad-hoc requests, including special projects and initiatives; Observes and complies with all safety rules; Performs other related duties as required and assigned.

• Safety: Ensure compliance with Bilfinger Industrial Services’ Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (HSEQ) guidelines and procedures along with all local requirements (OSHA, etc.).

• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Occasional travel may be required.

• Performance of the required job duties will be in an on project/site office environment along with daily project walks that are under construction which may include various weather conditions.

• The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job:

  • The ability to walk terrain and surfaces that may be far, uneven, or temporary

  • The ability to regularly sit, stand, walk, talk and hear

  • The ability to frequently use hands to finger, handle or feel

  • The ability to occasionally climb, balance, stoop, kneel, squat, or reach

  • The ability to frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Please reach out to Jaime Marie Koerner (703)638-4826 for any questions related to this position. 

Bilfinger Industrial Services Inc.  is an Equal Opportunity Employer – All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin or ancestry, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, on the basis of traits historically associated with race (including hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists), or any other status protected by the law.

This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.

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