Junior Staff Accountant

A Junior Staff Accountant is responsible and accountable for performing a variety of general accounting and clerical tasks within the office to support daily accounting operations. Applicable duties will support each of accounts payable and billing departments and assisting with special projects and other work as requested.

Billing:

• Setting up new projects in compliance with revenue recognition standards and contract language.
• Ensuring timely and accurate recording of time and expenses to jobs, including subcontractor invoices.
• Performing month end expense accruals for incurred costs.
• Collaborate with project managers to manage WIP, revenue, and AR balances according to our established policies, procedures, and individual contract requirements.
• Prepare draft invoices according to individual client requirements and project manager input, in both a timely and accurate manner.
• Facilitate collection or creation of supplemental billing documentation and detailed expense back-up to accompany invoices as required by clients.
• Confirm project manager approval of draft invoices and submit approved invoices to clients.
• Respond to inquiries from various parties on billing issues in an accurate and timely manner.
• Prepare and provide various internal billing/project related reports as requested.
• Proactively identify billing or reporting issues and identify solutions. Research and resolve any billing discrepancies, escalating issues to the billing manager as appropriate

Accounts Payable:

• Daily monitoring of AP email inbox (replying to vendors, updating incoming invoices into folders to prepare for upload)
• Upload and route vendor invoices to various parties and follow up as needed to gather approvals.
• Monitor vendor invoice approval process, facilitating resolution of missing invoices per Vendor Statements, and outstanding approvals with internal parties.
• Set up new vendors with adequate paperwork (W9, COI, Sub agreement.
• Run and process AP Disbursement.
• QA/QC AP inbox with Voucher Review to ensure all invoices are present

Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree, particularly in accounting or a related field, is required.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in billing and /or accounts payable related function is required.
• Prior experience in project accounting with Deltek Vision or Deltek Vantagepoint accounting software is strongly preferred.
• Must have excellent customer services skills and communicate effectively and professionally with both internal team members and external clients, in person, in writing, or on the phone.
• Must work with attention to detail and prioritize accuracy.
• Must have strong organizational, planning, time management, and prioritization skills with the ability to efficiently manage a wide task load with frequent interruptions.
• Must have exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Must have proficient personal computer software skills, particularly with Excel and the other Microsoft Office Suite products.

Benefits Offered:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 10 Paid Holidays
• 15 PTO Days
• 401(k) Retirement Plan and Profit Sharing

Other:

• This position requires you to work onsite at our location in Orange
• Office Hours 8am-5pm, M-F

About Us:

EEC Environmental (EEC) has been providing expert environmental consulting services to private and public clients since 1995. We are one of the top environmental companies in the nation. From the outset, EEC’s team of environmental and engineering have focused on innovative and cost-effective solutions, complex environmental and engineering challenges. Our reputation as a leader in the field of stormwater, wastewater, soil, soil vapor, groundwater assessment, remediation, and due diligence has also made EEC the environmental consulting firm of choice for many Fortune 100 companies, nationally recognized law firms, business owners and municipalities throughout the United States.

EEC Environmental is an E-Verify Employer.

“EEC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.”

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $26.00 - $33.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Profit sharing
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person