<p>Robert Half is partnering with a company located in the South Side to identify a Staff Accountant for a temporary engagement lasting 3–6 months, with the potential to be extended. This is a fully onsite position, working 40 hours per week, supporting a dynamic accounting and operations team.</p><p><br></p><p>Key Responsibilities:</p><p>Support the accounting function, including maintenance of the general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and project accounting, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.</p><p>Assist with the monthly close process, including posting month-end entries, preparing financial statements, bank reconciliations, journal entries, and reports.</p><p>Support accounts receivable and accounts payable processes, including:</p><p>Processing, reviewing, and entering sales orders in the ERP system</p><p>Generating and submitting customer invoices</p><p>Preparing deposits and posting cash receipts</p><p>Processing vendor invoices using a three-way match system</p><p>Executing timely and accurate vendor payments</p><p>Maintaining daily cash registers and preparing monthly project reports across divisions</p><p>Maintain ERP project data, including project setup, customer contracts, purchase orders, cost documentation, and transfer pricing calculations.</p><p>Track project progress against budgeted costs and margins; perform revenue recognition and reconciliation for point-in-time and over-time contracts.</p><p>Support and maintain the purchasing database, including purchase order creation, approvals, ERP entry, and lifecycle maintenance.</p><p>Provide accounting support to project managers and operations staff and respond to financial questions as needed.</p><p>Act as a liaison between the company, government entities, and external accountants to ensure accurate and complete financial records.</p><p>Train and evaluate associates to enhance performance, development, and quality of work.</p><p>Prepare and recommend operating and personnel budgets; monitor spending and recommend variance adjustments.</p><p>Ensure key metrics are gathered and reported.</p><p>Monitor customer accounts for non-payments or irregularities and assist with collections of past-due accounts.</p><p>Support payroll and expense reconciliation between corporate reports and ERP entries.</p><p>Assist with monthly sales and use tax reporting.</p><p>Provide ad hoc financial reports to management as requested.</p><p><br></p><p>Essential Job Requirements:</p><p>Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks simultaneously</p><p>Strong attention to detail</p><p>Dependable with a high level of integrity</p><p>Strong analytical skills</p><p>Advanced Excel skills, including lookups and pivot tables</p><p>Experience with project-based accounting and project-based ERP systems</p><p>Understanding of the full accounts receivable lifecycle, including sales orders, credit approvals, invoicing, collections, and payment processing</p><p>Familiarity with IT infrastructure and software maintenance</p><p><br></p><p>If you have the appropriate background for the Staff Accountant role and are interested in being considered, please apply using the Robert Half website. After applying to this accounting/finance role, please CALL immediately at 412-471-5946 to confirm your application has been received and reference Job #03730-0013360621</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
