DELTA | Sr. Construction Accountant Cape Girardeau, MO

Sr. Construction Accountant

Delta Companies Inc. is a division of Reeves Construction Company, the Colas USA subsidiary that operates throughout the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Missouri and Arkansas. Delta is a highway and site development contractor specializing in asphalt paving and road construction materials. Delta is vertically integrated, with numerous aggregate locations, asphalt plants, a liquid asphalt terminal, and local construction offices, to serve multiple transportation infrastructure needs.

Delta continuously strives to be a model of excellence by working with our customers to provide safe, sustainable, and cost-effective solutions.

Job Summary:

Leads construction accounting and job costing to ensure accurate, timely, and actionable project financials across multiple concurrent jobs. Applies advanced accounting principles to analyze financial information, prepare and review financial reports, drive disciplined project cost controls, and partner with operations to support margin protection and cash flow. Serves as a subject-matter expert on construction job costing, revenue recognition, and project financial governance.

Main Responsibilities:

• Champion the Company's safety culture; model safe behaviors on jobsites and in the office; support Safety Steering and Continuous Improvement initiatives.
• Promote and practice the Company's core values, vision, and mission; uphold the code of ethics, workplace conduct, and all policies.
• Direct and perform detailed tracking and analysis of project costs (labor, materials, subcontractors, and equipment); ensure costs are captured to the correct job, phase, and cost type in real time.
• Reconcile job cost subledgers to the general ledger monthly; investigate and resolve discrepancies; ensure accurate cutoff and accruals.
• Prepare, review, and present job cost reports, work-in-progress (WIP) schedules, cost-to-complete, earned value, productivity analysis, and variance analysis to project managers and leadership; recommend corrective actions.
• Assist with review of project budget and re-forecasting of monthly EAC updates with upload of monthly changes into JDE.
• Oversee timely, accurate project billing (schedule of values, T&M, unit-price, progress billings); align billing with contract terms, retainage, lien waivers, and supporting documentation; monitor AR collections and cash flow by job.
• Drive timely job closeout: final cost true-ups, punch-list cost capture, revenue recognition, final billing, release of retainage, and lessons-learned on cost performance.
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards, company policies, and contract requirements; apply construction-specific accounting, including percentage-of-completion, over/under billings, and cost capitalization.
• Review, investigate, and correct errors or inconsistencies in financial entries, documents, and reports; strengthen internal controls over project costs, purchasing, payroll allocations, and equipment charging.
• Prepare/coordinate regulatory filings (e.g., highway use tax); support audits and provide job-level audit trails.
• Collaborate with project managers, superintendents, estimators, and procurement to ensure accurate cost capture, disciplined change management, and margin protection.
• Review fuel, equipment, and small tools usage; validate utilization rates, and allocations to jobs or business units; resolve discrepancies promptly.
• Review employee expense reports for accurate GL/job coding, cost center allocation, policy compliance, and timely submission.
• Perform statistical and trend analyses on labor productivity, committed vs. incurred costs, subcontractor performance, vendor pricing, and cash flow; identify risks and opportunities and drive action.
• Conduct studies and recommend improvements to accounting operations, cost control processes, and financial systems; champion process standardization and automation.
• Lead monthly close activities for project accounting: accruals, prepaids/allocations, revenue recognition, WIP and margin roll-forwards, and reconciliations.
• Prepare, review, and analyze monthly financial statements and dashboards; ensure integrity and…