Senior Accountant - Joint Venture Center of Excellence

Division:
Headquarters

Project Location(s):
New York, NY 10001 USA

Minimum Years

Experience:

Travel Involved: 10-20%

Job Type: Regular

Job Classification:
Experienced

Education:

Bachelors Degree

Job Family:
Finance

Compensation:
Salaried Exempt

Provide accounting oversight and support for Turner joint ventures across the organization. Partner with Business Center (BCs) project stakeholders and Finance teams to ensure accurate financial reporting, month-end close, banking and tax activities, joint venture (JV)
V setup and closeout, compliance, and process consistency. Partner with development of JV policies, controls, reporting, training, and technology-enabled processes throughout the JV lifecycle.

• Lead JV month-end close activities, including accruals, balance sheet accounts, over/under billing, distributions, contributions, accounts receivable, recurring journal entries, and related reporting.
• Analyze JV account activity, variances, and outstanding items; partner with Business Units to resolve issues and support timely, accurate close.
• Maintain JV data and processing requirements across financial systems (i.e. Salesforce, SAP) and related internal financial systems and reporting tools.
• Monitor JV accounting for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with Turner Finance policies, internal controls, and Signing
• Authority and Approval Matrix (SAAM) requirements; identify and elevate financial or process risks as needed.

• Lead JV bank account setup, maintenance, and closeout, including required documentation and communication with BCs, Shared Service Organization (SSO), Treasury, and Textura/bank.
• Manage banking activities such as ACH setup, interest, bank fees, and account status maintenance.
• Manage JV information required for tax, compliance, reporting, and audit activities, including management fees, income tax/UBT, interest expense, charitable contributions, R&D tax credit support, FEIN information, and retained earnings.

• Collaborate with BCs throughout the JV lifecycle, from financial setup and ongoing accounting through distributions and closeout; coordinate closeout of trial balances, subcontracts, receivables, payables, financial systems, and bank accounts.
• Maintain and improve JV Policies & Procedures, closeout checklists, SAAM templates, forms, and other standardized resources.
• Identify opportunities to centralize, simplify, and automate JV accounting processes to improve accuracy, consistency, timeliness, and efficiency, including expanded use of bots, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and other technologies.

• Serve as a Finance resource and point of contact for BCs on JV accounting questions, processes, deadlines, and escalated issues.
• Provide guidance and training on Turner financial policies, JV accounting procedures, systems, controls, and established workflows.
• Maintain centralized JV resources, including the joint venture center of excellence (JV COE) SharePoint site, master lists, status logs, training materials, and supporting financial information.
• Travel required

* Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or related field, and 5 years related experience or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience
* Supervisory or management preferred
* Strong understanding of accounting principles and company policies, ability to educate and enforce policies
* Ability to read and understand financial reports
* Analytic ability to review and assess financial data, interpret trends, and recognize inconsistencies
* Apply critical thinking to manage through complex decisions and judgments
* Display actions related to profitability and risk management and effectively communicate issues
* Exercises independent judgment and discretion with proven analytic and decision making abilities
* Applies innovation to offer and implement suggestions to improve overall operations
* Ability to simultaneously manage many activities, requests, and short-cycle deadlines
* Advanced proficiency of financial system applications, SAP and Textura experience, and advanced MS Excel skills
* High degree of organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail
* Self-motivated, adaptable and flexible to operate with minimal direction and supervision while working in complex and changing environment
* Lead by example and set…