Construction Client Accountant

Construction Client Accountant

Remote|Construction Accounting|Sage 100 Contractor|Client Facing

If you’re an experienced construction accountant who enjoys working directly with clients, solving day-to-day accounting challenges, and managing a variety of work, this may be a great fit at Syscon.

As a Construction Client Accountant with Syscon, you’ll manage the day-to-day accounting needs of multiple construction clients, working directly in Sage 100 Contractor across payroll, job costing, WIP, billing, reconciliations, and month-end close. You’ll have ownership of your client work along with the support of a team that knows construction accounting and technology.

Recent, hands-on Sage 100 Contractor experience is required.

• You must also have direct construction accounting experience with WIP, job costing, payroll, progress billing, reconciliations, and month-end close.
• Experience with other construction accounting systems does not replace the Sage 100 Contractor requirement.

• Manage day-to-day accounting for multiple construction clients
• Personally process payroll directly in Sage 100 Contractor, including payroll taxes and filings
• Perform bank reconciliations, sales tax filings, month-end close, and billing support
• Prepare and maintain job costing and WIP
• Support progress billing, AP, AR, audit, and year-end accounting needs
• Work directly in Sage 100 Contractor supporting ongoing client accounting workflows
• Maintain accurate records and a clean audit trail across client work
• Identify and resolve accounting issues independently when possible
• Manage multiple client deadlines and competing priorities
• Communicate clearly with clients and follow through on commitments

• Recent, hands-on Sage 100 Contractor experience
• Strong, recent construction accounting experience
• Hands-on experience preparing and maintaining WIP and job costing
• Hands-on progress billing experience
• Experience personally processing payroll directly in Sage 100 Contractor, including payroll taxes and filings
• Multi-state payroll experience
• Union payroll and/or prevailing wage payroll experience
• Strong month-end close experience
• Hands-on AP, AR, journal entry, and reconciliation experience
• Ability to manage accounting responsibilities, deadlines, and competing priorities across multiple clients
• Comfort communicating directly with clients about day-to-day accounting questions and needs
• Strong organization, accuracy, and follow-through
• Ability to step into an existing client environment with minimal ramp-up

• Deep and recent Sage 100 Contractor experience
• Experience supporting multiple construction companies, entities, or clients
• Certified payroll experience
• AIA billing or pay application experience
• Experience supporting audits and year-end accounting
• Ability to explain accounting concepts clearly to non-accountants

• Clients trust your accuracy and responsiveness
• Deadlines are met across your client portfolio
• Books are clean, reconciled, and audit-ready
• WIP and job costing information is accurate and supported by the accounting
• Payroll and filings are accurate and on time
• Clients rely on you as their go-to resource for day-to-day accounting support

• High autonomy with accountability to deadlines and client commitments
• Strong internal support from leadership, IT, and business applications
• No ego, no drama: we show up, do the work, and support each other
• Teaching mindset: we help clients improve, not just complete tasks

• Full-time W-2 position
• Fully remote
• Salary commensurate with experience
• Flexible schedule with accountability to client commitments and deadlines
• Clients across multiple U.S. time zones
• U.S. work authorization required
• No employment…