Accounting Specialist

We are seeking an experienced, hands-on Accounting Specialist to work directly with our Controller in our Troy, Michigan corporate office. This role supports Element's day-to-day accounting operations, including invoicing, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accounting records and data integrity, onboarding administration, and selected fleet-related functions. The right candidate enjoys transactional accounting while also thinking beyond data entry; recognizing gaps, asking thoughtful questions, and helping make recurring work more accurate and efficient.

Salary Range: $60,000.00 - $65,000.00 per year

Annual Base Salary Based on Experience

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Health Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Mon-Fri Schedule

Retirement Plan

Paid Holidays

What We’re Looking For

• Approximately 3-5 years of progressive accounting, bookkeeping, billing, accounts receivable, accounts payable, or transactional finance experience.
• Strong hands-on invoicing experience and confidence working with detailed project and customer billing requirements.
• Experience with payment application, vendor invoice processing and coding, accounting record maintenance, and discrepancy research.
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel proficiency, including formulas, lookups, tables, sorting and filtering, conditional formatting, pivot tables, and data reconciliation.
• Experience with Quick Books Online or a comparable accounting system.
• Strong organization, attention to detail, follow-through, professional communication, and discretion with confidential information.
• A process-driven, efficiency-focused mindset and willingness to identify gaps and recommend practical improvements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate or bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience will be considered.
• Experience in a project-based service business or with job-cost or project billing.
• Experience in environmental consulting, construction, restoration, professional services, or a multi-location organization.
• Experience using Quick Books Online and CRM systems.
• Experience developing procedures, checklists, trackers, or workflow improvements.

How You Work

• You take ownership of recurring work and complete it without repeated reminders.
• You follow processes consistently but speak up when a process is unclear, inefficient, or creating errors.
• You verify your work, communicate concerns early, and bring possible solutions when you can.
• You are comfortable balancing detailed transactional work with changing priorities in a small, growing company.
• You enjoy working closely with a team.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day invoicing and billing administration across Element's service lines, ensuring accurate and timely customer billing.
• Support accounts receivable and accounts payable processes, including payment application, collections, invoice processing, cost coding, and account research.
• Coordinate the administrative onboarding and ongoing record maintenance of clients, vendors, and external resource partners.
• Maintain accurate accounting records and data integrity across Quick Books Online, CRM, and related business systems.
• Administer assigned corporate and fleet-related functions, including vehicle records, registrations, WEX account administration, and reporting.
• Partner with the Controller and operational teams to resolve accounting issues, identify process gaps, improve workflows, and support efficient and consistent accounting practices.

Remote Type:
No

Job Type: Full-Time

Job Category:
Accounting / Finance

Location:

Troy,MI,48084,US

ELEMENT Building Sciences is a fast-growing environmental consulting firm delivering specialized solutions across asbestos and lead surveys, indoor air quality, microbial investigations, moisture mapping, large-loss consulting, and laboratory analysis. Formed in 2018 through the merger of Onyx Building Sciences and Schaan Environmental Testing, ELEMENT has quickly established itself as a trusted partner across North America by combining technical expertise with a responsive, client-first approach.

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