Overview
ABM (NYSE: ABM) is a leading provider of facility solutions with revenues of approximately $6.4 billion and over 130,000 employees in 300+ offices deployed throughout the United States and various international locations. ABM’s comprehensive capabilities include electrical & lighting, energy solutions, facilities engineering, HVAC & mechanical, janitorial, landscape & turf, mission critical solutions, and parking, provided through stand-alone or integrated solutions. Founded in 1909, ABM provides custom facility solutions in urban, suburban, and rural areas to properties of all sizes — from schools and commercial buildings to hospitals, data centers, manufacturing plants, and airports.
Position Summary
The Regional Staff Accountant is responsible for overseeing and coordinating accounting activities across our Northern California region, ensuring accuracy and compliance with company policies. This role involves managing data entry associated with billing, job costing, and accounts payable across multiple branches within the region.
Essential Duties
- Prepare and distribute customer billing according to established schedules across multiple branches within the region.
- Ensure all job cost and billing tasks are performed timely and accurately.
- Ensure all job costs posted correctly via Accounts Payable or Journal Entry
- Validate and enter billing tasks (including maintenance agreements and project administration tasks) timely and accurately in the financial management system.
- Produce accurate maintenance and project invoices for contract billings across all branches.
- Maintain confidentiality of all information encountered during the course of business.
- Ensure proper filing of all AR and AP for all accounts within the region.
- Consolidate approved timesheets for proper payroll processing.
- Conduct research in specific areas assigned by your manager(s) related to regional operations.
- Prepare and distribute all required management reports per accounting guidelines or instructions for accounting activities within the region.
- Prepare complex analysis to review gross margin issues, etc.
- Maintain internal relationships with service teams; coordinate with all departments to assure proper and timely flow of data to the Accounting Department for regional operations.
- Build rapport and productive working relationships with customers, vendors, and other outside agents; effectively represent the company’s interest to outside agents to maximize profits across the region.
- Support customer satisfaction initiatives and processes within regional operations.
- Support successful operations consistent with ABM Building Solutions policies, programs, procedures, systems, and guidelines across the region.
Minimum Requirements
- HS diploma or GED is required.
- A minimum of two (2) years of experience in accounting with accounts payable and job costing, required.
- Microsoft Office (outlook, excel, word, SharePoint) advance user preferred.
- Previous experience in service industry accounting, preferred.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics, JDE, Oracle Fusion, or MAS200, preferred.
- Ability to keep accurate records of activities performed.
- Ability to be proactive, bring forth ideas, attention to detail, quality and quantity of work are critical.
- Must be well organized, hard worker, great attitude and a team player.
