VETERANS: Senior Accountant (Hybrid)

Barrett Paving Materials Inc. is one of the companies that operates within Barrett Industries Corporation, the Colas USA subsidiary that operates primarily in Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. Barrett Paving is a leader in heavy civil construction with a vertically integrated value chain which includes aggregate production, hot mix asphalt plants, asphalt paving services, and a wide range of road construction work. We engage in heavy civil and commercial construction projects in counties throughout Upstate NY, specializing in airport and highway work. The mission of Barrett Paving has been to strengthen and grow by empowering our people, fostering innovation, and utilizing new technology. To learn more about Barrett Paving visit www.barrettpaving.com/.  

Throughout Colas USA, we provide competitive pay, outstanding benefits, career advancement opportunities, professional education, and extensive training for every employee. We pride ourselves on upholding the highest standards of safety, environmental conservation, and ethical conduct as we strive to grow our infrastructure products and services through empowering and developing our people, fostering innovation, utilizing new technology, and maximizing vertical integration at all levels of the company’s value chain. To learn more about the Colas USA Family of Companies.

Barrett Paving, and the rest of the Colas USA Family of Companies, is part of the Colas Group, the worldwide leader in transportation infrastructure construction and maintenance.  

Barrett Paving Materials Inc. is a leader in heavy civil construction with a vertically integrated value chain which includes aggregate production, hotmix asphalt plants, asphalt paving services, and a wide range of road construction work. Barrett engages in heavy civil and commercial construction projects in counties throughout Central New York, specializing in airport and highway work. Barrett’s mission has been to strengthen and grow by empowering our people, fostering innovation, and utilizing new technology.

Barrett is a subsidiary of the Colas Group, a worldwide leader in infrastructure construction and maintenance. Our company provides competitive pay, outstanding benefits, career advancement opportunities, professional education, and extensive training for every employee.

Main Responsibilities

• Prepare and review monthly financial statements
• Prepare journal entries and assist with month end close
• Communicate effectively with other business units and management to plan work, gather information, and present results.
• Leads or actively participates in increasingly complex department projects and continuous improvement activities to produce relevant financial reports in the fastest, most efficient means possible.
• Perform general ledger and bank statement reconciliations
• Assist with audit requests
• Accurately and efficiently perform accounting activities of increasing complexity.
• Research and apply accounting policy to business issues that arise.
• Ensure compliance with GAAP
• Establish understanding of how data flows through the financial systems to the accounting function in order to identify issues and take action to address them.

Qualifications / Skills

Bachelor's degree in accounting required

• 5+ years of overall combined accounting experience
• Thorough knowledge of accounting principles and procedures
• Attention to detail, accuracy, and manage time effectively
• Excellent organizational and communication skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Applications
• JDE Enterprise 1 experience preferred
• Geographic mobility for future career development is highly preferred

Workplace flexibility with some opportunities for a hybrid remote/in office available after spending some time getting familiar with the position.  

Pay: Salary $55K to $80K Depending on Experience