Senior Staff Accountant

NILES ENTERPRISES

Title: Sr. Staff Accountant

Reports to: Asst. Controller

City, State Fenton, MI

FLSA Status: Exempt

Mission Statement: Unlocking Potential by protecting your most critical assets.

Core Values: Care Trust Help (C.T.H.)

Summary of Position

The Senior Staff Accountant is responsible for supporting the organization's financial operations, with a strong focus on construction accounting and union-related financial processes. This role ensures accurate financial reporting, compliance with GAAP, collective bargaining agreements, and applicable regulatory requirements. The Senior Staff Accountant plays a critical role in the monthly close process, job cost accounting, general ledger maintenance, and balance sheet reconciliations.

This position works closely with finance leadership, project management, payroll, and operations teams to ensure financial data related to labor, job costs, and project performance is accurate, timely, and aligned with contractual and union requirements. The Senior Staff Accountant supports internal and external audits, assists with union reporting and fringe benefit reconciliations, and helps maintain strong internal controls across multiple projects and entities.

The role requires a high level of attention to detail, strong analytical skills, and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven construction environment. In addition, the Senior Staff Accountant may serve as a resource to junior accounting staff and contribute to process improvements that enhance accuracy, efficiency, and compliance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

        Assist with financial statement preparation

        Prepare and review General Ledger Account analysis and reconciliation

        Develop a strong working knowledge of the company’s financial systems

        Develop and maintain quantity-based cost allocations within the company’s ERP System

        Audit contracts, orders, and vouchers, and prepare reports to substantiate individual transactions before the monthly close process.

        Establish, modify, document, and coordinate the implementation of accounting and accounting control procedures.

        Develop and post general ledger entries

        Evaluate areas for process improvement and automation

        Work closely with the controller on daily operations and strategic planning

        Assist with the month-end close

        Prepare allocations, post monthly entries, and assist with monthly credit card expense reconciliation

        Prepare ad hoc analysis reports as needed

        Additional projects as assigned

Required Qualifications

        Bachelor’s degree in accounting preferred

        4 years of experience in accounting with increased levels of responsibility preferred

        High degree of attention to detail

        Proficiency in Excel and other Microsoft Suite programs

        Superior analytical and problem-solving skills

        Strong time management and organizational skills

        Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Preferred Skills

     Supervisory experience

         Experience with payroll

Technical Skills

        Strong Excel skills

        Microsoft Office Suite

        Adobe Acrobat Suite

Approved by:

Dana Brennan-Alaniz

Date approved:

12/15/25

Niles Shared Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, creed, marital status or parental status, height, weight, citizenship status, arrest record, disability, genetic information, military or veterans’ status or any other legally protected status by federal, state, or local law.