Assistant Controller

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As an industry leader Balfour Beatty offers employees a comprehensive benefits package with competitive salaries and more including:

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• 401(k) with company match
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Dependent & Medical Reimbursement)
• Vacation Time
• Sick Time
• Holidays
• Paid Volunteer time
• Tuition Assistance
• Employee Referral Bonus

Balfour Beatty is seeking an Assistant Controller to join our team in Falls Church. Assists Controller and/or VP of Finance with the financial affairs of the organization and with preparation of financial analyses of operations for the guidance of management. Directs and supervises the financial services staff in accounting and financial reporting/analysis activities.

• Prepares and analyzes reports that summarize and forecast company business activity and financial position in areas of income, expense, and earnings based upon past, present and expected operations and risks. This may include: summary reports on project progress, monthly overhead reports, balance sheet, financial statement, income statement, etc.
• Prepares and approves all journal entries.
• Participates in various internal financial audits.
• Maintains financial projection system.
• Reviews owner contracts.
• Coordinates and prepares quarterly projections and annual plan in concert with Operations management.
• Analyzes and communicates to management variances between projections and actuals.
• Ensures compliance with accounting policies, procedures and internal controls.

• Builds effective relationships with internal customers that reflect and support company core values and meets or exceeds the customer's expectations.
• Actively participates in industry, client, and community relations to enhance company customer's expectations.
• Strives to continually seek feedback and improve services/tools/department deliverables to internal customers.

• Promotes our Creed. Communicates our vision and purpose through Service, Talent, and Choices.
• Serves as a role model and promotes professional behavior.
• Participates in and supports company training programs and commits to the development of department staff and of self.

• The majority of work is completed in an office
• Periodic travel to jobsites is required.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field preferred and 7+ years of experience, preferably in the construction industry. Extensive knowledge/experience in U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) is required.
• Supervises and develops direct reports while prioritizing and delegating significant responsibilities to others.
• Demonstrates solid presentation skills and verbal/written skills.
• Demonstrates the ability to organize people, tools and equipment to orchestrate multiple activities at once.
• CPA is a plus but not required for the role.
• Demonstrates proficiency using a personal computer (PC) and company communication tools, such as email, internet, accounting applications and Microsoft products (e.g., Word, Excel, Office, Outlook.

Balfour Beatty US is an industry-leading provider of general contracting, at-risk construction management and design-build services for public and private sector clients across the nation. Performing heavy civil and vertical construction, our teams build the unique structures and infrastructure that play an important role in how people live, work, learn and play in our communities. Our teammates have an instinctive passion for innovating that is fueled by a relentless curiosity, a drive to employ lean practices and processes and the determination to find a better way. Through Zero Harm, we are challenging the construction industry's assumptions about safety. We believe that no level of harm should come to anyone as a result of our business.

Consistently ranked among the nation's largest building contractors by Engineering News-Record, our US business is a subsidiary of London-based Balfour Beatty plc (LSE: BBY).

Balfour Beatty is an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of a diverse workforce. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other criteria protected by federal, state or local law.