Accounting Clerk

Become Part of Our Team

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

Summary

Balfour Beatty is seeking an Accounting Clerk to join our team in Dallas, TX. This individual will provide support to our Special Projects Group. The Accounts Payable Accountant will support the field, overhead departments and the divisional finance department team. He/she will process, file, and research general accounting and accounts payable information in accordance with Company Policies and Procedures. In addition, he/she will provide quality customer service to both internal and external customers; manage department resources to meet or exceed the expectations of the company and improve knowledge and skills by pursuing continuous improvement of processes and procedures.

Essential Functions

Project Accounting

• Enter P-Card and expense reports accurately into system.
• Enter owner billings/sub billings, when needed.
• Process miscellaneous invoices, ensuring supporting paperwork is attached, correct, and approved.
• Release checks once funded.
• Setup new vendors.
• Check subcontractor insurance compliance.
• Push over subcontracts, change orders, and maintenance.

Preconstruction Management

• Assist with ITB setup and trade partner distribution list.
• Document control and formatting.
• Ensure trade insurances are up to date.
• Manage bid calendar.
• Set up mixers with trade partners.
• Assist with marketing on RFP responses.

Project Administration

• Handle administrative jobsite tasks, including SPG phone bill, final releases on closed jobs, and vendor statements and payment inquiries.
• Enter miscellaneous invoices, scan and file.

Company Systems and Programs

• Procore
• JDE
• Excel
• Tradetapp
• Concur

Promote Customer Relations

• Builds effective relationships with project teams, functional departments, customers, vendors, and user groups that reflect and support company core values and meet or exceed the customer’s expectations.
• Actively participates in industry, client, and community relations to enhance company image.

Essential Competencies

Our Values

• Create value for our customers and drive continuous improvement.
• Demonstrate expert-level understanding of and execution in your role.
• Deliver on your promises and do the right thing.
• Make safety personal.
• Act responsibly to protect and enhance our planet and society.

Our Behaviors

• Value everyone
• Talk positively
• Collaborate relentlessly
• Encourage constantly
• Make a difference

Embrace key Balfour Beatty initiatives, like Zero Harm, Sustainability, and our People-First Culture, and do your part to demonstrate relentless behaviors and embed them into our culture.

This job description does not list all the responsibilities of the job. Incumbents may be asked to perform other functions. Incumbents will be evaluated in part based upon their performance of the responsibilities listed in this description.

Working Conditions

The majority of work is completed in an office setting with intermittent sitting, standing, and walking. Periodic travel required.

Minimum Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED
• Minimum 3 years prior Accounts Payable experience
• Excel knowledge
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize
• Self-starter with strong problem-solving skills
• High attention to detail
• Customer service-oriented
• Ability to professionally interact with all levels
• Oral and written communication skills

Preferred Experience and Education

• JD Edwards software experience

About us

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.