Staff accountant

Subsidiary: Delta Companies Inc.

Delta Companies Inc., the Colas USA subsidiary that operates throughout the states of Missouri and Arkansas, is a highway and site development contractor specializing in asphalt paving and road construction materials. We are vertically integrated, with numerous aggregate locations, asphalt plans, a liquid asphalt terminal, and local construction offices, to serve multiple transportation infrastructure needs. We continuously strive to be a model of excellence by working with our customers to provide safe, sustainable, and cost-effective solutions. To learn more about Delta Companies Inc. visit


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, please visit


Delta Companies Inc., 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. For information on our international network visit

Mission

The Staff Accountant will be responsible for maintaining receivable and payable transaction and working closely with customers and vendors to ensure we have accurate information.

Main Responsibilities

• Adopt the Company’s safety culture, actively support all safety initiatives, and adhere to defined accountabilities implemented by the Safety Steering and Continuous Improvement teams
• Support, promote, and practice the Company’s core values, vision, and mission; follow code of ethics, workplace conduct, safety, and other established policies
• Prepares, posts, verifies and records customer payments and transactions related to accounts receivable
• Maintains and updates customer files, including names or address changes
• Drafts correspondence for standard past-due accounts and collections. Identifies delinquents accounts by reviewing files and contacts delinquent account holders to request payment
• Researches customer discrepancies and past-due amounts
• Process outgoing payments in compliance with financial policies and procedures
• Verify and investigate discrepancies, if any, by reconciling vendor accounts and monthly vendor statements
• Other duties as assigned

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, Business, Finance, related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience required
• Valid driver’s license and ability to maintain a clean driving history

Skills:

• 0-3 years of accounting experience preferred.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community
• Ability to apply accounting concepts such as debits, credits, reconciliation, discounts, interest, commissions, analysis, etc.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with abstract and concrete variables
• Demonstrated knowledge and skill using spreadsheet and accounting software (JD Edwards, JWS, etc.); payroll systems; and database software
• Advanced communication and interpersonal skills

Physical Requirements

• Most work performed in an office environment; quiet to moderate noise level
• Occasionally required to lift and /or move up to 35 pounds
• Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel
• Regularly required to communicate (talk and hear)
• Sitting for long periods (up to 8 hours or more) at a desk using a computer; with intermittent breaks
• Occasionally required to stand and walk, reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; visiting work sites may require walking over uneven terrain and some exposure to dust, chemicals and loud noise
• Some travel with overnight stays away from home may be required

Benefits

Our company is not only an outstanding place to work, but we also have excellent benefits! These include health, dental, vision, 401k match, life insurance, disability insurance, and many more!

Colas Inc. and its subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity Employer. For details on the specifics of this commitment, please click here to view the EEO document. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to:

• to meet the requirements of the role in which you are applying
• complete any part of the application process
• access or use the online application process and need an alternative method for applying

Please contact Colas Inc. at or send an email to .