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• • • At Core States Group, the work you do matters to the clients we serve, the communities we support, and the teams who rely on one another to deliver with excellence. Our Cause is powerful: to create a world where all environments improve everyday life.
Why Professionals Choose Core States Group
Here's what you can expect:
- COMPENSATION – Competitive wages and bonus programs
- RETIREMENT – We offer a great 401(k) match to help you invest in your future and grow your retirement savings with confidence.
- HEALTHCARE – Excellent health benefits, life insurance options, and supplemental benefit options, giving you the flexibility to choose the coverage that best fits your needs and lifestyle.
- VACATION – Generous PTO time to help you recharge, relax, and maintain a healthy work-life balance.
- PERKS – Team wellness challenges, Costco membership reimbursement, half-day Fridays during summer months + much more!
- WORK-LIFE BALANCE – A flexible work environment that supports a healthy work-life balance, whether you’re in the office, working remotely, or somewhere in between.
- PAID PARENTAL LEAVE – Four weeks of fully paid parental leave to give you time to bond with your new addition and support your growing family.
- TUITION REIMBURSEMENT – Advance your education with support! We offer tuition reimbursement to support your learning journey.
Summary of Position We are seeking a hands-on Senior Accountant to join our Corporate Accounting team in Duluth, Georgia. This role is ideal for an accounting professional with five to seven years of progressive experience who is ready to deepen their operational knowledge and grow into broader accounting responsibilities.
Your responsibilities will include AP, employee expenses, corporate credit cards, and purchase order administration while learning about our Deltek Vantagepoint environment. We are looking for someone who is curious, comfortable working in the details, and motivated to improve how work gets done. Over time, you will become a trusted team resource by documenting processes, answering questions, and helping others learn.
Responsibilities
- Own and improve assigned responsibilities for AP invoice processing, employee expense reports, corporate credit cards, vendor maintenance, payment processing, and purchase order administration.
- Use Deltek Vantagepoint to support accurate coding, approvals, and accounting records.
- Resolve invoice, expense, vendor, credit card, and purchase order questions and discrepancies.
- Support reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, month-end close, audit requests, and financial reporting.
- Identify practical process improvements using Excel, systems, automation, and appropriate AI-enabled tools; document processes and help train others over time.
- Support Director of Corporate Accounting with financial reporting, projects, M&A technical accounting and integrations.
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
We’re looking for talented professionals who are eager to grow their skills and contribute to high-quality, meaningful work. If you’re driven, collaborative, and ready to take the next step in your career, we want to hear from you. The following qualifications will help you succeed in this role:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- Five to seven years of progressive accounting experience with increasing responsibility.
- Experience managing or supporting accounts payable processes, employee expenses, corporate credit cards, purchasing, or related accounting operations.
- Working knowledge of how accounting operations affect the general ledger, reconciliations, month-end close, internal controls, and financial reporting.
- Continuous-improvement mindset with an interest in automation, technology and process optimization.
- Strong Excel skills, analytical judgment, and communication skills.
- Experience with Deltek Vision or Vantagepoint.
- Experience in architecture, engineering, construction, professional services, or another project-based, multi-entity environment.
- Experience applying AI or automation tools to accounting, reporting or other business processes is preferred.
- Experience with purchase order systems, AP invoice processing, project accounting, job costing, or time-and-expense systems.
- Experience informally training, mentoring, or serving as a resource to other team members.
Work Location This is a hybrid position based out of our Duluth, GA office. It is expected that you will work out of the office a few days a week.
Company Overview Core States Group is an industry-leading architecture, engineering, and construction (A/E/C) firm trusted by many of the world’s most notable brands. With 26 offices across the United States and Canada, the firm delivers speed to market, cost certainty, and compelling design for national multisite programs and projects.
Established in 1999, Core States Group drives innovation and improves everyday life for countless people across several markets, including Convenience, Distributed Generation, Financial, Grocery, Housing, Industrial, Restaurants, Retail, Semiconductor, Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Infrastructure, and more.
A Note to Candidates Please do not be concerned if you do not meet every requirement. At Core States we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you are excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
This position will remain open until it is filled.