Accounting Clerk

The Accounting Clerk is responsible for reviewing and preparing invoices for payment, ensuring accuracy and compliance, and processing them through ERP systems such as Viewpoint. This role is also responsible for vendor statement and bank account reconciliations, maintaining customer records, assisting with month-end close, and reconciling key general ledger accounts such as prepaids, accruals, and fixed assets. Additional duties include supporting external and internal audits, assisting with the preparation of financial statements and sales tax, maintaining fixed asset records, inputting material sales tickets, and providing cross-training and backup support for other accounting roles. 

Whitaker Holdings is a 100% employee-owned (ESOP) family of companies with over 70 years of experience in heavy civil construction, underground utilities, and telecommunications. Whitaker Holdings encompasses multiple companies, including Whitaker Construction, DasCo of Idaho, Advanced Cable Technology, and Bighorn Traffic Services. Operating across Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, Colorado, Oregon, and beyond, our companies are united by four core values — Value Safety, Embrace Ownership, Be Honorable, and Elevate Team — which guide how we work, how we treat each other, and how we deliver quality results on some of the most challenging projects in the region. 

Roles and Responsibilities: 

Including but not limited to the list below. 

• Champion the Company’s Vision, Mission, and Core Values in every action and decision: Value Safety, Embrace Ownership, Be Honorable, and Elevate Team. 

• Review and prepare invoices for payment, ensuring accuracy and compliance. 

• Validate invoices and process them in Viewpoint. 

• Conduct periodic vendor statement and bank account reconciliations. 

• Maintain customer records. 

• Reconcile key general ledger accounts such as prepaids, accruals, intercompany transactions, and fixed assets. 

• Prepare sales tax filing 

• Assist with month-end close for areas of responsibility. 

• Support external and internal audits. 

• Assist with monthly financial statement preparation. 

• Maintain fixed asset records. 

• Provide cross-training and serve as backup support for other roles as needed. 

• Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned by supervisors. 

Skills and Qualifications: 

• Currently enrolled in an accredited bachelor’s degree program, or recently completed, in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field. An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered. 

• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel and Word. 

• Prior experience using Viewpoint (Vista) or COINS is a plus. 

• Must be able to work independently with the ability to manage multiple high-priority tasks. 

• Strong attention to detail. 

• Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment. 

Physical Requirements: 

• Able to sit, type, and perform computer work for extended periods of time. 

• Frequent use of hands and fingers for computer entry. 

• Able to see, talk, hear, stand, and walk. 

• Able to perform occasional bending, lifting, and reaching. 

• Occasionally lift up to 25 pounds. 

Whitaker Construction offers an exceptional benefits package including: 

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). Employees earn shares in the company – All employees have ownership in the company and its success. 

• Competitive wages. 

• Health, Dental, Vision, Life, Short Term Disability, Supplemental Insurance. 

• 401K and Match. 

• Vacation. 

• Paid Holidays. 

• Paid Personal Days. 

• Quarterly Incentive Program (profit sharing). 

• Referral Bonuses. 

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP). 

Reasonable Accommodation Statement 

The ADA defines “reasonable accommodation” as a change or adjustment to a job or work environment that allows a qualified individual with a disability to satisfactorily perform the essential functions of a particular job, and does not cause an undue hardship for the employer. 

Whitaker Construction is an “equal opportunity employer.” Whitaker will not discriminate and will take “affirmative action” measures to ensure against discrimination in employment, recruitment, advertisements for employment, compensation, termination, upgrading, promotions, and other conditions of employment against any employee or job applicant on the bases of race, creed, color, national origin, or sex. 

Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.