Knife River Corporation
A leader in construction materials, offering aggregates, asphalt, and ready-mix concrete.
Manage accounting team, oversee payroll, AP, billing, SOX compliance.
11 hours ago
Intermediate (4-7 years), Expert & Leadership (13+ years), Experienced (8-12 years)
Full Time
Missoula, MT
Office Full-Time
Company Size
5,700 Employees
Service Specialisms
Aggregate production
Ready‑mix concrete
Asphalt production
Construction services
Cement production
Integrated construction services
Sector Specialisms
Aggregates
Asphalt
Ready-Mix Concrete
Liquid Asphalt
Construction Services
Energy Services
Role
Description
financial reporting
sox compliance
payroll
accounts payable
monthly close
team supervision
- Maintains a current working knowledge of applicable accounting requirements and financial statement reporting and disclosure requirements. Ensures compliance with SOX, SEC, and GAAP.
- Supervises and trains the team that performs general accounting functions including payroll, AP, billing, collections, cash applications.
- Ensures the accounting staff maintains work standards and meets deadlines
- Always work safely and take action to prevent any and all unsafe actions, processes, and behaviors.
- Provides support to operations personnel for research and issue resolution
- Support state Assistant Controller with monthly/quarterly close process.
- Provide research and accounting support to operations personnel.
Requirements
cpa
gaap
bachelor's
construction accounting
sox
leadership
- Past supervisory experience
- Maintain confidentiality to the highest degree and have excellent analytical abilities and team building skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance
- Advanced knowledge and application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- Seven years of related experience
- CPA certificate preferred
- Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills
- High ethical and moral standards
- Professional communication skills including written and verbal for internal and external customers.
- Two years accounting experience in a construction industry setting
- Leadership skills with good judgement and experience in general ledger accounting and financial reporting.
- Strong analytical and financial skills
- Exposure to and experience with Sarbanes Oxley compliance requirements desirable.
- Advanced computer skills using spreadsheet, presentation, databases, and accounting software
Benefits
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Training + Development
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Interview process
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Visa Sponsorship
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Security clearance
- pre-employment and random drug testing required.
- background check will be conducted.
Company
Overview
Founded 1992
Year Established
The company was established in 1992, marking its beginning in the construction materials industry.
- Provides aggregates, asphalt, ready-mix concrete, and other materials for infrastructure projects.
- Serves customers in both public and private sectors across the United States.
- Typical projects include road construction, bridge building, and commercial and residential developments.
- Committed to quality and timely project completion, acting as a trusted partner in infrastructure development.
- Strength lies in an extensive network of production facilities, enabling the support of a wide range of construction needs.
Culture + Values
- People: Success Depends on Each Other
- Safety: Top Priority on Every Task, Every Time
- Quality: Setting Ourselves Apart
- Environment: Keeping Our Communities Beautiful
- Putting people first: taking care of employees, customers and communities by operating with integrity and always striving for excellence
Environment + Sustainability
33%
Renewable Diesel Usage
In 2024, renewable diesel accounted for 33% of total diesel fuel consumption, contributing to reduced emissions since initial use in 2021.
Several thousand
Rail Transport Reduction
Rail transport has reduced over-the-road truck deliveries by thousands annually, significantly cutting emissions and traffic.
2022-23
Emission Tracking Baseline
Established a baseline for emissions in 2022 with continued tracking in 2023, including a third-party audit for data accuracy.
2023
Sustainability Committee
A sustainability committee was formed in 2023, overseeing environmental initiatives with executive support.
- Warm-mix asphalt used where allowed to reduce fuel usage and emissions during production
- Recycling/reusing materials: asphalt pavement, refined fuel oil, demolition concrete, returned concrete, fly ash, slag, silica fume, stone reject material
- Captured and reused wash and storm water in aggregates/concrete operations
- Environment Award recognizing employee sustainability projects
- Establishing carbon emission intensity goals, evaluating opportunities to improve emissions intensity
- Investments in emission-capturing equipment and carbon-sequestering synthetic aggregates (via Blue Planet partnership)
- Participating in EPD creation for ready-mix and asphalt aligned with Federal Buy Clean initiative
- CSC certification and Environmental Product Declarations in prestress division via Climate Earth
- Goal: net-zero or net-negative carbon footprint for synthetic limestone products (Blue Planet)
Inclusion & Diversity
- Outreach goal: increase number of available minority, female, veteran, and disabled candidates via targeted partnerships
- Training programs include Unconscious Bias, Diversity and Discrimination, Anti‑Harassment, Anti‑Bullying, Workplace Respect, Sexual Harassment, DEI 101 and Unpacking DEI
- Life at Knife: 'One Team: Stronger Together'—treat each other fairly and with respect; operate with integrity; keep learning
- Human Rights, EEO/AAP policies in place; EEO‑1 report published online
- EEO Employer Report includes gender breakdown (available via EEO‑1)
- Building Strong Communities program with focus areas including minority and female recruitment