Some Potential Benefits May Include:
Because Paul Davis is a franchise organization, benefits vary based on franchisee.
Staff Accountant/Accounting Specialist
Full Time • Waukesha
Responsive recruiter
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Competitive salary
- Dental insurance
- Employee discounts
- Health insurance
- Opportunity for advancement
- Paid time off
- Training & development
- Vision insurance
Build accuracy. Drive growth. Help restore communities.
Paul Davis Restoration is growing and we’re adding a Staff Accountant/Accounting Specialist to our Accounting & Finance team. This role plays a critical part in keeping our financial engine running smoothly through precise reporting, advanced analysis, and exceptional reconciliation work.
If spreadsheets make you happy, variances spark your curiosity, and tying accounts to the penny is your superpower… keep reading.
*This is not a remote position. Applicants must currently live within commuting distance of Waukesha, WI.
*This is not a remote position. Applicants must currently live within commuting distance of Waukesha, WI.
Why You’ll Love This Role
At Paul Davis, accounting is front and center. You’ll partner with operations, finance leadership, and cross-functional teams to:
- Ensure rock-solid financial accuracy
- Build and improve reporting tools in Excel
- Streamline processes between systems
- Support month-end close and leadership reviews
- Bring clarity to complex data
You’ll gain exposure across payroll, commissions, job costing, fleet accounting, audits, and systems integrations.
What You’ll Do
Daily Impact
- Record and analyze activity in the General Ledger (QuickBooks)
- Perform detailed account reconciliations between the GL and sub-systems
- Build and maintain reconciliation schedules and analysis tools in Excel
- Review job/project billings, payments, and closings
- Ensure accurate data transfers between AR platforms and accounting systems
Monthly & Quarterly
- Lead assigned balance sheet account reconciliations—no loose ends
- Prepare journal entries, accruals, and corrections
- Maintain fixed asset schedules and depreciation models in Excel
- Prepare variance analyses using advanced Excel functions
- Update bonus and commission models and review results with leadership
- Monitor credit card spending and internal controls
Annual & Special Projects
- Assist with audit documentation and compliance requests
- Document procedures and recommend process improvements
- Serve as backup support across Accounting functions
What We’re Looking For
Critical Skills for Success
- Advanced Excel proficiency (pivot tables, formulas, lookups, reconciliation schedules)
- Strong account reconciliation experience—you know how to track differences and resolve them fast
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Working knowledge of AP, AR, payroll, and fixed assets
- Experience with GL software (QuickBooks or Sage Intacct preferred)
Education & Experience
- Associate or Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
- 2+ years of progressive accounting experience
- 1+ year performing complex account reconciliations
Why Paul Davis?
Paul Davis Restoration helps people rebuild after disasters. Your work behind the scenes ensures we can respond quickly, accurately, and compassionately when customers need us most.
We offer competitive pay, strong benefits, growth opportunities, and the chance to make a visible impact in a rapidly growing organization.
If you want a Staff Accountant role where your Excel skills and reconciliation expertise truly matter, we’d love to meet you.
Since 1966, Paul Davis has been an industry leader in the areas of property damage mitigation, reconstruction and remodeling. With more than 370 offices in our franchise network, the company serves residential, institutional, and commercial customers and clients across the United States and Canada.
We have built our heritage one project at a time, establishing a reputation for performance, integrity and responsibility among customers and carriers alike. Whether property damage is caused by water, fire, smoke, storms or other disasters, we deliver on our promise to deliver excellence, expertise and a customer experience that is second to none. At Paul Davis, our passion for quality drives everything we do.
Our Vision:
To Provide Extraordinary Care While Serving People In Their Time Of Need.
Our Values:
Deliver What You Promise
Respect The Individual
Have Pride In What You Do
Practice Continuous Improvement
Our Mission:
To provide opportunities for great people to deliver Best in Class results
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Opportunity for Overtime
Paid Time Off
Opportunity for Advancement
Great Company Culture