Project Accountant

Job Title: Joint Venture Project Accountant

Job Description

The Joint Venture Project Accountant manages the full-cycle billing process for joint venture projects, ensuring accurate and timely invoicing in accordance with complex contract terms. This role works closely with project managers and joint venture stakeholders to compile labor, expense, and subcontractor data, allocate costs across entities, and maintain detailed billing schedules and reconciliations. The position offers a fully remote work arrangement and the opportunity to contribute to large engineering or architecture projects with significant annual revenue.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full-cycle billing process for joint venture projects from data collection through final invoice issuance.

• Prepare accurate and timely invoices in strict accordance with contract terms and joint venture agreements.

• Partner closely with project managers and joint venture stakeholders to gather and validate labor, expense, and subcontractor data.

• Compile, review, and reconcile project billing data to ensure completeness, accuracy, and compliance with contractual requirements.

• Allocate costs appropriately across joint venture entities, ensuring proper distribution of labor, expenses, and subcontractor charges.

• Maintain detailed billing schedules and supporting documentation to provide clear audit trails and transparency for all billed amounts.

• Perform regular reconciliations of billed versus actual costs and resolve discrepancies in collaboration with project teams.

• Review contracts and change orders to understand billing terms, milestones, and special conditions impacting invoicing.

• Leverage large-scale ERP systems to enter, track, and report project billing transactions for joint venture projects.

• Use Excel pivot tables and VLOOKUPs to analyze billing data, validate allocations, and support management reporting.

• Communicate billing status, issues, and variances to project managers and joint venture partners in a clear and timely manner.

• Support continuous improvement of billing processes and controls to enhance accuracy, efficiency, and consistency across projects.

Essential Skills

• 5+ years of project billing experience specifically supporting joint venture projects.

• Demonstrated experience managing billing for engineering or architecture companies with revenue over $100 million.

• Strong knowledge of joint venture billing structures, cost allocation, and contract-based invoicing.

• Proficiency in creating and using pivot tables in Excel to analyze and summarize billing data.

• Proficiency using VLOOKUP functions in Excel to validate and reconcile billing and cost information.

• Experience working within large-scale ERP systems such as Deltek, SAGE, SAP, Oracle, or comparable platforms.

• Ability to review and interpret contracts and billing terms to ensure accurate invoicing.

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in handling complex billing data and reconciliations.

• Effective communication skills to collaborate with project managers and joint venture stakeholders in a remote environment.

• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects and billing cycles simultaneously.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience with Deltek VantagePoint or similar Deltek platforms.

• Prior exposure to project billing in professional services environments, particularly engineering or architecture.

• Ability to work independently in a fully remote setting while maintaining accountability and meeting deadlines.

• Comfort working with large data sets and complex billing structures.

• Proactive approach to identifying process improvements in billing and reporting.

Work Environment

This role operates in a 100% remote work environment and supports collaboration across any time zone. You will work with large-scale ERP systems such as Deltek, SAGE, SAP, Oracle, or similar platforms, and rely heavily on Excel tools, including pivot tables and VLOOKUPs. The position supports large engineering or architecture projects, offering exposure to complex joint venture structures and high-revenue engagements. The organization provides a stable environment with annual salary increases upon conversion to a permanent role and a strong track record of contractor satisfaction, with many professionals reporting positive experiences and long-term engagement.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Houston, TX.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $33.00 - $38.50/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: - Medical, dental & vision - Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital - 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available - Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) - Short and long-term disability - Health Spending Account (HSA) - Transportation benefits - Employee Assistance Program - Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully remote position.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on May 31, 2026.

About Aston Carter

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® double diamond winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.