Project Accountant / Billing Specialist

Job Description

A client of ours in the energy sector in downtown Chicago, IL is seeking a Contract Project Accountant / Billing Specialist to join their team (Hybrid role: 3 days in office).

Deltek CostPoint experience required!

Seeking a Project Accountant to work on project setup, billing, and accounts receivable activities. The Project Accountant supports all billing related responsibilities for local and international engineering projects.

General Duties And Responsibilities:

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• Perform setup for customers, projects, contracts, and inter-company billing for both domestic and foreign projects in the Costpoint system
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• Work on projects that include multi-currency billing, foreign taxes, withholding, and retention
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• Assist with monthly Inter-Company billing processing
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• Maintain responsibility for high levels of accuracy and completeness of bill preparation to ensure that bills are in agreement with client billing arrangements and system records
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• Prepare invoice packages for approval by Project Managers, including all applicable backup, as required per contract terms
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• Submit invoice packages to clients per contract terms, often through online portals
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• Maintain project invoice/billing files and all supporting documents associated with invoicing/billing
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• Perform project close out and reconciliation
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• Assist with reconciliations of Open Billing Detail to General Ledger
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• Research and resolve billing and payment discrepancies
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• Perform additional billing duties as assigned
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Minimum Job Requirements / Competencies

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• Bachelor's degree degree required
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• Experience with Deltek CostPoint required
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• 5+ years of project accounting / billing experience required
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• Strong experience in MS Excel and Adobe Acrobat required
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• Excellent data entry skills
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• Detail oriented team player comfortable in a fast paced, dynamic environment
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• Well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills
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• Proven ability to prioritize responsibilities and juggle multiple tasks
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If you, or someone you know, is interested please apply today!