Interim Project Accountant / Billing Specialist

Job Description

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 and foreign currency billing 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:

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

Minimum Job Requirements / Competencies

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

If you, or someone you know, is interested please apply today!

Brilliant is an award-winning direct-hire, contract and consulting practice specializing in accounting, finance and technology for the Midwest and Southeast regions of the U.S. Many of Brilliant’s team members include former accounting, finance and technology professionals who are experts in the fields.

Company Description

Brilliant is an award-winning direct-hire, contract and consulting practice specializing in accounting, finance and technology for the Midwest and Southeast regions of the U.S. Many of Brilliant’s team members include former accounting, finance and technology professionals who are experts in the fields.