Project Accountant / Billing Specialist

Brilliant®; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Brilliant® in downtown Chicago seeks a Contract Project Accountant / Billing Specialist to join their team. The role covers project setup, billing, and accounts receivable for domestic and international engineering projects, with a hybrid work arrangement (3 days in office).

Key focus includes CostPoint-driven billing, multi-currency invoicing, and inter-company transactions, ensuring accurate and timely billings in line with contract terms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required and relevant project accounting experience.
• Proficiency with Deltek CostPoint for project setup and billing.
• 5+ years in project accounting / billing within fast-paced environments.
• Advanced MS Excel and Adobe Acrobat skills for reporting and invoicing.

Responsibilities

• Set up customers, projects, contracts, and inter-company billing in CostPoint.
• Handle multi-currency billing, foreign taxes, withholding, and retention.
• Support monthly Inter-Company billing processing.
• Prepare invoice packages with backups for PM approvals.
• Submit invoices to clients via portals and maintain billing records.

Skills

Detail oriented

Analytical

Problem solving

Prioritization

Multi-tasking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Deltek CostPoint

MS Excel

Adobe Acrobat

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).

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 Deltek CostPoint required
• 5+ years of project accounting / billing experience required
• Strong experience in MS Excel and Adobe Acrobat required
• 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