Project Revenue Accountant & Billing Lead

K Group Companies; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Bonus opportunities

PTO

Volunteer PTO

Employer-paid coverage

Job summary

K Group Companies is seeking a Project Accountant Analyst in Grand Rapids, MI to manage revenue flow from engagement to recognition. You will partner with project leads and finance to ensure timely, accurate billing and proper revenue timing, while supporting month‑end close and standard accounting tasks.

The role combines hands‑on invoicing, project schedules, and reconciliations with broader accounting responsibilities, offering growth opportunities for the right candidate in a small finance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Three to five years of experience in billing, accounts receivable, revenue, or general accounting.
• Working knowledge of accrual accounting and the ability to reason through revenue timing questions.
• Strong Excel skills, including the ability to build and maintain reconciliation and project schedules.
• Demonstrated accuracy and follow‑through in detail‑heavy work, with the judgment to know when something needs to be escalated.
• Comfort working directly with non‑finance colleagues and holding them to deadlines diplomatically.
• Willingness to move between focused revenue work and broader accounting tasks, including stepping in to cover teammates during absences.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly revenue recognition process for projects and service engagements, ensuring revenue is recorded in the correct period and in accordance with company policy and contract terms.
• Prepare and reconcile deferred revenue, unbilled receivables, and work-in-progress balances; investigate and resolve variances.
• Review new and amended contracts for billing terms, milestones, and revenue implications, and flag anything unusual to the Director of Finance.
• Meet regularly with departmental leaders and project teams to understand where each project stands — milestones reached and what is ready to be billed.
• Drive timely billing by identifying stalled, unbilled, or under-billed work and following it through to resolution.
• Convert project milestone and completion information into accurate, timely billing of work in progress.
• Serve as the finance point of contact for project-related billing and revenue questions.

Skills

Billing experience

Accounts receivable

Revenue recognition

Excel skills

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance

Tools

ERP systems

Project accounting software

Job description

K Group Companies is seeking a Project Accountant Analyst in Grand Rapids, MI to manage revenue flow from engagement to recognition. You will partner with project leads and finance to ensure timely, accurate billing and proper revenue timing, while supporting month‑end close and standard accounting tasks.

The role combines hands‑on invoicing, project schedules, and reconciliations with broader accounting responsibilities, offering growth opportunities for the right candidate in a small finance