Senior Accountant - Contracts and Billing

Beacon Hill Staffing Group; Kirkland (WA); Hybrid; USD 39,000 - 58,000; Part time

Job summary

Beacon Hill Staffing Group in the Seattle Metro area is seeking an experienced Accountant to join the accounting team on a contract basis. The role focuses on contract and grant-related billing, revenue, reconciliations, and financial reporting within a hybrid work environment.

You will handle complex billing, GL, A/R, journal entries, and monthly closes, ensuring accuracy against budgets and supporting audits and financial reviews.

Qualifications

• 2+ years accounting experience involving billing, revenue, grants, contracts, or restricted funding
• Strong general ledger, A/R, journal entry, and reconciliation experience
• Experience working with budgets and financial reporting
• Intermediate to advanced MS Excel
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple deadlines
• Experience with grant accounting, government-funded contracts, or compliance-based billing is a plus

Responsibilities

• Billing related to complex customers and funding
• Account and balance sheet reconciliations
• Revenue and receivables accounting
• Research discrepancies and clean variances
• Review financial activity against budgets
• Monthly accounting and close responsibilities
• Prepare recurring and ad hoc financial reports
• Organize support for audits and financial reviews
• Collaborate with other departments to track missing information
• Support various related accounting projects

Skills

Billing and revenue experience

General ledger

Accounts receivable (A/R)

Journal entries

Reconciliations

Budgets

Financial reporting

MS Excel

Attention to detail

Multitasking / deadlines

Job description

Accountants with strong billing and revenue experience! Where are you hiding? We could use your help! Well, our client can!

Our client in the Seattle Metro area, on a hybrid basis, is looking for a tried-and-true Accountant to join their accounting team on a contract basis, likely long-term. Get working before the holidays!!!

This role has a heavy focus on contract and grant-related billing, revenue, reconciliations, and financial reporting.

You will help with:

• Complex customer and funding-related billing
• Account and balance sheet reconciliations
• Revenue and receivables accounting
• Researching discrepancies and cleaning up variances
• Reviewing financial activity against established budgets
• Monthly accounting and close responsibilities
• Preparing recurring and ad hoc financial reports
• Organizing support for audits and financial reviews
• Working with other departments to track down missing information
• Various related accounting projects as needed

To be considered for this specific position you would need:

• 2+ years of accounting experience involving billing, revenue, grants, contracts, or restricted funding
• Strong general ledger, A/R, journal entry, and reconciliation experience
• Experience working with budgets and financial reporting
• Intermediate to advanced MS Excel
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple deadlines

Experience with grant accounting, government-funded contracts, allowable cost requirements, or compliance-based billing would be a huge plus!

Desired Skills and Experience

• Grants and Government accounting/billing

Beacon Hill is an equal opportunity employer and individuals with disabilities and/or protected veterans are encouraged to apply.

California residents: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Company Profile

Founded by industry leaders to set a new standard in search, career placement and flexible staffing, we deliver coordinated staffing solutions with unparalleled service, a commitment to project completion and success and a passion for innovation, creativity and continuous improvement. Our niche brands offer a complete suite of staffing services to emerging growth companies and the Fortune 500 across market sectors, career specialties/disciplines and industries. Over time, office locations, specialty practice areas and service offerings will be added to address ever changing constituent needs. Learn more about Beacon Hill and our specialty divisions, Beacon Hill Associates, Beacon Hill Financial, Beacon Hill HR, Beacon Hill Legal, Beacon Hill Life Sciences and Beacon Hill Technologies by visiting www.bhsg.com.

Benefits Information

Beacon Hill offers a robust benefit package including, but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, and federal and state leave programs as required by applicable agency regulations to those that meet eligibility. Upon successfully being hired, details will be provided related to our benefit offerings.

We look forward to working with you.

Beacon Hill. Employing the Future