Accounts Receivable Project Staff Accountant

Accounts Receivable Project Staff Accountant

Remote

Regular

40

Join the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR), where world-class scientists, engineers, and experts are accelerating energy innovation through breakthrough research and systems integration. From our mission to our collaborative culture, NLR stands out in the research community for its commitment to an affordable and secure energy future. Spanning foundational science to applied systems engineering and analysis, we focus on solving complex challenges to deliver advanced, secure, reliable, and cost-effective energy solutions.

Our work helps strengthen U.S. industries, support job creation, and promote national economic growth.

At NLR, you'll find a mission-driven environment supported by state-of-the-art facilities, multidisciplinary research teams, and strong collaborations with industry, academia, and other national laboratories. We offer robust professional development opportunities, and a competitive benefits package designed to support your career and well-being.

NLR is seeking a Staff Accountant to join the Accounts Receivable Team within the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO). Reporting to the Accounts Receivable Manager, this position supports general accounting, federal and commercial billing, financial reporting, account reconciliation, research, and issue resolution. The role helps ensure compliance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), applicable laws and regulations, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) contractual requirements, and NLR and Alliance for Energy Innovation, LLC.

policies and procedures.

• Review and analyze customer contracts, funding documents, and cost plans to support accurate project setup, billing, and reporting.
• Complete SPP project setup in Oracle, ensuring appropriate accounting and reporting treatment and compliance with A-123 internal control requirements.
• Monitor and analyze project costs, customer advances, receivable balances, and aging to identify issues and support timely resolution.
• Prepare accurate routine and complex invoices with supporting documentation tailored to contractual and customer requirements.
• Perform federal billing activities in the Intra-Governmental Payment and Collection (IPAC) system and G-Invoicing, including transaction preparation, submission, reconciliation, monitoring, and settlement support.
• Coordinate with federal trading partners and internal stakeholders to research and resolve billing discrepancies, maintain required documentation, and support compliance with interagency agreements and federal requirements.
• Perform balance-sheet and other account reconciliations, analyze discrepancies and variances, and assist with timely resolution of reconciling items.
• Partner with Principal Investigators, project teams, customers, and finance colleagues to provide timely, accurate service on accounts receivable matters, including project reconciliations, aging, billing, and reporting.
• Support month-end close by reconciling transactions, confirming the completeness and accuracy of accounting records, and preparing manual journal entries with appropriate documentation.
• Conduct accounting research and financial analysis, identify root causes, and develop practical solutions to accounting, system, process, and customer issues.
• Support testing, implementation, and migration activities in Oracle and other financial applications; validate results and document outcomes.
• Prepare, review, and update accounting desk procedures; support the adoption of new processes, tools, and techniques.
• Help maintain effective internal controls and compliance with financial operations policies and procedures.
• Support cash-management activities, including the daily review of banking activity.
• Perform other accounting and financial operations duties as assigned.

The successful candidate is a detail-oriented, collaborative professional who takes initiative, thinks critically, and approaches challenges with curiosity and sound judgment. Strong Microsoft Excel skills are essential, including the ability to organize and analyze financial data, perform reconciliations, identify discrepancies, and develop efficient, well-controlled solutions. Experience with accounts receivable, federal billing, IPAC, G-Invoicing, Oracle, or comparable financial systems is highly valued.

The ideal candidate communicates clearly, manages competing priorities,…