Project Accountant​/Billing Specialist

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).

Workday ERP 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.

• 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

• Bachelor's degree degree required
• Experience with foreign currency billing required
• Experience with Workday 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