Senior Accountant – Margin Accounting and Reporting

Senior Accountant – Margin Accounting and Reporting Work Location

Hybrid, Denver, CO

• Prepare and analyze detailed margin reporting by customer and contract, including revenue, direct costs, and profitability trends.
• Investigate and explain margin variances versus budget, forecast, and prior periods.
• Support management with margin insights, ad‑hoc analyses, and reporting deliverables for monthly, quarterly and annual reporting.

• Apply revenue recognition guidance (ASC 606) to customer contracts, ensuring proper timing and measurement of revenue.
• Record and reconcile monthly revenue accruals, deferrals, and contract balances.
• Maintain contract‑level schedules supporting revenue, cost, and margin recognition.

• Compile and validate billing data from multiple sources to prepare accurate and timely customer invoices.
• Interpret and apply customer contract terms, pricing schedules, rate structures, and amendments to billing activity.
• Ensure billing aligns with contractual obligations, internal policies, accounting standards and company policies.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders and customers to resolve billing disputes and discrepancies.
• Monitor accounts receivable activity for assigned customers and support collection efforts as needed.

• Analyze billing variances, trends, and anomalies across customers and billing periods.
• Research and resolve discrepancies between billed amounts, contract terms, and source data.
• Partner with internal stakeholders and customers to identify root causes and implement corrective actions.

• Maintain detailed billing support files, calculations, and documentation.
• Prepare billing reconciliations and supporting schedules for accounting, audits, and management review.
• Develop recurring and ad‑hoc billing reports to support decision‑making and performance monitoring.

• Accrue, analyze, and reconcile contract‑related direct costs.
• Ensure appropriate matching of costs with related revenues.
• Partner with Operations and Procurement to validate cost data and assumptions.

• Prepare journal entries, reconciliations, and supporting schedules for month‑end close.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls, accounting policies, and documentation standards.
• Assist with external audit requests related to revenue, margin, and contract accounting.

• Identify opportunities to improve billing and reporting accuracy, accounting processes, and efficiency.
• Support the development and enhancement of billing controls, procedures, and documentation.
• Assist with system implementations, enhancements, or automation initiatives.
• Serve as a subject‑matter resource on margin and contract accounting topics.

• Coordinate with Legal and Operations to clarify contract language and billing requirements.
• Communicate billing changes, adjustments, and corrections to internal teams and customers as needed.
• Support monthly, quarterly and annual reporting cycles related to billing, accruals, and revenue processes.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, preferably with contract‑based revenue.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, including revenue recognition principles.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience working with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Net Suite, Workday).
• Strong analytical capabilities with a detail‑oriented mindset.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills and cross‑functional collaboration.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a high growth environment.

• Data Analytics and/or FP&A experience to investigate underlying data or trends and correlation with operational metrics.
• CPA license (or active pursuit of CPA).
• Experience with margin or cost accounting in communications or technology industries.
• Prior involvement in audits and internal controls compliance.
• Background in billing, collections, and customer contract accounting.