Finance Lead - CostPoint

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Position Overview:

The Finance Lead manages revenue recognition, billing, and accounts receivable operations within Finance Operations. This role supervises billing staff and junior analysts, ensures accurate project financial data and timely invoicing, and provides financial reporting and analysis to leadership. The position supports compliance with contract requirements, GAAP, FAR, CAS, and internal audit controls.

Expertise in Deltek CostPoint is mandatory. Candidates must have advanced proficiency in Revenue and Billing and working knowledge of Project Management, General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, and Cost Accounting, including the ability to build reports and troubleshoot issues across modules.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee project revenue recognition and invoicing, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and alignment with contract terms and applicable accounting and federal contracting requirements.
• Manage billing cycles, including invoice preparation, CostPoint billing rules, customer accounts, billed and unbilled receivables, and related financial postings.
• Monitor receivables aging, cash collections, and days sales outstanding (DSO); resolve billing inquiries and collection issues to support cash flow.
• Build, customize, and maintain CostPoint reports using Cognos or native reporting tools; prepare revenue reports, billing summaries, and financial dashboards that integrate data across modules.]
• Analyze revenue variances, billing discrepancies, and collection trends; identify root causes and implement corrective actions.
• Serve as the CostPoint subject matter expert for revenue and billing operations; troubleshoot cross-module issues, configure relevant system settings, and ensure accurate data flows between Project Management, Revenue Billing, General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, and Cost Accounting.
• Partner with Program Managers, Contracts, and Finance leadership to align billing practices with contract requirements and communicate timely financial insights.
• Directly supervise billing staff and junior analysts; assign work, monitor performance, conduct reviews, and support professional development.
• Train team members on revenue recognition, billing procedures, CostPoint functionality, and…