Project Accountant

EVERSANA•Overland Park, KS

14d•$69,525 - $83,172

About The Position

The Project Accountant, Deployment Billing and Contract Revenue, supports Deployment billing, contract administration, revenue recognition, deferred revenue review, and project setup for complex client contracts. The role reviews contract documents and translates their terms into accurate project setup, billing requirements, revenue treatment, and recurring operational controls. It partners across Project Accounting, Deployment Operations, Sales Operations, FP&A, HR, Payroll, Talent Acquisition, Legal / Contract Management, and IT / Power Platform to improve billing readiness, reduce key-person dependency, and strengthen revenue integrity.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field.
3–6 years of experience in a finance or accounting department.
Professional accounting experience involving project accounting, revenue accounting, contract billing, client invoicing, deferred revenue, or related financial close activities.
Working knowledge of ASC 606 and ability to apply accounting guidance to contract terms, billing provisions, and revenue timing.
Experience reviewing contracts, SOWs, amendments, pricing exhibits, or fee schedules and translating terms into operational or accounting requirements.
Understanding of deferred revenue, accruals, revenue schedules, reconciliations, journal entries, invoicing, and month- or quarter-end close controls.
Experience setting up or maintaining projects, project contracts, billing rules, or contract-related master data in an ERP system.
Advanced Excel skills, including structured workbooks, reconciliations, lookup formulas, pivot tables, data validation, and review of large transactional datasets.
Strong analytical, documentation, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to identify gaps, exceptions, dependencies, and control risks.
Ability to work cross-functionally with accounting, operations, legal, commercial, HR, payroll, FP&A, systems, and technology teams.
High attention to detail and ability to manage deadlines during billing cycles, close periods, audits, and contract updates.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations, including Project Management and Accounting, Project Contracts, Subscription Billing, Revenue Recognition, or deferred revenue functionality.
Experience with Microsoft 365 workflow and documentation tools, including SharePoint, Microsoft Lists, Power Automate, Power BI, and Teams.
Experience supporting process improvement, system implementation, controls documentation, workflow design, or audit readiness initiatives.
CPA, CPA candidate, or another relevant accounting certification.
Experience in professional services, deployment services, life sciences services, managed services, subscription billing, or complex customer contract environments.

Responsibilities

Review SOWs, amendments, pricing schedules, rate cards, and related contract documents to identify billing terms, required inputs, approvals, exceptions, and renewal or escalation provisions.
Translate contract terms into billing requirements, project setup instructions, invoice support needs, revenue recognition considerations, deferred revenue requirements, and audit documentation.
Apply accounting judgment and working knowledge of ASC 606 to support revenue treatment, including performance obligations, timing, variable consideration, contract modifications, and documentation.
Support deferred revenue analysis, reconciliations, release schedules, and period-end review in line with contract terms, company policy, and accounting guidance.
Create, maintain, and validate project setup information in D365 or related ERP systems, including project contracts and IDs, billing rules, funding sources, contract lines, invoice formats, rate structures, and billing metadata.
Obtain operational inputs from business owners, including rosters, vacancies, hires, terminations, recruiting activity, salary and bonus information, cost model assumptions, amendments, and CRM updates.
Maintain contract term registers, billing trackers, responsibility assignments, approvals, issue logs, and supporting documentation.
Prepare or support monthly and quarterly billing, revenue, deferred revenue, accrual, reconciliation, and close activities for Deployment contracts.
Research and resolve contract interpretation, billing setup, invoice support, revenue recognition, and data ownership issues with relevant cross-functional teams.
Support process documentation, template development, testing, training materials, and continuous improvement for Deployment billing readiness and contract term management.
Demonstrate commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, inclusive behavior, and proactive bias management.
Perform other duties as assigned.