Project Accountant

EVERSANA • Overland Park, KS

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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 Statements of Work, amendments, pricing exhibits, and billing provisions to translate contract terms into accurate project setup, billing requirements, revenue treatment, and recurring operational controls.

The Project Accountant works with Project Accounting, Deployment Operations, Sales Operations, FP&A, HR, Payroll, Talent Acquisition, Legal / Contract Management, and IT / Power Platform resources to improve billing readiness, reduce key-person dependency, and strengthen revenue integrity. The position also supports billing and close activities, contract documentation, issue resolution, and process improvement. The role includes a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion and other duties as assigned.

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 revenue recognition principles 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 contractual language into operational or accounting requirements.
• Strong understanding of deferred revenue, accruals, revenue schedules, reconciliations, journal entries, invoicing, and month-end 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 other 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-relevant terms, data inputs, approvals, exceptions, and renewal or escalation provisions.
• Translate contract terms into billing requirements, project setup instructions, recurring invoice support needs, revenue recognition considerations, deferred revenue requirements, and audit support documentation.
• Apply accounting judgment and working knowledge of ASC 606 concepts to support revenue treatment, including performance obligations, revenue timing, variable consideration, contract modifications, and required documentation.
• Support deferred revenue analysis, reconciliations, release schedules, and period-end reviews in accordance with contract terms, company policy, and applicable accounting guidance.
• Create, maintain, and validate project setup information in D365 or related ERP systems, including project contracts, project IDs, billing rules, funding sources, contract lines, invoice formats, rate structures, and billing metadata.
• Partner with business owners to obtain operational inputs, including rosters, vacancies, hires, terminations, recruiting activity, salary and bonus information, cost model assumptions, amendments, and CRM updates.
• Maintain contract terms registers, billing requirements trackers, responsibility assignments, approval records, issue logs, and supporting documentation.
• Prepare or support monthly and quarterly billing, revenue, deferred revenue, accrual, reconciliation, and close activities related to Deployment contracts.
• Research and resolve contract interpretation, billing setup, invoice support, revenue recognition, and data ownership issues with relevant Finance, Operations, Legal, Sales Operations, HR, Payroll, FP&A, and IT teams.
• Support process documentation, template development, testing, training materials, and continuous improvement related to Deployment billing readiness and contract term management.
• Demonstrate commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continued development, inclusive behaviors, and proactive bias management.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• EVERSANA states that it is committed to providing competitive salaries and benefits for all employees. A detailed benefits package is available on the company careers website; specific benefits are not listed in the posting.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level