907 - Revenue Assurance Accountant

Apave America Inc.•Houston, TX

About The Position

The Revenue Assurance Accountant protects company revenue, improves billing accuracy, and identifies opportunities to enhance gross margin across operating regions. Reporting to the Vice President, Finance for US Operations, the role operates as an independent control function between Operations, Billing, Finance, Payroll, and Business Systems to ensure earned revenue is recognized, billed accurately, and converted to cash. The role proactively identifies revenue leakage, billing errors, pricing inconsistencies, labor inefficiencies, and margin erosion through audits, data analytics, control testing, and operational reviews. Its mission is to protect every dollar earned, ensure every dollar is billed, and maximize the profitability of every hour worked. Apave America Inc. is a technology-enabled provider of non-destructive testing, inspection, asset integrity engineering, software, and specialized mechanical services. It serves diverse end markets across the United States and reports more than $300 million in revenue.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience in finance, operational accounting, project controls, revenue assurance, internal audit, or commercial finance.
Strong understanding of revenue recognition principles, including IFRS 15.
Strong understanding of project accounting, billing systems, gross margin analysis, and internal controls.
Advanced Excel and data analytics skills.
Experience working with ERP, dispatch, or field service management systems.

Responsibilities

Review operational activity to ensure all billable work is captured and invoiced.
Identify and investigate unbilled labor, equipment, materials, subcontractor, and travel costs.
Monitor unconverted hours, dispatches, and work orders.
Validate revenue recognition in the appropriate accounting period and review accrued revenue and work-in-progress balances.
Ensure contract modifications and change orders are reflected in billings; investigate revenue adjustments, credit notes, and invoice reversals.
Audit customer invoices and billing rates for compliance with contract terms and approved customer rate schedules.
Verify employee billing rates are updated following compensation changes, annual escalation provisions are implemented, and approved volume discounting authorities are followed.
Identify incorrect customer pricing and validate service line coding and revenue classifications.
Analyze margin deterioration by customer, project, service line, and region, including significant project margin variances.
Identify excessive overtime, double-time, standby, and non-productive labor costs; monitor labor utilization and billable efficiency.
Evaluate cost recovery for equipment, vehicles, travel, consumable materials, and subcontractors.
Identify scope creep, unrecovered project costs, and jobs generating labor costs without corresponding revenue.
Perform periodic operational reviews and assess adherence to billing procedures, project setup standards, and controls for timesheets, dispatch management, and invoice processing.
Conduct root-cause analyses of revenue leakage incidents, recommend corrective actions, and monitor implementation.
Review master data for employee billing rates, cost rates, service line assignments, customer pricing schedules, and contract terms.
Develop exception reports highlighting potential revenue or margin risks and prepare monthly Revenue Assurance Scorecards.
Provide actionable recommendations to Finance and Operations leadership.