Project Accountant at Sellafield Energy

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Job Summary

Project accountants work closely with project managers to devise the budget, facilitate the billing process and perform cost assessments for a particular project or portfolio. He  is accountable for monitoring the progress of projects, investigating variances, approving expenses, and ensuring that project billings are issued to customers and payments collected.

Job Responsibilities

• Effectively communicate with Project Managers (PM) and Principals-in-Charge (PIC), regarding contract documents, change orders and other contract modifications, approvals, and any additional services-related to billing.
• Prepare final invoice package containing draft and final invoices for all billable projects, including all applicable backup for approval by the Accounting Supervisor.
• Assess and pursue opportunities for maximization of client billing; communicate with the Accounting Supervisor, as to your observations and actions taken.
• Research any unbilled issues to optimize the billing possibilities for the billing period.
• Maintain the billing folders for all projects, with all the appropriate documents, including expenses, consultant invoices, and monthly invoices, in accordance with standard procedures.
• Provide the accounts payables team member with advice on client billing, relative to consultant invoicing and reimbursable expenses. It is expected that the Biller maintain a continuous line of communication to clear any open issues.
• Work with the cash receipts team member to reconcile variances that occur in the application of cash.
• Generate and distribute bi-monthly receivables reports and monthly profitability reports.
• Set up new projects, make transfers of employee billable hours and/or expenses, and open and close time classes in company system.
• Write off any uncollectible receivables, labor or expenses, as directed by the PIC.
• Review weekly time sheets, along with the accounting group.
• Monthly analyze the P & L accounts monthly,Prepare balance sheet account reconcilements, as assigned by the Accounting Supervisor.
• Recommend and implement agreed process improvements to the billing cycle.
• Prepare special project analyses for the PICs, PMs and others.
• Prepare local property and business tax returns.
• Provide year-end support of auditor requirements, which may include research and reconcilement.
• Perform additional assignments, as directed by the Accounting Supervisor.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in accounting or related business degree preferred.
• More than 10 years of billing and receivables, with at least 7 years in an EPCIC
• Intermediate to advanced computer literacy, including experience in word processing, spreadsheets, accounting software and SAP
• Detailed knowledge of project contracts and change order documents
• Knowledge of the project structure in a client/consultant business environment.
• Other Relevant Certifications.

Date Posted: 2019-09-24 10:27:28