Job Description
Job Description
SpearMC is seeking a full-time project accounting analyst. Resource will work remotely but we prefer candidate is located in Chicago metro area to attend occasional meetings.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Handle various financial tasks for assigned consulting projects and programs, interfacing with team members, sales and consulting staff, management, and externally as needed to complete work activities.
- Establish and maintain revenue and billing formulas.
- Monitor and maintain contract funding and modification reconciliation.
- Review and approve some opportunities/new bookings from the sales team.
- Review Estimate-At-Completion/-To Completion and perform variance analysis.
- Prepare ad hoc project reporting and analysis as required.
- Prepare month end project journal entries.
- Coordinate activities with support teams including Product Accounting, Contracts, and Sales.
- Review and analyze contract customer requirements and project scope to achieve project objectives. Escalate issues to management that are outside scope, guidelines or performance expectations.
- Prepare sales order documents and purchase orders in accordance with customer and vendor agreements.
- Reconcile project details between Salesforce and NetSuite
- Maintain revenue recognition accurately on individual projects.
- Maintain budget details, and cost and revenue buildup accurately before opportunity/booking approval is completed.
- Attend team meetings and other project-related meetings as required.
- Provide assistance to AP team i.e. expense reports, vendor bills, etc., when needed.
- Provide assistance to AR team i.e. customer invoice generation and/or clean-up, etc., when needed.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or equivalent work experience
- 2-4 years’ experience working in accounting or financial analyst role
- Experience working with accounting/financial software systems such as NetSuite and Certinia, MS Excel proficiency and other data management tools at intermediate level.
- Revenue recognition and accrual accounting required.
- Experience with government contracting requirements a plus