Project Accountant

Job Description

THE POSITION:

The Project Accountant, Deployment Billing and Contract Revenue, will support Deployment billing, contract administration, revenue recognition, deferred revenue review, and project setup activities for complex client contracts. This role will analyze Statements of Work, amendments, pricing exhibits, and billing provisions to ensure contract terms are translated into accurate project setup, billing requirements, revenue treatment, and recurring operational controls. The position will partner 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.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Our employees are tasked with delivering excellent business results through the efforts of their teams. These results are achieved by:

• Review SOWs, amendments, pricing schedules, rate cards, and related contract documents to identify billing-relevant terms, required data inputs, approval requirements, 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 revenue recognition concepts to support appropriate revenue treatment, including identification of performance obligations, timing of revenue recognition, variable consideration, contract modifications, and required documentation.
• Support deferred revenue analysis, reconciliations, release schedules, and period-end review to ensure revenue is recognized 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 required billing metadata.
• Partner with business owners to obtain required operational inputs, including rosters, vacancies, hires, terminations, recruiting activity, salary information, bonus activity, 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 in collaboration with Finance, Operations, Legal, Sales Operations, HR, Payroll, FP&A, and IT.
• Support process documentation, template development, testing, training materials, and continuous improvement efforts related to Deployment billing readiness and contract term management.
• Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias.
• All other duties as assigned.

Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and applicable state and local laws, it is the policy of EVERSANA to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by an employee with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship for EVERSANA. If reasonable accommodation is needed to perform the essential functions of your job position, please contact Human Resources.

Qualifications

MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

The requirements listed below are representative of the experience, education, knowledge, skill and/or abilities required.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field.
• Minimum of 3-6 years of experience in a finance or accounting department.
• Professional accounting experience with responsibility for 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 considerations.
• 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.

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