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Consertus is an AI-native global capital program management and advisory firm that combines deep industry expertise with advanced digital capabilities to deliver smarter, faster, and more sustainable outcomes. Headquartered in Miami, Florida, and supported by a team of more than 1,500 professionals, we help clients plan, deliver, and optimize complex capital programs across the full project lifecycle.
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About this Role:
The Senior Project Accountant owns project financial administration for an assigned portfolio across the full project lifecycle: project setup, billing, revenue support, work-in-progress (WIP) and backlog management, and accounts receivable coordination. The role works in Deltek Vantagepoint and partners with Project Managers, Business Development, Legal and Contracting, and Finance to keep every project compliant with Consertus’s Project Lifecycle Management SOP and ASC 606.
Key Responsibilities:
Project Setup and Compliance
Review executed contracts, notices to proceed, and pre-contract work authorizations; establish the WBS, billing terms, contract values, and project status in accordance with policy
Create and link billing tables and rate tables, confirming that billing terms in Vantagepoint match the contract
Process and maintain change orders and supplements promptly, updating project setup on notification from Salesforce or Ironclad
Billing, WIP, and Revenue
Manage the monthly billing cycle, preparing draft invoices and routing them for Project Manager review and approval
Monitor unbilled and aged WIP, documenting reasons for unbilled projects and escalating per policy when thresholds are exceeded
Coordinate month-end revenue activities with Project Managers to support accurate revenue recognition
Confirm that write-offs, credit memos, and adjustments comply with the approval matrix and corporate policy
Accounts Receivable
Support the weekly AR review, monitoring aging and running escalation protocols at 60+, 85+, and 120+ days
Resolve cash receipt discrepancies and coordinate with Cash Applications and AR as needed
Reporting, Closeout, and Audit
Execute the closeout checklist upon Project Manager notification and follow up on inactive projects
Prepare the month-end unbilled report with explanations for consolidation and reporting
Provide advanced reporting and analysis of WIP, backlog, margin, and AR aging to Project Managers and Business Unit leadership
Handle client compliance requests and support audit requests relating to project financials
Assist with month-end and year-end close as needed
Process Improvement and Mentoring
Partner with Project Accounting management to design and implement procedures that improve project accounting operations
Help Project Managers and operating unit leadership understand their project financial data
Train, mentor, and coach Project Accountants, including those who do not report to the role directly
Qualifications/Requirements:
8+ years of project accounting experience in a services or consulting environment
Working knowledge of contract types (T&M, fixed fee, NTE, and unit-based) and their billing terms
Demonstrated ability to lead process improvement, provide training,…