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Project Accountant / Billing Specialist

Brilliant®
Chicago, IL Contractor
POSTED ON 6/21/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/19/2026

A client of ours in the energy sector in downtown Chicago, IL is seeking a Contract Project Accountant / Billing Specialist to join their team (Hybrid role: 3 days in office).


Workday ERP and foreign currency billing experience required!


Seeking a Project Accountant to work on project setup, billing, and accounts receivable activities. The Project Accountant supports all billing related responsibilities for local and international engineering projects.


General Duties And Responsibilities:

  • Perform setup for customers, projects, contracts, and inter-company billing for both domestic and foreign projects in the Costpoint system
  • Work on projects that include multi-currency billing, foreign taxes, withholding, and retention
  • Assist with monthly Inter-Company billing processing
  • Maintain responsibility for high levels of accuracy and completeness of bill preparation to ensure that bills are in agreement with client billing arrangements and system records
  • Prepare invoice packages for approval by Project Managers, including all applicable backup, as required per contract terms
  • Submit invoice packages to clients per contract terms, often through online portals
  • Maintain project invoice/billing files and all supporting documents associated with invoicing/billing
  • Perform project close out and reconciliation
  • Assist with reconciliations of Open Billing Detail to General Ledger
  • Research and resolve billing and payment discrepancies
  • Perform additional billing duties as assigned


Minimum Job Requirements / Competencies

  • Bachelor's degree degree required
  • Experience with foreign currency billing required
  • Experience with Workday required
  • 5 years of project accounting / billing experience required
  • Strong experience in MS Excel and Adobe Acrobat required
  • Excellent data entry skills
  • Detail oriented team player comfortable in a fast paced, dynamic environment
  • Well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Proven ability to prioritize responsibilities and juggle multiple tasks


If you, or someone you know, is interested please apply today!

Salary : $45 - $50

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