Contract Billing Specialist

Overview

RTI’s Office of Finance is seeking a Contract Billing Specialist to perform daily contract billing operations including administrative, analytical, and professional accounting tasks to bill clients in accordance with contract terms. 

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Responsibilities

• Provide professional support in the process of contract administration.
• Perform daily contract billing operations including administrative, analytical, and professional accounting tasks to bill clients including the processing of journal entries.
• Examine contract documents to identify and interpret billing requirements.
• Conduct invoice preparations within stringent time requirements.
• Interface with contracts, finance, and technical staff and/or external clients to obtain information as required.
• Work primarily on Fixed Price cost and time and materials (T&M) contract types.
• Proficiency in:
  • Systems, tools, organizational financials including indirect rates and general ledger account principles.
  • Billing operations throughout a project lifecycle, project setup, post-award project invoicing, and project close-out processes.
• Prepares simple quarterly and annual federal financial reports (FFRs) for projects.
• Own & analyze Cost Plus and T&M contract types.
• Examine contract documentation for Closeouts to identify and interpret instructions; contact contract and technical staff or client if additional information is required. 

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's Degree and 1 year of relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Government contracting experience is preferred. 
• To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B visa status, etc.)

Skills & Abilities

• Intermediate knowledge of MS Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities and unexpected requests to deliver high-quality deliverables within established deadlines
• Ability to work well with others
• Ability to listen and communicate well both verbally and in writing
• Ability to work independently
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong work ethic and sense of ownership of work