With over 20 years in accounting, including significant expertise in billing supervision and project accounting in the environmental engineering sector, this candidate excels in team leadership, project setup, and revenue recognition. Proficient in Oracle and Microsoft 365, consistently delivers accurate financial reporting and client invoicing.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Billing Supervisor
Tetra Tech, Inc.
Pittsburgh
08.2020 - Current
In addition to the project accounting duties, responsibilities include supervising billing department staff; coordinating and distributing workload; mentoring and training staff; reviewing new project set up documents and assigning to staff; conducting PEEAC reviews.
Project Accountant
Tetra Tech, Inc.
Pittsburgh
02.2016 - 07.2020
Responsible for project setup, maintenance and closeout in Oracle; issuing invoices, calculating and entering cost and revenue adjustments resulting from change orders, PEEACs and final project close; establish agreements (contracts) and fund new projects, provided accounting and financial support to management, including financial reports and account analyses; prepared and issued client invoices in accordance with contract/purchase order terms, established and maintained labor rate tables for time and material projects; worked with sister units supporting EGS projects to ensure client requirements are met with or without the interproject billing system; created ad-hoc reports for clients as requested.
Senior Billing Leader
Harsco Infrastructure/Brand Energy
Pittsburgh
05.2005 - 02.2016
Responsible for complex billings for the large utility companies (85-90 accounts) generating approximately $30M in annual revenue; back up to the Scaffold Tracker System programmer to troubleshoot and fix system issues; created process to produce KPI Reports within the Scaffold Tracker System as well as trained field personnel on submission of proper paperwork to enable KPI tracking; managed Field Timekeepers for three of the top five customers in the district including First Energy, Dominion and NRG; weekly job costing/tracking in both the Scaffold Tracker System and Excel based program; Interface with Operations Department to maintain customer equipment yards (approximately 30 yards) ensuring all equipment was delivered, returned and transferred timely to produce accurate inventories; routine communication with field personnel to ensure timely submission of paperwork approved by the customer; supported billing manager with staff training, month end revenue review including accruals and deferrals, profit/loss review and reconciliations; lead role in both Oracle conversion and Profield conversion with concentration on the inventory side of both systems; maintained in house Freight Log to ensure transactions lined up as well as track freight costs.
Harsco merged with Brand Energy in November 2013
Field Timekeeper
Harsco Infrastructure
Pittsburgh
08.2003 - 05.2005
Worked as a field timekeeper within the Dominion system including Mt. Storm and Chesterfield Power Stations; tracked all labor costs as well as rental tags via Scaffold Tracker System; processed customer required labor and rental billing reports for daily submission; compiled daily time in order to create weekly payroll for submission.
Payroll Clerk
Harsco Infrastructure
Pittsburgh
12.2001 - 08.2003
Processed and reconciled daily payroll for 200-300 union employees.
Education
Diploma -
Keyser High School
Keyser, WV
06-1999
Skills
Billing supervision
Project accounting
Revenue management
Financial reporting
Oracle software proficiency
Problem solving and invoice processing
Effective communication
Years With Current Employer
10
Chronological History
Billing Supervisor, Tetra Tech, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA, 08/01/20, Present, Supervising billing department staff, Coordinating and distributing workload, Mentoring and training staff, Reviewing new project set up documents and assigning to staff, Conducting PEEAC reviews
Project Accountant, Tetra Tech, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA, 02/01/16, 07/31/20, Responsible for project setup, maintenance and closeout in Oracle, Issuing invoices, calculating and entering cost and revenue adjustments resulting from change orders, PEEACs and final project close, Establish agreements (contracts) and fund new projects, Provided accounting and financial support to management, including financial reports and account analyses, Prepared and issued client invoices in accordance with contract/purchase order terms, Established and maintained labor rate tables for time and material projects, Worked with sister units supporting EGS projects to ensure client requirements are met with or without the interproject billing system, Created ad-hoc reports for clients as requested
Senior Billing Leader, Harsco Infrastructure/Brand Energy, Pittsburgh, PA, 05/01/05, 02/29/16, Responsible for complex billings for the large utility companies (85-90 accounts) generating approximately $30M in annual revenue, Back up to the Scaffold Tracker System programmer to troubleshoot and fix system issues, Created process to produce KPI Reports within the Scaffold Tracker System as well as trained field personnel on submission of proper paperwork to enable KPI tracking, Managed Field Timekeepers for three of the top five customers in the district including First Energy, Dominion and NRG, Weekly job costing/tracking in both the Scaffold Tracker System and Excel based program, Interface with Operations Department to maintain customer equipment yards (approximately 30 yards) ensuring all equipment was delivered, returned and transferred timely to produce accurate inventories, Routine communication with field personnel to ensure timely submission of paperwork approved by the customer, Supported billing manager with staff training, month end revenue review including accruals and deferrals, profit/loss review and reconciliations, Lead role in both Oracle conversion and Profield conversion with concentration on the inventory side of both systems, Maintained in house Freight Log to ensure transactions lined up as well as track freight costs
Field Timekeeper, Harsco Infrastructure, Pittsburgh, PA, 08/01/03, 05/31/05, Worked as a field timekeeper within the Dominion system including Mt. Storm and Chesterfield Power Stations, Tracked all labor costs as well as rental tags via Scaffold Tracker System, Processed customer required labor and rental billing reports for daily submission, Compiled daily time in order to create weekly payroll for submission
Payroll Clerk, Harsco Infrastructure, Pittsburgh, PA, 12/01/01, 08/31/03, Processed and reconciled daily payroll for approximately 200-300 union employees, Responded to employee and union payroll inquiries, Reviewed field timesheets for processing, Worked with Billing Department to identify and resolve discrepancies in billing hours vs hours worked, Prepared approximately 20 union fringe benefit reports on a monthly basis