Staff Accountant (Contract, Full-Time) — Supporting a Professional Services Client

About the Role We are a fractional and interim CFO consulting practice and staffing a finance team: Controller, CFO oversight, and Staff Accountant, for a 3-to-6 month, full-time engagement supporting a PE-backed technology consulting and professional services client. We're hiring the Staff Accountant seat on that team. This client bills on a time & materials (T&M) and fixed-fee project model, so project-based accounting experience is the priority, not general small-business bookkeeping. Experience with other project accounting or professional services automation (PSA) systems matters more here than QBO expertise. What You'll Do - Own day-to-day accounting for a project-based consulting/professional services business: AP/AR, bank reconciliations, GL maintenance - Track and reconcile project-level costs and revenue across T&M and fixed-fee engagements; WIP, unbilled revenue, project profitability - Support month-end close: journal entries, accruals, account reconciliations - Prepare supporting schedules for financial statements (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow) - Work under a Controller or CFO overseeing the engagement, escalate issues, keep records audit-ready - Assist with ad hoc reporting requests as the engagement evolves over the 3-month term What We're Looking For - 5+ years as a staff accountant or senior bookkeeper in a project-based / T&M or fixed-fee consulting, engineering, or professional services environment; this is the most important qualification - Working knowledge of project accounting concepts: WIP, revenue recognition on T&M/fixed-fee contracts, project-level cost tracking - Experience with a project accounting or PSA system (e.g., Deltek, BigTime, Certinia/FinancialForce, Mavenlink/Kantata, Replicon, or similar). This is not a QuickBooks environment, so QBO-only candidates should speak to their adaptability - Solid Excel skills (reconciliations, pivot tables, lookups) - Clear written and verbal English communication - Available full-time (40 hrs/week) for a 3-to-6 month engagement, with meaningful overlap with US Pacific Time/Central Time business hours - Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance preferred, not required with strong equivalent experience - Professional and discreet handling confidential financial information