Project Accountant

Project Accountant

Function

Finance

Our Company

We’re Hitachi Digital, a company at the forefront of digital transformation and the fastest growing division of Hitachi Group. We’re crucial to the company’s strategy and ambition to become a premier global player in the massive and fast-moving digital transformation market.

Our group companies, including GlobalLogic, Hitachi Digital Services, Hitachi Vantara and more, offer comprehensive services that span the entire digital lifecycle, from initial idea to full-scale operation and the infrastructure to run it on. Hitachi Digital represents One Hitachi, integrating domain knowledge and digital capabilities, and harnessing the power of the entire portfolio of services, technologies, and partnerships, to accelerate synergy creation and make real-world impact for our customers and society as a whole.

Imagine the sheer breadth of talent it takes to unleash a digital future. We don’t expect you to ‘fit’ every requirement – your life experience, character, perspective, and passion for achieving great things in the world are equally as important to us.

Job description

The Role :
• 2+ years of experience in Finance/Accounting
• Intermediate Excel skills
• Strong verbal and written English communication skills
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Promotes collaboration, works well with others, and maintains a positive attitude
• Strong organizational skills, including attention to detail and problem-solving

What you'll bring :

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Economics, Finance, Business Management or related field
• Experience with billing labor hours a plus and working with cross-functional teams
• Experience with Oracle ERP, Salesforce PSA

This position will report to the Manager, Finance and is responsible for generating complex customer invoices in a labor-based environment and performing all activities in the revenue accounting function. This position is responsible for the daily management of project set-up of customer account activity, ensuring accurate billing in a timely manner, and handling disputes on invoicing. Other responsibilities involve revenue operations activities such as helping to ensure revenue close process efficiency and effectiveness, ensuring the accuracy of revenue reporting (both from a management reporting and external reporting perspective), analyzing key trends/judgment areas, booking journal entries for revenue deferral as well as performing reconciliations and deferred revenue analysis.
• Record monthly revenue recognition and ensure compliance with USGAAP and the Company’s internal policies
• Process customer invoices and ensure correct billable resources, hours, and rates are generated timely and accurately for Time and Materials, Fixed Price, and Cost+ professional service engagements
• Partner with ERP team and other departments to streamline and automate accounting processes and transactional cycles concerning Revenue Recognition, Invoicing, and Customer Management
Department/Project Description
Accounting department is responsible for preparing the financial statements, maintaining the general ledger, paying bills, billing customers, payroll, cost accounting, financial analysis, and more.
The billing team as a part of the accounting department is responsible for the timely execution of the invoicing process, and revenue recognition according to US GAAP and AR collections.

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About us

We’re a global, 1000-stong, diverse team of professional experts, promoting and delivering Social Innovation through our One Hitachi initiative (OT x IT x Product) and working on projects that have a real-world impact. We’re curious, passionate and empowered, blending our legacy of 110 years of innovation with our shaping our future. Here you’re not just another employee; you’re part of a tradition of excellence and a community working towards creating a digital future.

Fostering innovation through diverse perspectives

Hitachi is a global company operating across a wide range of industries and regions. One of the things that sets Hitachi apart is the diversity of our business and people, which drives our innovation and growth.

We are committed to building an inclusive culture based on mutual respect and merit-based systems. We believe that when people feel valued, heard, and safe to express themselves, they do their best work.

How we look after you

We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.

We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.

Experience Level

Mid Level