We have an outstanding Contract position for a Billing Analyst to join a leading Company located in the Reston, VA surrounding area.
The Billing Analyst is responsible for performing billing and reconciliation functional work. This position creates and maintains customer schedules/invoices, submits final invoices for payment, and monitors the customer aging for unpaid balances. The core objective of the department is to drive operations in the area of order-to-cash.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Creates and maintains the customer(s) schedules, billing, and invoicing setup within the Company's Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system following the customer(s) contract terms. In the case of electronic self-invoicing customers, coordinates with the technical IT teams given an automated process.
- Investigates and resolves invoice related issues affecting revenue.
- Participates in month end close.
- Executes month end activities for respective customer(s) as it relates to finalization of customer invoices, performs applicable debit/credit memos, posts final unit revenues and revenue adjustments or accruals.
- Submits customer invoices, manually or electronically.
- Resolves reconciliation gaps for any open periods as it relates to unpaid invoices.
- Participates in routine accounting and governmental (port authority and tax) audits.
- Sets up and supports new customer(s) in the system.
- Supports the cash application process and monitors customer payments.
- Directly interacts with customer(s).
Core Competencies
- Analysis and Reporting.
- Business Acumen, Planning and Management.
- Communication and Presentation.
- Champions Diversity & Inclusion.
- Customer Focus and Relationship Building.
- Champion for Change.
- Influencing.
- Information and Technology Proficiency.
- Leadership.
- Problem Solving and Decision Making.
Basic Hiring Criteria:
- Bachelor's degree.
- Minimum 1 year of demonstrated analyst work experience.
- Proven experience within an ERP environment.
- Work experience in an operations or manufacturing environment.
- Work experience in a food production or food service environment.
- Experience working within a cross-functional team.
Desired Qualifications:
- Minimum 3 years demonstrated analyst work experience.
- Previous Financial experience preferred.
- Demonstrate proficiency in billing/reconciliations.
- Must demonstrate and have advanced skills in Microsoft Office applications, specifically Word, Excel, and Outlook.
- Must have solid analytical skills.
- Display an outstanding work ethic.
- Must work effectively in a team-based environment.
- Must have the ability and desire to meet required timelines.
- Strong mathematical aptitude.
Work Demands:
- Regular and on-time attendance.
- Hours regularly exceed 40 hours per week.
- Must be willing to participate in an on-call rotation that would involve evening and weekend work approximately once every two months.