Description:
Hiring Billing Specialist (3-4 yrs experience)
Reporting To: Finance Manager – Corporate Accounting, Middle East, Africa and India
Overview:
The Billing Specialist position reports to the Finance Manager – Corporate Accounting and is responsible for providing accurate and timely processing of all client and intercompany billing across various business segments.
Working in a department of 17+ supporting the Middle East, Africa & India regions of the company, this role is ideally suited to someone with professional services expertise. Important to highlight is that this role requires constant interactions with very senior individuals in the organisation, and therefore, requires crisp communication skills, high level attention to details and a best-in-class client service attitude.
Job Description:
- Review client project setup is accurate and reflects the billing information recorded in the letter of engagement – Billing address, rates, discounts, vat implications.
- Responsible for raising draft invoices and liaising with the business to improve accuracy to reduce manual amendments during the billing phase.
- Finalisation of client invoices once approved by client facing team members.
- Perform write offs, rate changes, narrative amendments, credit notes where applicable.
- Ensure the billing/invoicing month end close process is completed timely and accurately.
- Document billing/invoicing internal controls and procedures where necessary.
- Enforce and comply with the documented internal controls assigned to billing/invoicing processes.
- Serve as a billing/invoicing contact for both internal and external auditors.
- Perform responsibilities as directed achieving desired results within expected time frames and with a high level of quality and professionalism.
- Link with business contacts to check the accuracy of pricing and volumes that impact invoice values.
- Contribute to the month end closing deadlines and perform VAT reconciliations for the invoices issued.
Qualifications and Key Requirements:
- Accounting qualifications are beneficial
- Good background in billing in a professional service sector is a must.
- Client service mindset and attitude
- Attention to detail and ability to prioritise
- Energetic and self-motivated
- Strong oral, verbal, and written communication skills
- Team-oriented person who is detail oriented and dependable
- Proficient in in Word and Excel
- Knowledge of Unit 4 (or other billing/accounting systems)
- Experience of working with high volumes, multi currencies in Middle East, Africa & India(3-4 yrs experience)
- Knowledge of VAT in the regions mentioned above.