Senior Billing Specialist

Your new company
A global events company specialising in providing venues for meetings, conferences and corporate events. The company has locations all across the UK, and they are looking to bring in a Billing Specialist on a temporary basis.

Your new role
My client is looking for a detail-driven, proactive Senior Billing Specialist to bring precision and expertise to our fast-paced finance department. As a key member of the billing team, you'll play a vital role in ensuring our invoicing runs smoothly and addressing any billing disputes as and when they arise.

This is a temporary role, lasting 6 + months. The company operates on a hybrid working model with 2-3 days in the office. They are looking for a non-qualified or part-qualified candidate who is immediately available.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the full billing cycle.
• Collaborate with different teams to ensure timely and accurate invoicing
• Monitor accounts for billing discrepancies and swiftly resolve issues
• Maintain and improve billing processes to enhance efficiency and accuracy
• Generate regular billing reports and support reconciliation efforts
• Stay up to date with industry best practices and internal billing policies
• Produce Bank reconciliation spreadsheets for Santander, Online Credit Cards and JPM

Other Weekly Tasks:

• Produce the Weekly Aged Debtor Report each Monday
• Review the AR Aging Report and track any overdue accounts and prioritise collection and escalate overdue accounts
• Follow up with our customers about outstanding balances and work hard to secure payments.

Other Monthly Tasks:

• Create and send customer account statements ensuring full visibility into balances due
• Reconcile AR ledger with the General Ledger
• Analyse and report on aging receivables, identifying any trends in late payments.

Holding Overdue Accounts & Dispute Resolution:

• Escalate delinquent accounts to collections, or legal if the matter remains unresolved
• File clear documentation of customer communications and their payment commitments
• Collaborate with our sales team to address any ongoing customer credit and payment issues.

Your Skills:

• 10+ Years experience in Billing, or Accounts Receivable/Credit roles where you have solid billing experience is a MUST
• NetSuite experience is desired, but a proven ability to work with financial systems and AR software is essential.
• Prior experience managing customer relations and solving disputes.

Please note that this is a temporary role, therefore the company is unable to provide sponsorship.

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