Accounts Receivable / Billing Job Description

Accounts Receivable / Billing Job Description

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Accounts receivable / billing provides support to others on the Billing team for monthly billing processes relating to clients on Shareworks, Stockvantage and other legacy systems.

Accounts Receivable / Billing Duties & Responsibilities

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Sample responsibilities for this position include:

Work closely with clients, brokers and TPAs on various problems and concerns regarding billing, statements and insurance coverage issues on commercial groups
Extract, review and interpret billing statements, charge information, private or government insurance benefits, and other related information from multiple billing and documentation servers (for multiple hospitals, clinics and insurance companies) while resolving account balances
Maintain daily oversight and control billing systems
Participate and provide input into the general day-today operation of the billing and collection
Focus on Billing tasks
Assist in submission of billing documents and files
Direct and oversee the Global AR and billing team, which includes execution of monthly global AR close, ensuring accurate results are delivered on time for reporting in accordance with IFRS
Receive inbound billing-related customer quires and resolve any issues that may arise
Respond to customer billing questions, customer disputes and escalate to supervisor or manager as needed
Quality assurance of monthly invoices generated from various billing platforms

Accounts Receivable / Billing Qualifications

Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.

Licensing or Certifications for Accounts Receivable / Billing

List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CCAT, CPC, CPA, R/3, SAP, CMA, CDFM, MBA

Education for Accounts Receivable / Billing

Typically a job would require a certain level of education.

Employers hiring for the accounts receivable / billing job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Associates, Accounting, Education, Finance, Business, Healthcare, General Education, Business/Administration, Medical, Performance

Skills for Accounts Receivable / Billing

Desired skills for accounts receivable / billing include:

Medicaid
Medicare
Billing
Blue Cross
Commercial insurance and HMO carriers
Electronic billing systems and EMR’s
Electronic data interchange and online systems
Federal and state regulations
Insurance coverage
Medical terminology

Desired experience for accounts receivable / billing includes:

Provide invoicing to customers on a daily, weekly, bi-monthly and monthly basis
Upload invoicing into customer system where necessary
Reconcile customer invoicing to system generated invoicing
Resolve and issues or disputed in a timely fashion
Organize payment arrangements
Meet monthly AR goals

Accounts Receivable / Billing Examples

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Accounts Receivable / Billing Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of accounts receivable / billing. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for accounts receivable / billing
  • Assist with the set -up of accounts for "new" clients to achieve their billing needs
  • Establish work procedures and processes for Billing Department that support company and departmental standards and strategic directives
  • Represent the AR/Billing team in cross-functional projects, reporting, and process improvement initiatives
  • Develop, implement and analyze scorecard to measure and ensure optimal billing solutions are used and leveraged by the organization, compliance to receivable policies and inventory metrics
  • Lead and manage the US billing and collections team (staff of 2-3)
  • Prepare monthly billing, collections and receivable reports for Director of Finance and other members of Executive Team
  • Review and approve billing transactions, including invoicing, refunds, credits and write-offs
  • Learn and master Netsuite billing system, reviewing and improving process and system setup
  • Supporting the team with respect to invoicing Fund related contracts, including ETFs and Trackers, Russell Tick billing
  • Maintaining an excellent relationship with external clients for the purpose of information gathering for billing, reporting and credit control
Qualifications for accounts receivable / billing
  • Submit claims
  • Input charge data
  • Submit payment data
  • Oversee daily deposits
  • Run status of collections reports on account receivable bi-weekly to review with the CFO
  • Assist in Accounts Receivable processes
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Accounts Receivable / Billing Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for an accounts receivable / billing. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for accounts receivable / billing
  • Ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements and develop/refine AR processes and procedures with a focus on continuous improvements
  • Assist with the monthly close of books
  • Organize and file bills and associated documents
  • Reconcile expense reports and manage expense report payments
  • Process and post payments to customer accounts including cash, checks, wires, bank transfers and credit card transactions
  • Send out notifications for credit card declines
  • Generate ad-hoc manual invoices, credit memo’s and debit memo’s for customers
  • Run credit checks on customers, approve credit applications and assign credit limits for the customers including preparing reports on credit ratings on customers
  • Assist in the mailing of the invoices to customers and processing all administrative materials as required
  • Maintain Accounts Receivable policies, procedures, and controls
Qualifications for accounts receivable / billing
  • Ability to work independently and handle sensitive issues with confidentiality
  • Assist finance/accounting team on monthly closing, audit, and other projects/tasks related to AR
  • Work closely with sales department
  • Ability to work with multiple entities and currencies
  • Strong organizational, verbal and written communication skills, attention to detail and strong consistent performer, desire to learn
  • Experience with ERP systems and Excel
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Accounts Receivable / Billing Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of accounts receivable / billing. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for accounts receivable / billing
  • Review, approve and post journal entries relating to Billings, AR Adjustments
  • Research & accurately apply daily receipts to accounts
  • Research, reconcile, audit, resolve and make adjustments on accounts
  • Prepare an average of 2200 statements for mailing via U.S. P.S
  • Call or email past due accounts for collection
  • Keep updated log of past due accounts for reporting purposes
  • Timely and accurate invoice preparation and/or invoice authorization
  • Preparation of general ledger entries
  • Difficult account reconciliations
  • Preparation of standard and adhoc reports
Qualifications for accounts receivable / billing
  • Ability to ascertain correctness & completeness of transactions to be processed
  • Ability to provide exceptional support to the company's and department's vision and direction
  • Goal oriented with ability to meet department standards
  • Ability to coordinate, track and efficiently organize multiple tasks and projects
  • Able to follow complex directions
  • Understanding of commercial health insurance is preferred
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Accounts Receivable / Billing Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of accounts receivable / billing. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for accounts receivable / billing
  • Process documentation and process improvement
  • Performs Sarbanes-Oxley audit controls
  • Responsible for ensuring the accounting transactions required to adequately report and manage receivable and specific revenue accounts are completed in a timely and accurate manner
  • Answer Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet questions for assigned accounts and ensure completion of period-end checklist
  • Performs SOX control(s) and maintains proper documentation for audit review
  • Serve as Accounts Receivable point of contact for assigned processes
  • Maintain policy and procedures for assigned processes
  • Monitor compliance of the Accounts Receivable approval policies for invoice, credit memo, and payback transactions
  • Assist with providing requested information for internal and external auditors
  • Provide support to department management by assisting with the resolution of various problems that may arise, such as customer/vendor disputes, account analysis and balancing, and process or system issues
Qualifications for accounts receivable / billing
  • Strong knowledge of Reliable Visual
  • Review of own processes to identify continuous improvement opportunities
  • Point of contact for 3rd party vendor relations for outsourced functions
  • Participates or leads special projects as assigned
  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field or five (5) + years of high volume Accounts Receivable or Accounting experience in a fast paced dynamic environment
  • Demonstrated understanding of accounting theories, methodologies, principles and practices, and the impact of departmental transactions to the financial statements
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Accounts Receivable / Billing Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of accounts receivable / billing. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for accounts receivable / billing
  • Functions as the primary contact by researching and troubleshooting any issues or questions related to billing and receivable of direct shipments
  • Work with cross-functional teams to recommend and implement billing solutions using current technology to maximize the efficiency and accuracy of existing systems and processes
  • Processing of all sales invoices using Excel and Great Plains financial system
  • Ensure invoices are raised promptly and in accordance with contract terms & legislation
  • Ensure contracts and all relevant paperwork is complete & received on a timely basis
  • Working proactively with operations team to achieve agreed set deadlines and objectives
  • Respond to invoicing queries in an effective and timely manner
  • Ensure that month end procedures and deadlines are followed in line with SOX
  • Ensure that sales transactions are accurate and recorded in conformity to generally accepted principles, industry
  • Manage monthly invoicing and collection processes, ensuring timeliness and accuracy of deliverables
Qualifications for accounts receivable / billing
  • Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word and Power Point, experience with complex spreadsheets, including lookups, pivot tables
  • Experience with account analysis, budgeting and forecasting
  • Good understanding of credit and collections techniques, revenue recognition rules, and general accounting requirements
  • Advanced degree or professional certification (CPA, CMA, MBA)
  • Accurate and detail oriented with strong follow through skills
  • Ability to recognize and recommend changes within own work and assists others

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