Billing Analyst

Job Description

SUMMARY: The Billing Analyst compiles, validates, and analyzes data in order to prepare accurate and timely customer invoices, schedules, reconciliations, and journal entries to ensure the company flow of cash and revenue.  This information is critical to support timely and accurate monthly close procedures and supporting schedules.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Responsible for processing (manually or via a BOT process) and validating monthly invoices for assigned lines of business by compiling and reconciling billing data from multiple sources
• Reviews monthly invoices ensuring billing activity is booked to the correct revenue accounts and is recognized properly in accordance with revenue recognition policy
• Collaborate with relationship managers, finance, and IT to ensure accurate billing and identify variances to work to resolution
• Prepares close schedules, accruals, journal entries, G/L account reconciliations, accounting activity reconciliations, and audit support to ensure SOX controls compliance
• Researches and responds to relationship Business Partners regarding customer billing inquiries
• Prepares and maintains a monthly manual aging to report on past due balances used to determine CECL allowance
• Performs monthly reconciliations of other account receivable balances to supporting documentation
• Demonstrate effective decision-making skills, applying critical thinking to understand short-terms and long-term impact
• Cross-train withing the department to act as back-up support for team members
• Maintain accurate and updated procedures and support process improvement
• Apply core competencies including Effective Communication, Accountability, Prioritization, Ownership, Technical Acumen, Operational Excellence, and Proactiveness

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Two (2) years of Accounts Receivable Billing experience
• Advanced Excel skills
• Netsuite

OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Computer literate in Microsoft Office, Windows 10
• Aptitude to multi-task effectively and prioritize work in a fast-paced work environment with daily/monthly deadlines
• Prior exposure to SOX controls and the ability to quickly and appropriately respond to external Auditor inquiries a strong advantage
• Highly ethical professional with strong business acumen
• Ability to be exacting, thorough and with a high level of attentive to detail, while still meeting deadlines
• Analyze and resolve problems, offer sound solutions where needed
• Strong teamwork and communication skills
• Ability to clear the required background check

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Bachelor’s degree (preferably in accounting)
• Understanding of accounting and/or revenue processes
• Understanding of SOX compliance

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position is virtual and open to residents of the 50 states, D.C.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS: Stride, Inc. considers a person’s education, experience, and qualifications, as well as the position’s work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value when determining a new employee’s salary level.  Salaries will differ based on these factors, the position’s level and expected contribution, and the employee’s benefits elections.  Offers will typically be in the bottom half of the range. 

We anticipate the salary range to be $47,075.25 - $81,268.80.  Eligible employees may receive a bonus.  This salary is not guaranteed, as an individual’s compensation can vary based on several factors.  These factors include, but are not limited to, geographic location, experience, training, education, and local market conditions. Stride offers a robust benefits package for eligible employees that can include health benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off. 

Job Type

The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. All employment is “at-will” as governed by the law of the state where the employee works.  It is further understood that the “at-will” nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.

Stride, Inc. is a Federal Contractor, an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and a Drug-Free Workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status age, or genetics, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)