We are seeking a highly analytical, detail-oriented, and proactive Billing, AR & Cost Accounting Specialist to join our Accounting team. This role will have significant responsibility for producing, managing, and analyzing complex client billings across multiple business units and revenue streams, while also owning the monitoring and collection of outstanding receivables and supporting revenue and cost of sales analysis for each financial period close.

Key Responsibilities

Manage complex client billing processes across multiple business units and service offerings to deliver accurate and timely invoicing to clients.

Investigate and resolve billing discrepancies, variances, and exceptions.

Support month-end close activities related to revenue, billing, accounts receivable, and cost of sales to ensure accurate margins each month by client and business unit. Investigate and provide insights into discrepancies between forecast and actual results.

Identify delinquent or at-risk accounts and proactively work with internal teams and clients to resolve outstanding issues in order to collect payment.

Analyze the underlying causes of collection delays, including billing errors, contractual issues, disputes, and operational matters in order to drive resolution and prevention of recurring errors.

Develop and maintain reporting and metrics to provide visibility into collections performance and cash flow.

Partner with client-facing teams and management to escalate and resolve significant collection issues.

Continuously evaluate accounting, billing, and reporting processes to identify opportunities to improve efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.

Leverage advanced Excel functionality, Power BI, data queries, and other tools to improve data management, transactional efficiency, and reporting.

Document processes and develop standardized procedures and controls.

Proactively identify problems and implement practical solutions rather than simply working around inefficient processes.

Assist with account reconciliations, journal entries, financial reporting, and other accounting analyses as needed.

Provide support for special projects, system implementations, process changes, and other initiatives.

Required Qualifications & Skills

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field.

3+ years of experience in accounting, revenue accounting, billing, accounts receivable, financial analysis, or a related field.

Strong understanding of accounting principles and the relationship between billing, revenue, accounts receivable, and cost of sales.

Advanced Excel skills including creating and using excel macros, pivot tables, V-XLookups, etc. and the ability to work with large and complex datasets, create sophisticated formulas, build reporting tools, and efficiently manipulate and analyze data.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail.

Demonstrated ability to identify process inefficiencies and develop practical solutions.

Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Ability to work independently as well as cross-functionally, take ownership, and proactively follow issues through to resolution.

Experience using Microsoft D365 ERP preferred but not required.

UASI provides a growth environment with opportunities for high achievers to be rewarded. We offer a full benefits package with compensation aligned to contribution and success. Don't miss out on this great opportunity!

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