Billing Specialist / Coordinator
Company: Veolia
Location: Lombard
Posted on: May 16, 2022
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Job Description:
Job DescriptionCompany Description
Veolia is the world's leading environmental services company with
-179,000 employees globally and a 160-year history. We help our
customers address their environmental and sustainability challenges
in energy, water and waste. That means improving our clients'
energy efficiency, better managing their water and wastewater, and
recovering resources from their wastes. We do this in a safe,
cost-effective and innovative manner for cities, governments,
campuses, businesses, and industries. Job Description
This position is responsible for performing the professional
accounting duties of the customer billing process. This includes
reviewing contracts and setting up the contract in the billing
system, performing annual calculation for escalation and updating
amendments to contract module, producing invoices, communicating
with field personnel to obtain data and approvals for the billing
data, analysis of financial data of a complex nature and
reconciliation of various accounts associated with the billing
process. ● Responsible for a specific list of contracts and
associated Profit Centers and is a key point of contact and liaison
for contract field personnel for billing matters ● Review and
analyze contracts for billing specifics such as Fixed Fees, Expense
reimbursements, R&M Limits, Pass-through, Account Management,
and other billing and revenue streams ● Identifies contract
amendments and annual reconciliation and rate escalation contract
provisions ● Enters contracts and amendments and escalation
provisions into billing system ● Produces monthly customer invoices
for Fixed Fee and variable components timely and accurately ●
Process credit memos and billing adjustments where applicable ●
Reconcile related general ledger accounts associated with the
billing process, including accrued unbilled revenue and deferred
revenues, while considering billing timing required by contract (in
advance, in arrears, same month) and timing of actual billing to
clients ● Maintain Internal Control compliance for specific, key
controls within the billing processes ● Coordinate with Project
Managers and Administrative Assistants to clarify missing data or
reconciling items, to obtain required approvals for billing,
respond to customer inquiries, etc. ● Utilize various software
applications to perform job duties, including Ariba, SAP, Excel,
Word, Insight Portal (WebFOCUS), ImageNOW, Google Suite (Gmail,
Calendar, Contacts, Groups, Drive, Hangouts, Docs, Sheets) ●
Understand the flow of billing data and reconciles interfaced
systems (Ariba to SAP) ● Has knowledge of or ability to learn
accounts payable transaction processing and related Veolia systems
as related to Limit accounts and Pass-Through expense billing
processes ● Assist Project Managers and Administrative Assistants
with annual limit reconciliation needs, including reports of data,
reconciliation, and compilation of fiscal year amounts and
rollovers between fiscal years ● Coordinate with Finance team, both
Shared Services Center personnel who handle accounts receivable
processing, and Business Line (Municipal Water) Finance who have
contract specific knowledge and experience to help interpret and
confirm billing matters ● Provides excellent customer service to
internal and external customers in phone and email communications
and ensures that interaction provides a high quality of service and
professionalism ● Assist others in the department as necessary in
the spirit of teamwork and cooperation, common goal orientation,
and continuous process improvement by sharing best practices ●
Completing special projects as required and other duties as
assigned
Qualifications ● A High School diploma or General Educational
Development (GED) required ● Bachelor's Degree in
Accounting/Finance or related discipline preferred ● Prior related
work experience or 1 year preferred, but will consider recent
graduates ● Strong Team player Highly analytical with excellent
organizational skills ● Excellent interpersonal and communication
skills● Time management: the ability to organize and manage
multiple deadlines ● Strong customer orientation ● Computer
proficient ● Basic understanding of accounting principles and
technical requirements
Additional Information
About Veolia:Veolia offers the most complete range of environmental
solutions to meet the challenges of cities, governments, campuses,
businesses and industries. Our network of talent and hands-on
know-how is unique and unrivaled. We help our customers address
their environmental and sustainability challenges in energy, water
and waste. That means improving our clients' energy efficiency,
better managing their water and wastewater, and recovering
resources from their wastes. We do this in a safe, cost-effective
and innovative manner for more than 550 communities and more than
30,000 businesses, campuses and organizations throughout North
America. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer!All qualified
applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard
to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,
national origin, disability or protected veteran status. As an
inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal
consideration to all applications, without discrimination.We are an
Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment without regard to race, color,
religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national
origin, disability or protected veteran status.
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