Senior Billing Coordinator
Saltchuk Marine is seeking a Senior Billing Coordinator to support our customer billing function. This role is responsible for generating customer billing documents, engaging with customers for timely cash collection and closely working with sales and operations. The position requires a broad range of skills, including contract interpretation, attention to detail, general understanding of sales, operations and accounting and an ability to engage with various internal and external stakeholders in a professional manner. The right individual is process driven in a dynamic environment. The position offers great insight to the business with the opportunity to engage with customers and sales and operations personnel on a regular basis.
Essential Functions :
- Review contract rates and maintain accurate records in Helm Operations
- Process billing documents timely and accurately against contract rates and conditions
- Send billing and supporting documents to customers timely
- Proactively contact customers for payment if / when past due
- Interpret job orders and contracts to determine applicable rates, spot and elevate anomalies
- Coordinate with sales and operations personnel to resolve job discrepancies (i.e. job times, rates, tug movements, etc)
- Responds to customer inquiries in a professional and timely manner
- Support month-end accounting process (i.e. sales accruals, cutoffs, commissions, etc)
- Prepare and analyze various billing and A / R Aging metric reports for management
- Participate in process improvement initiative to further the departmental and company goals
- Works with internal business partners to identify new or enhanced procedures to support business initiatives
Other :
Be a leader for "SpeakUp", including encouraging peers to exhibit a safe and ethical culture.Understands and complies with Company policies and procedures, including Non-Discrimination, Harassment, and Saltchuk Code of Ethical Business Conduct.Performs other duties as assigned.Knowledge Skills and Abilities :
Ability to understand contracts / rate applications and interpret job order and contract detailsAbility to thrive in a dynamic environment with minimum supervision to meet required deadlinesAbility to organize workload and prioritize projects in an ever-changing environmentGeneral understanding of accounting principles, specifically revenue recognitionAbility to apply analysis, problem solving, planning / organizing, decision-making, and follow-through to a variety of situationsStrong respect and appreciation for internal controls surrounding the Order-to-Cash functionProven ability to leverage IT software to optimize accuracy and efficiencyAbility to pay attention to detail and produce an accurate and organized work productStrong skills in interpersonal relations, ability to work closely with others, ability to cooperate with others in a manner that recognizes the importance of teamwork in achieving company goalsComputer operation skills : advanced Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word skills, knowledge of Windows environmentMinimum Requirements :
Bachelor's Degree preferred, or five years related experience and / or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.Compensation : Pay for this position will be between $34.29 and $51.44 hourly. This is a non-exempt position that is eligible for overtime.
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