Billing & Collections Manager - Pune @ AppDirect

Job Description

About the team:

The Accounting Team at AppDirect provides the financial backbone of the company in the form of payroll, billing operations, accounts payable, revenue, equity, and financial reporting. We are a small team with great responsibility as providers of financial metrics and gatekeepers of compliant financial reporting. We are active participants in the Company s robust revenue cycle and proactively champion financial integrity, process efficiency and internal controls in the spirit of the core values of AppDirect.

How you ll make an impact & what you ll do:

As the Billing & Collections Manager, you will be responsible for leading our Billing, Collections & Cash Application functions. You are an experienced people manager, who drives your team to achieve goals and continuously engages them to plan their career development. You have a high level of business acumen, which you leverage to communicate and partner cross - functionally to drive business outcomes. It is your goal to optimize the efficiency of the Billing & Collections processes and systems by evaluating and automating our processes, designing our systems architecture and project managing initiatives that will improve both of these areas. This is a leadership role in our accounting team. The ideal candidate will have experience managing a team of Accountants and a track record of owning initiatives that help the business to achieve its goals. You are a problem solver who thrives off of a fast - paced environment where new customers, business verticals and operational processes are being introduced every day.

• Team: Recruit, retain and develop a team of four Accountants. Identify skill development areas and discuss career plan actions for the team, regularly engage in career conversations with direct reports to enable employee growth. Help team members to continuously improve their performance by pro - actively providing feedback, recommendations, and support. You will report to the Director of Financial Operations & Systems at Headquarters in San Francisco.

• Systems: Own the systems and modules for Billing, Collections and Cash Applications, including system design, systems roadmap planning, and project execution. Continuously evaluate and engage with team members, systems users and customers to gather and incorporate their feedback.
  
  
• Accounting: Drive the Accounts Receivable Accounting Month - end and Year - end Close. Analyze, review & approve month - end and quarter - end accounting close entries and reconciliations. Evaluate the over - all close process to identify areas for improvements and efficiency.
  
  
• Billing Operations: Review and approve all Sales Orders and Contract Renewals in the NetSuite ERP system. Ensure that all multi - element agreements are billed accurately, including Subscription Fees, Professional Service Fees and Transaction Fees. Collaborate with internal stakeholders to improve processes, including Order Management, Sales, Legal, Finance and others as needed.

• Collections Operations: Actively participate in the Customer AR Escalation Process to engage with our internal leaders and customer management teams to solve issues blocking payment drive timely Cash Collections. Provide the leadership team with a view of the Cash Collections Forecast on a monthly and as - needed basis.

• Compliance: Assist with external financial audits, SOC audits, and other due diligence requests.

What you ll need:

• Education : Bachelor s Degree (preferred in Business, Accounting, or Finance)
  
  
• Experience: 7 to 10 years of progressive Accounting Operations or Accounting experience, with at least 3 years of people management experience.
  
  
• System Skills: NetSuite ERP system experience with emphasis on AR Module, Projects Module, Case Management, etc. Advanced computer skills especially in Microsoft Excel.
  
  
• Process Oriented: Experience evaluating processes and using data to make process design changes and improvements.
  
  
• Communication Skills: Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including excellent written, oral, listening and presentational skills and ability to work well under pressure and interact at all levels are also required.
  
  
• Teamwork: T eamwork is essential to the group, so it is critical that the candidate interact with other team members and manages collaboratively and effectively.

Job Classification

Industry: Internet / Ecommerce,
Functional Area: Accounts, Finance, Tax, Company Secretary, Audit,
Role Category: Finance/Audit
Role: Finance/Audit
Employement Type: Full time

Education

Under Graduation: Any Graduate in Any Specialization
Post Graduation: Post Graduation Not Required
Doctorate: Doctorate Not Required, Any Doctorate in Any Specialization

Contact Details:

Company: AppDirect
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Keyskills:   Supply chain Order management Process design Career development Payroll Due diligence Excel Financial reporting Billing Operations