Junior Billing Analyst

**Ensure complete and accurate invoicing and/ or billing for area under control.**
- Perform data validation tests and quality checks on data received from billing systems/line of business systems as well as manual billing requests in order to ensure integrity and completeness of billing data received.
- Execute control checks on work performed for accuracy and completeness
- Maintain and resolve a list of all items disputed by Customers. Refer complex matters to manager
- Where applicable prepare necessary credit note calculation and obtain approval as per delegation of authority.
- Liaise with centre managers/invoice requestor in the event of receiving incorrect data for billing
- Prepare and review automated and manual invoices, ensure proof of control for audit purposes
- Prepare relevant backing documentation and MIS to support invoices.
- Perform analytical comparison review on revenue/billing, month to month per customer per product to assess reasonability of volumes and raise queries with Operations where significant variances occur.
- Cross validation of clients daily, weekly and monthly MIS report to ensure it balances
- Review completion of all invoice fields and selection of correct Product classes for accuracy of revenue allocation
- Request new product classes where none exist.

**Build internal and external client relationships**
- Ensure clients receive their daily and weekly reports and check quality and integrity of data.
- Liaise with clients (internal and external) on a daily basis in respect of variances and disputes.
- Refer complex matters to manager

**Price List Maintenance**
- Load and maintain prices in pricing tables as per latest contract or price negotiation per customer, per product.

**Accurate invoice generation from Sales orders module**
- Make certain that the following conditions are met when entering information into the sales order module:

- The correct Customer is selected.
- The correct invoice period is selected.
- The correct amount, rate, quantity and product class is selected as per contract to ensure accuracy and completeness of revenue
- The correct invoice template is selected before invoice goes out to Customer.

**Accurate invoice generation from Permanent entries module**
- For new Contracts and addendums ensure the following:

- Accuracy of paperwork received
- Accurate loading of permanent entries: correct Customer, correct product class, correct start date.
- Manual invoicing of any contract period not covered by the next permanent entry invoice run.

**For cancellations of contracts**
- Remove permanent entries as per the cancellation paperwork received. Part invoicing for any periods not covered by a permanent entry invoice run. Choose applicable termination reason on system.

**Consumable stock invoicing**
- Demonstrate timeous, accurate and complete invoicing of all consumables on a weekly basis as per the templates received from all SBV centres
- Make certain of sufficient backing documentation to proof delivery of consumables before invoicing is done.
- Ensure there is no duplication of consumable invoicing.

**Reporting**
- Provide reports to internal and external customers as and when required.

**Adhoc**
- Perform ad-hoc tasks for the Finance management as required e.g. reconciliation and supporting documentation for specified initiative, extracting information for budget process and/or year end, etc.

**Minimum Requirements: Work Experience**
- 3 years general accounting experience.
- MS Office with Intermediate Excel experience

**Minimum Requirements: Education**
- External: B.Comm or similar 3 year Financial tertiary qualification
- Internal: Part qualified (operational level) of a financial professional qualification

**Special Training**
- Exposure to computerised accounting systems
- MS Office with advanced excel
- Syspro (Advantagous)

NB: Communication will be limited to shortlisted applicants only.

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