Billings Manager - 3PL Logistics - Knowsley, Merseyside - £35k per annum
Our client leads the field with their expertise in logistics and supply chain management. They deliver award-winning Ecommerce Solutions, Value-Added Freight
Forwarding and specialist White Glove Services - empowering their clients with the tools to achieve remarkable growth across borders.
To ensure they retain their position at the forefront of this exciting and rapidly developing industry, we want to find new people to work with them, who want
to share in the future success of the business. We on their behalf, are looking for ambitious, dedicated, and problem-solving individuals to join their team
providing game-changing solutions for their clients.
Job Purpose:
The purpose of this role is to be responsible for the management of the end to end invoicing process. To complete billing and invoicing for operations
department and send across to the client. To communicate with the clients regarding any discrepancies. To resolve client and supplier queries
efficiently and to provide support to operations departments when required.
Key responsibilities:
- Ensuring the accuracy of invoicing for the company and its customers.
- Managing the accurate preparation of client's invoices to reduce errors
- The upload of customer rates and ensure they are accurate in the accounting system.
- Ensuring the completion of billing requirements to meet mid-month and month-end deadlines
- Liaising with internal and external stakeholders regarding billing issues and requests
- Identifying initiatives to improve the billing processes and procedures
- Updating the Financial Controller and other Managers regularly on any issues around processes and procedure
- Creating billing sheets for freight files according to client tariffs and SLA's
- Invoicing files out to clients as per the billing sheets
- Checking of invoices and back-up in files to establish accuracy and to flag any discrepancy
- Remittance of invoices and back-up to clients
- Daily analysis of cost reports to ensure correct invoicing
- Obtaining supplier invoices and accruing effectively within the system
- Resolving client queries effectively and efficiently
- Operational Support for all
- Customs entry compliance
- Monitoring and reporting Clients KPI's on Billing
- Run outstanding report of jobs left to be billed weekly and prioritise outstanding billing
- To complete month end reports for Customs Warehouse client
- Reconciling billing accounts to the general ledger
- Interfacing with the accounts receivable, credit/collections, and client purchasing departments
Skills and qualifications:
- Previously experience in Accounts Receivables/ billing (within freight preferred)
- Strong understanding of accounting practices and applicable legal requirements
- Excellent numeracy skills to handle complex billings
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to prioritise and multitask in a pressure environment
- Excellent attention to detail
- Focus on providing excellent customer service to internal and external stakeholders
- Excellent time management and organisational skills
- Intermediate to advanced computer software skills, including Excel and other accounting or billing systems
- Flexible with working overtime to complete deadlines
- Able to meet strict deadlines and KPIs
Compensation and benefits:
- Pension scheme (5% employee, 3% employer contributions)
- Referral scheme
- Death in service (4x salary)
- Private healthcare after 1 year service
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays with an extra day after 5,8-,and 10-years' service
- Employee assistance programm