Billing & Collections Specialist - New York

 

Billing & Collections Specialist - New York

RiskMetrics is looking for a billing and collections specialist to join our Finance Group. This position is a new opening as a result of growth.  The duties and responsibilities for this position are outlined below:

Duties and Responsibilities:

·  Preparation and distribution of client invoices

 

·  Ensure compliance and application of sales tax on invoices

 

·  Review sales contracts associated with invoices to ensure accuracy of information and appropriateness of

accounting treatment

 

·  Lead collection of outstanding invoices through coordination with clients, sales representatives and

account management

 

·  Review and analyze aging reports to ascertain problem accounts for resolution

 

·  Maintain detail explanation on all past due receivables and distribute weekly to Sales and Sr Mgmt

 

·  Track non-paying clients and make recommendations to management to discontinue services when appropriate

 

·  Set up of service contract in deferred revenue module of accounting system for revenue recognition

 

·  Prepare monthly AR roll forward

 

·  Maintain average DSO

 

·  Maintain detailed spreadsheet of unbilled receivables

 

·  Prepare monthly AR trending schedule

Requirements:

·  Minimum high school diploma or equivalent; 2+ years college preferred

·  3+ years of relevant billing experience in a financial or professional services environment required

·  Experience with deferred revenue and/or contract revenue recognition strongly preferred

·  Strong oral and written communication skills

·  Must be organized and detail oriented

·  Must have good computer skills & proficient with Excel

We value quality implementation, teamwork, and especially product delivery. If you enjoy a high-energy, friendly AND fun work environment, this is the place.About RiskMetrics Group

At RiskMetrics Group our real goal is captured within our mantra: Change the world, Have fun and Make money...in that order.  This approach can be seen in RiskMetrics' management style and operating spirit, and is a part of our culture that expresses how we think and how we behave.

Combining our innovative analysis with a powerful voice on behalf of financial market participants, we help to make the global financial markets more transparent, accountable and, ultimately, viable.  The passion driving this charge makes RiskMetrics Group a unique place to work, particularly within the financial sector.  Our work brings together global organizations with one another and with their investors to expand the understanding and application of risk management and to drive better financial decisions.

Headquartered in New York with 20 offices worldwide, RiskMetrics Group serves more than 2,300 institutions and 1,000 corporations in 50 countries. For more information and to apply, please visit www.riskmetrics.com/about/careers/index.html