Billing Specialist
BILLING SPECIALIST
STATUS: Full time
LOCATION: Preferably Madison, Wisconsin; remote work possible within the United States.
Are you looking for a chance to contribute to securing revenue in order to advance work within social service systems? Are you passionate about helping to make our systems more effective, equitable, and just? Are you ready to work for change?
At Evident Change, we believe our social systems should help people reach their greatest potential, not create barriers to their success. That’s why we partner with systems professionals and communities to get to the root of their biggest challenges, and we give them the tools and knowledge to achieve better outcomes for everyone involved.
WHO SHOULD APPLY?
Evident Change seeks a billing specialist to join our accounting team to help secure our revenue through the billing process. We are looking for a self-starter who will work with project managers to invoice for services rendered on Evident Change’s contracts and grants. Resourceful, collaborative thinkers thrive in our environment.
The salary range for this position is between $50,500 and $63,000 and depends on experience, qualifications, and work location. We offer great benefits that you can customize to fit your needs, including a monthly stipend to support our work-from-anywhere culture.
WHAT DOES A TYPICAL WORKWEEK LOOK LIKE?
Get ready to do the following.
- Ensure invoicing is completed timely and accurately for assigned grants/contracts.
- Maintain invoicing schedules of assigned grants/contracts.
- Field questions from clients, colleagues, and others in a timely manner.
- Prepare jurisdiction-specific forms and materials as required.
- Review reasonableness and allowability of expenses charged to contracts/grants prior to creating invoices and/or reports.
- Conduct proper internal review and audit control compliance before sending invoices to clients.
- Follow up on accounts receivable collections in a proactive and timely manner.
- Collaborate with others to ensure that work and external presentation of information adhere to organizational standards, guidelines, procedures, and deadlines as required.
- Assist with desk and annual audits as needed.
- Serve as backup to the accounting team as necessary, especially payroll and/or accounts payable.
- Assist finance and contracts manager on contract-related work as needed.
- Create and maintain good working relationships with program managers and other staff members to follow generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
- Efficiently communicate with vendors and customers.
WHAT QUALIFICATIONS DO YOU NEED?
We are committed to expanding diversity, cultural and lived experience, and expertise on our team. Qualifications include the following.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination (at least five years) of education and accounts receivable/accounting experience
- Sage Intacct and ADP payroll module experience is preferable but not required.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, and SharePoint, specifically)
- Working knowledge of general accounting skills and GAAP
- Attention to detail
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with internal staff and external clients
- Demonstrated problem-solving skills to rectify any billing or work-related issues
Do you have other attributes that we should consider? Tell us! We want to hear about them.
WHO IS OUR TEAM?
Evident Change staff have a wide variety of backgrounds. We employ people with formal training and those who have grown their skills through personal interest, experience, and other ways of learning and share a commitment to our mission. We want people who bring diverse perspectives, backgrounds, cultures, and lived experiences to the work we do. Diversity helps make our work more informed and effective.
what can you expect from our recruitment process?
We generally advertise our jobs throughout the United States in order to cast a wide net of talent to consider. Interested applicants visit an online portal, complete an application, and share their resume and cover letter. Selected candidates will be invited to move to the next phase, which involves a brief questionnaire that gives you an opportunity to highlight more about your background and experience and how they relate to the job.
At this stage, candidates are invited to participate in an online one-way video-style interview, with questions provided to each candidate in advance. This gives you a chance to reflect and expound on focused areas of interest that will allow you and Evident Change to determine if this position is right for you. Selected candidates then will be invited to participate in a panel interview (which may or may not be remote).
JOIN US!
If you are passionate about helping to develop technology tools that help improve social services system delivery, and if our mission and values excite you, we invite you to submit an application. For best consideration, please apply by February 1, 2022. If you need assistance with an accommodation due to a disability, please email HR@evidentchange.org or call (800) 306-6223.
We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of race, national ancestry, age, religion, sex, ability, skin color, medical condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected category. We strive to be welcoming to all applicants. Diversity is more than a legal requirement for us; it is one of our core values that we center in our work and our culture.
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COVID-19 VACCINATION POLICY
Evident Change requires employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or have a qualified exemption approved by our organization. For more information, please contact HR@EvidentChange.org.