Billings Accountant

Billings Accountant

Location: Paddington, West London (W2) , W2 View map Salary: Unspecified Date posted: 14/04/2012 18:02 Job type:Contract Company: Visa Contact: Constance Lorthiois Ref: Totaljobs/612966 Job ID: 53339597

Job Purpose

An opportunity has become available in the Financial Reporting team of Core Finance for a Billings Accountant (52 week contract)reporting to the Billing Manager.

Main Responsibilities

The key responsibilities of the role are:

Process Monthly Member Billing through GMBS.Process Mid-Month VI Billing through GMBS.Work with service owners to ensure billing files are accurate and complete.Ensure billing records are complete for audit review and archived correctly.Train Servic e owners on the billing process and keep them updated on changes.Ensure processes are adhered to (such as that of refunds and re-imbursements).Send OMI invoices to relevant Debtors.Manage the debtors, ensuring outstanding debts are monitored, chased and collected on a timely basis.Keep Service owners informed of outstanding debts for their department.Create Manual Invoices on OracleAR and manage these non-member accounts.Work with the tax team to bill using the correct tax rates.Work with customer support to answer member queries and ensure CARE is checked and updated on a daily basis.Keep customer support informed of any issues or changes.Supply updated service owner lists to those who require it.Deal with members directly where necessary to further understand or explain matters.Provide an effective second line support to membership.Be Pro-active on finding preventative methods for future issues.Journal all Accounts Receivable items in Oracle in an accurate and timely manne rPrepare monthly reconciliations of all Accounts receivable balance sheet accounts investigate and take appropriate action to balance.Create estimate and actual settlement reports for treasury.Prepare VAT report for tax department.Daily Credit ControlSend ad-hoc reports on a monthly basis when requested.Take part in ad-hoc billing projects.Complete any ad-hoc project work on receivables as required by management.

Essential skills/knowledge

Ideally a minimum of 2 years experience working in finance departments where personal motivation and initiative has been demonstrated.Good numerical and Excel skillsConfidence at communicating at all levelsAttention to detail and problem solving skills. Knowledge of Word and Excel.

Desirable skills/knowledge

Experience gained within a billing or credit control environmentKnowledge of Oracle Financials.

Visa Europe is owned and operated by mor e than 4,000 European member banks and was incorporated in July 2004. In October 2007, Visa Europe became independent of the new global Visa Inc., with an exclusive, irrevocable and perpetual licence in Europe. As a dedicated European payment system it is able to respond quickly to the specific market needs of European banks and their customers - cardholders and retailers - and to meet the European Commissions objective to create a true internal market for payments.

Visa enjoys unsurpassed acceptance around the world. In addition, Visa/PLUS is one of the worlds largest global ATM networks, offering cash access in local currency in over 200 countries.