Project Billing Specialist

Alvarez & Marsal; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Alvarez & Marsal in Manchester is seeking an experienced Project Billing Specialist to join their fast-growing Tax team. This role involves managing the entire project lifecycle, from onboarding to revenue collection, requiring excellent organisational skills and the ability to influence senior leadership.

The ideal candidate will thrive in a collaborative environment and be motivated to contribute to the team's success while also handling multiple tasks effectively. Strong analytical skills and attention to detail are crucial for success.

Qualifications

• Excellent stakeholder management and ability to build relationships.
• Previous experience in the professional services industry.
• Extremely detail oriented with acute attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Managing the client onboarding process.
• Initiating and leading calls with Managing Directors.
• Creating billing summaries and providing analysis.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Excel

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Microsoft Word

Job description

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global consulting firm with entrepreneurial, action and results-oriented professionals. We take a hands-on approach to solving our clients' problems and assisting them in reaching their potential. Our culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work—guided by A&M's core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity—are why our people love working at A&M.

Overview of the Role

We are looking for an experienced Project Billing Specialist to join our fast-growing Tax team. This role is not your average Project Billing Specialist as you will have full responsibility for the project lifecycle from project set up to managing revenue collection. The ideal candidate will have excellent organisational skills, be able to multi-task and can build strong working relationships and be able to influence senior leadership. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who can manage their own workload whilst being an integral team player and who enjoys working in a busy but rewarding and challenging role.

Key Responsibilities

• Managing the client onboarding process by reviewing client engagement documents for accuracy and execution as well as working with Legal and Anti Money Laundering departments for client compliance.
• Initiating and leading weekly / monthly calls with Managing Directors and Director levels to cover all areas of working capital (WIP, AR and collections).
• Creating billing summaries and providing analysis of all projects to MD and Director levels including identifying out of scope activity based on work descriptions.
• Independently tracking and maintaining the project lifecycle.
• Analysing legal agreements to ensure compliance with fee agreements, rate discounts, and firm policies on outgoing invoices.
• Performing extensive editing, transfers, write-offs, and adjustments on projects / invoices
• Working closely with cross firm professionals to resolve any issues and ensuring invoices are accurate and complete.
• Investigating billing discrepancies and communicating with appropriate team to reconcile issues.
• Working closely with the AR team to ensure successful processing of invoices.
• Independently tracking AR to initiate collections process when aging balance remains greater than 60 days and communicating with Managing Directors and Director.
• Initiating and managing multi-step process for foreign affiliate / subcontractor invoicing.
• Manage all procurement and client payment systems / vendor set up.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree (not essential).
• Excellent stakeholder management and ability to build relationships with individuals across all levels of seniority.
• Previous experience in the professional services industry.
• Strong analytical, math and problem-solving skills.
• Extremely detail oriented, acute attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Motivated, organized, and able to prioritize workload, multitask and work independently.
• Driven to contribute to the success of the team.
• Flexibility to adapt to various situations.
• Advanced experience with Excel and Word.

Inclusive Diversity

A&M’s entrepreneurial culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who can positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work—guided by A&M’s core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity—are the main reasons our people love working at A&M. Inclusive Diversity means we embrace diversity, and we foster inclusiveness, encouraging everyone to bring their whole self to work each day. It runs through how we recruit, develop employees, conduct business, support clients, and partner with vendors. It is the A&M way.

Equal Opportunity Employer

It is Alvarez & Marsal’s practice to provide and promote equal opportunity in employment, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, sex or gender, gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, family medical history, genetic information or other protected medical condition, political affiliation, or any other characteristic protected by and in accordance with applicable laws. Employees and Applicants can find A&M policy statements and additional information by region here.

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