Senior Cloud Billing Analyst

Altum Consulting; Reading; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

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Job summary

Altum Consulting is recruiting a Senior Cloud Billing Analyst to join a fast-paced UK technology business. The role focuses on accurate monthly billing, validation of usage data and running complex billing cycles across multiple vendors.

You will lead data preparation, root-cause analysis of billing issues and drive improvements in systems and controls while engaging with senior stakeholders to deliver clear insights.

Qualifications

• Five+ years in IT/telecom or similar fast-paced tech environments.
• Strong billing operations experience across cloud/usage/subscription models.
• Excellent skills in analysing complex financial data and communicating results.
• Advanced Excel and large dataset handling abilities.
• Experience reviewing billing systems, controls and processes.
• Proven ability to investigate issues, identify root causes and deliver solutions.
• Stakeholder management and ability to influence senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Deliver accurate monthly billing cycles with data prep, validation, reconciliation and run execution.
• Handle high-volume cloud and consumption datasets and ensure accuracy.
• Lead development and optimisation of billing processes to support growth.
• Investigate billing issues with root-cause analysis and actionable recommendations.
• Act as a subject-matter expert and lead cross-functional billing workstreams.
• Collaborate with Finance, Sales and Ops to implement billing initiatives.
• Serve as a point of contact for sales teams and customers on billing queries.
• Identify and deliver process improvements for accuracy and efficiency.
• Support audits with analysis, documentation and auditor liaison.
• Strengthen data quality and reporting across the billing function.

Skills

Billing operations

Data analysis

Advanced Excel

Stakeholder management

Root cause analysis

Process improvement

Tools

Oracle NetSuite

Power BI

SQL

Process automation tools

Job description

We are partnering with a leading UK technology solutions business to appoint a Senior Cloud Billing Analyst to its expanding Finance team.

The organisation's cloud and consumption-based services are growing rapidly, creating a need for increasingly sophisticated billing processes. This role will take ownership of complex monthly billing activity across multiple vendors, ensuring that large volumes of usage data are accurately validated, reconciled and converted into customer invoices.

Alongside managing business-as-usual billing, you will help improve the systems and processes supporting this growing area. You will act as a subject-matter expert for colleagues, customers and senior stakeholders, providing clear analysis and resolving complex billing queries.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working with data, solving problems and improving processes within a fast-paced technology environment.

Senior Cloud Billing Analyst

Location: Berkshire

Department: Finance

Key responsibilities

• Deliver accurate and timely monthly billing cycles, including data preparation, validation, reconciliation and billing-run execution.
• Manage complex, high-volume datasets relating to cloud and consumption-based products.
• Lead the continued development and optimisation of billing processes, supporting growth, scalability and improved KPI performance.
• Investigate billing issues, complete root-cause analysis and provide senior Finance stakeholders with clear findings and actionable recommendations.
• Act as a cloud-billing subject-matter expert and workstream lead for end-to-end billing programmes and other cross-functional projects.
• Partner with Finance, Sales and operational stakeholders to assess and implement initiatives with billing implications.
• Serve as a trusted point of contact for sales teams and customers, helping them understand and resolve billing queries.
• Identify and deliver process improvements that increase accuracy, efficiency and customer satisfaction.
• Support half-year and year-end audits by preparing analysis and documentation and acting as a key contact for external auditors.
• Help strengthen controls, data quality and reporting across the wider billing function.

About you

• At least five years' experience within IT, telecommunications or a similar fast-paced technology environment.
• Strong billing operations experience, ideally involving cloud, usage-based, subscription or consumption billing.
• Excellent analytical skills and confidence interpreting and communicating complex financial information.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience working with large, complex datasets.
• Experience reviewing and improving billing systems, controls and processes.
• A proven ability to investigate complex issues, identify root causes and deliver practical solutions.
• Strong stakeholder-management, communication and influencing skills, including experience engaging with senior stakeholders.
• A proactive, organised and results-focused approach, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• The confidence to lead workstreams, share expertise and contribute positively to a collaborative team environment.
• A genuine interest in continuous improvement and professional development.

Desirable experience

• Oracle NetSuite or another major ERP system.
• Power BI, SQL or process-automation tools.
• Vendor billing and reconciliation.
• Multi-vendor cloud or consumption-based billing models.

The organisation

You will be joining an established and growing UK technology business with a people-focused culture. The organisation encourages its employees to take ownership, develop their careers and make a visible contribution to its continued success.