Accounts Receivable Lead GSC
Novotech
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Job summary
Novotech is seeking an Account Receivable Lead GSC to head end-to-end billing, ensuring accurate and timely invoices in a multinational, biotech-focused environment. You will lead a team of billing analysts, partner with Project Managers, Finance, and global operations to optimize processes and reduce revenue leakage.
You will oversee compliance, reporting, and customer-facing invoicing, while driving automation and continuous improvement in a fast-paced shared services setup.
Qualifications
- 7–10 years in Billing, AR, Revenue Operations, or Finance Shared Services.
- Minimum 3 years in team leadership or supervision.
- Experience in multinational/shared service environments.
- Exposure to project-based billing models is preferred.
- Experience with global stakeholders across APAC, Europe, and North America.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end customer billing across units and regions.
- Ensure invoices are accurate and issued on time per contracts.
- Review billing events and supporting docs before release.
- Validate milestone, time & materials, pass-through, and ad-hoc billing.
- Ensure compliance with contracts, policies, and controls.
- Monitor queues and ensure timely processing.
- Mentor and develop Billing Analysts and Associates.
- Plan workload and allocate resources; monitor KPIs.
- Escalate billing issues and partner with PMs for readiness.
- Identify revenue leakage and implement controls.
- Prepare weekly/monthly billing reports and analyses.
- Drive process standardization and automation initiatives.
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Job description
The Team Lead - Billing is responsible for leading the end-to-end billing function and ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant invoice generation across service, pass-through, investigator float, milestone, and project-related billing activities. The role manages a team of billing analysts, partners with Project Managers, Finance, Business Development, and operational teams globally, and drives billing excellence through process optimization, automation, reporting, and stakeholder engagement.
The Team Lead plays a critical role in maintaining billing accuracy, minimizing revenue leakage, supporting cash flow objectives, and ensuring an exceptional customer experience through proactive invoice management and issue resolution.
- Lead and oversee end-to-end customer billing activities across multiple business units and regions.
- Ensure invoices are generated accurately and issued within contractual timelines.
- Review billing events and supporting documentation prior to invoice release.
- Validate milestone, time & materials, pass-through, investigator float, and ad-hoc billing transactions.
- Ensure compliance with customer contracts, company policies, and financial controls.
- Monitor invoice processing queues and ensure timely completion.
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Billing Analysts and Associates.
- Conduct workload planning and resource allocation.
- Monitor team productivity and service delivery metrics.
- Provide coaching, training, and performance feedback.
- Support employee development and succession planning.
- Foster a high-performance and customer-focused team culture.
- Act as the primary escalation point for billing-related issues.
- Partner with Project Managers to ensure billing readiness.
- Collaborate with AR, AP, Treasury, Finance, and Business Development teams.
- Build effective working relationships with external customers and sponsors.
- Participate in customer calls related to invoice disputes and billing clarifications.
- Ensure all billable activities are accurately captured.
- Identify and address potential revenue leakage.
- Review billing exceptions and adjustments.
- Support credit note reviews and billing corrections.
- Ensure complete audit trails and documentation are maintained.
- Prepare and review weekly and monthly billing reports.
- Monitor billing performance against KPIs.
- Provide revenue and billing trend analysis to management.
- Track aged unbilled balances and billing backlogs.
- Support month-end and year-end close activities.
- Identify opportunities for process standardization and automation.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the billing function.
- Support ERP and system enhancement projects.
- Develop and maintain billing SOPs and process documentation.
- Promote best practices across global billing teams.
- Ensure billing activities comply with internal controls and audit requirements.
- Maintain high levels of invoice accuracy and quality.
- Support internal and external audits.
- Ensure confidentiality of financial and customer information.
- Bachelors Degree in Commerce, Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
- MBA Finance, CA, CMA, ACCA, CPA, or equivalent qualification is preferred.
- 7-10 years of experience in Billing, Accounts Receivable, Revenue Operations, or Finance Shared Services.
- Minimum 3 years of team leadership or supervisory experience.
- Experience working in multinational and shared service environments.
- Exposure to project-based billing models preferred.
- Experience working with global stakeholders across APAC, Europe, and North America.
- Customer Billing
- Revenue Recognition Fundamentals
- Contract and Milestone Billing
- Pass-Through Billing
- Investigator Float Management
- Credit Notes & Adjustments
- Reconciliations
- Financial Reporting
- Salesforce
- FinancialForce
- NetSuite
- SAP
- Oracle
- Microsoft Dynamics
- Pivot Tables
- XLOOKUP / VLOOKUP
- Power Query
- SUMIFS
- Dashboard Creation
- Data Validation
- Financial Analysis
- Leadership and Team Development
- Strong Communication Skills
- Stakeholder Management
- Analytical Thinking
- Problem Solving
- Attention to Detail
- Customer Focus
- Time Management
- Process Improvement Mindset
- Decision Making
- Invoice Accuracy Rate
- Billing Timeliness
- Monthly Billing Achievement
- Unbilled Revenue Reduction
- Billing Backlog Management
- Customer Query Resolution Time
- Credit Note Reduction
- Team Productivity Metrics
- Stakeholder Satisfaction
- Process Improvement Contributions
- Clinical Research Organizations (CRO)
- Pharmaceutical & Life Sciences
- Professional Services
- Consulting
- Healthcare Services
- Shared Service Centers
Novotech is proud to offer a great workplace. We are committed to being an employer of choice for gender equality and providing an inclusive work environment where everyone is treated fairly and with respect. Our team members are passionate about what we do, but we understand work is only one of the things that is important to them. We support our team members with flexible working options, paid parental leave for both parents, flexible leave entitlements, wellness programs and ongoing development programs. We are looking for people who are passionate about working clinical research and biotech, including people who identify as LGBTIQ+, have a disability or have caring responsibilities. We are a Circle Back Initiative Employer and commit to respond to every application. We look forward to talking to you about working
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