Job Overview
Skill required: Order to Cash - Billing and Revenue Management
Designation: Order to Cash Operations Manager
Years of Experience: 14 to 18 years
Qualification: CA Inter
Responsibilities
As part of our Finance Operations vertical, you will maintain end‑to‑end contract‑to‑cash governance. Your key duties include:
- Translate contract terms, amendments, and renewals into executable billing rules and operational requirements.
- Ensure pricing, discounting, rate cards, tiering, usage rules, penalties, credits, pass‑throughs, and tax clauses are properly governed.
- Own billing delivery, including SLA adherence, monthly/quarterly cycles, ad‑hoc invoicing, adjustments, and credit/debit notes.
- Guarantee invoice accuracy, completeness, and compliance with contract and accounting requirements.
- Reduce billing defects, rework, and disputes through root‑cause analysis and preventive controls.
- Identify and mitigate revenue leakage (missed billing, incorrect rates, underbilled usage, unbilled services, incorrect credits). Implement maker‑checker workflows and audit trails.
- Lead internal and external audits, providing audit readiness and evidence collection.
- Serve as an escalation point for client disputes and high‑impact billing issues, coordinating with Sales/Account teams on contract interpretation and commercial exceptions.
- Communicate billing health, risks, and recovery plans to leadership and clients.
- Work with Finance for accruals, revenue true‑ups, and billing‑to‑revenue reconciliations to support month‑end/quarter‑end close.
- Maintain controls around billing approvals, master data, rate changes, and revenue recognition inputs for SOX and internal control compliance.
- Define workflows for dispute management, monitor dispute aging, and implement procedures to prevent recurrence.
- Lead process standardization, SOP development, and KPI dashboard creation focused on billing accuracy, dispute rates, and cycle time.
- Drive automation initiatives in billing validations, exception rules, and workflow approvals, partnering with IT/Product teams for system enhancements.
- Provide leadership to managers and team leads across contract operations and billing execution, ensuring training, cross‑skilling, and backup coverage for critical processes.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Contract‑to‑Cash (C2C) and Billing Operations experience.
- Strong knowledge of contract governance, pricing models, and revenue assurance.
- Experience with dispute management and client escalation handling.
- Familiarity with internal controls, audit readiness (SOX knowledge preferred).
- Reconciliation and period‑close support skills.
- Leadership experience managing large teams and cross‑functional programs.
- Executive stakeholder management and influence without authority.
- Strong judgment, risk‑based decision making, and structured problem‑solving.
- Ownership mindset with high attention to detail and accountability culture.
- Technical familiarity with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, Dynamics) and billing platforms (Zuora, Amdocs, Aria, or custom engines).
- CRM experience (Salesforce) and reporting tools (Power BI, Tableau, Advanced Excel).
- Workflow experience with ServiceNow or Jira (optional).
- Education: MBA/CA preferred but not mandatory; CA Inter is required.
- Minimum 14‑18 years of experience in billing operations, contract management, revenue operations, or finance operations, with at least 5 years leading large teams.