Billing Director

Jobtailor; Illinois; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a Billing Manager to oversee the monthly and annual billing for key service lines in a dynamic professional services firm. The role requires coordinating schedules, educating teams on standard billing practices, and collaborating with senior leaders to ensure timely, compliant invoicing.

Ideal candidates bring 5–8 years of relevant experience, strong MS Office skills, and a proven ability to drive process improvements within large organizations.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree in accounting or equivalent experience.
• 5-8 years relevant experience in professional services (billing/AR preferred).
• Strong MS Office skills and ability to learn, implement, and train others.
• Ability to operate in a large, dynamic organization with ambiguity and change.
• Ability to work with senior leadership across levels.
• Experience driving continuous improvement and process optimization.

Responsibilities

• Manage monthly and annual billing for designated line of business.
• Coordinate schedules, processes, and procedures for timely billing of services.
• Educate primary billers and implement standard billing practices.
• Collaborate with Billing/AR Leader to maintain relationships with owners and leaders.
• Prepare periodic financial presentations with finance peers and leaders.
• Identify and drive functional enhancements and operational efficiencies across revenue functions.
• Provide leadership to billing managers and teams through staffing, performance feedback, and development.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Problem solving

Analytical thinking

Time management

Leadership & training

Stakeholder collaboration

Ambiguity management

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting

Tools

Workday PSA

Microsoft Office

Job description

Responsibilities

• Manage the monthly and annual billing process for the respective line of business focus area(s).
• Responsible for coordinating and organizing schedules, processes and procedures for the timely billing of the firm’s services.
• This includes meeting with key stakeholders, ensuring compliance with standard billing practices, education of primary billers and implementation of standard billing practices.
• In collaboration with the Billing/AR Leader, cultivate seamless and highly effective working relationships, interoperability, and lines of communication with the firm’s owners, line of business leaders, cross‑functional stakeholders and across the finance organization.
• Act as a key contributor in the preparation of periodic financial presentations, working closely with finance peers and line of business leaders.
• In collaboration with the Billing Leader, develop a deep understanding of the firm’s practices, clients and business, and evaluate and drive corresponding functional enhancements, operational efficiencies, innovation and continuous improvement across the firm’s revenue functional areas.
• Provides effective leadership to billing managers and/or their teams through planning appropriate staffing levels; interviewing, selecting, orienting and training; communicating performance expectations and providing feedback on performance, recognition, coaching, employee counseling reports and/or discipline including termination; innovative and strategic leadership guiding employees through process changes; creating career growth opportunities and employee development plans.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with a focus in accounting or equivalent experience – Required
• Strong Microsoft Office skills – Required
• Ability to learn, implement and train others – Required
• Ability to work in a large, complex, dynamic organization where a high degree of ambiguity and change exists – Required
• Ability to work effectively with all levels of employees including senior leadership – Required
• Strong problem solving and analysis skills – Required
• Strong organization, prioritization and time management skills – Required
• Workday PSA experience – Preferred
• 5‑8 years relevant experience – Required
• Professional service industry experience – Required
• Previous project or team management experience – Required
• Previous background driving continuous improvement, innovation, and optimization – Required