Stericycle Inc Looking for Billing Manager at Bannockburn, IL  Full Time

The Billing Manager is responsible for running the day-to-day billing operations.  With a heavy focus around creating and leading a best-in-class service organization with clear ownership of results and consistent delivery of high quality billing services that meets the needs of the organization.  Responsible for enforcing procedures, policies and ensuring adequate controls over billing processes along with identifying and driving billing process improvements that will streamline processes and create efficiencies. This position requires a strong leader with the ability to prioritize, plan and direct a wide variety of parallel servicing activities.

Key Job Activities:

• Billing responsibilities include ensuring the timely and accurate daily invoice processing and reconciliations. 
• Work with commercial, client engagement, finance, and technology to investigate and resolve any billing issues as they arise.  
• Acts as escalation point and is able to address and resolve complex billing issues under minimal supervision.  
• Continually assess the appropriateness of the control environment surrounding the billing process and implements improvements through processes and technology. 
• Monitor key metrics by which the billing organization’s performance is measured.  Identify and implement process improvements that will have a positive impact on metrics. 
• Responsible for the timely and accurate month end close of multiple billing systems and North America AR sub-ledger. 
• Assists with the planning and execution of billing project initiatives.
• Drive efficiency and effectiveness by reviewing Billing Operations processes and provide recommendations to streamline operations.
• Understand and execute Billing Operations short and long-term strategic goals.
• Proactively react to changing business needs and assess the impact of changes to core Billing system and processes.
• Manage training and development of billing team to ensure the efficient operation of the function and ensure company policies and procedures are followed. 
• Actively manage staff performance by providing regular feedback & coaching, conduct performance review and support their career development to build a high performing team

Experience:

• Minimum 7 years of billing experience in a large, fast-paced corporate environment.
• 5 years of management experience that includes supervisory responsibility of direct reports.
• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in an Accounting, Finance or other related field.
• Must be a proven leader of a multi-disciplined, high performing team.
• Must possess strong interpersonal, oral and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively influence others.
• Confident, proactive, self-motivated, enthusiastic, quick thinking, goal and results oriented.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and successfully manage multiple complex projects with changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze problems, identify alternate solutions, make sounds judgements and implement recommendations.
• Ability to troubleshoot and bring to resolution business and technical issues with billing processes and software
• Strong leadership skills with a proven ability to develop the careers of direct reports
• Demonstrated ability to motivate and manage a diverse team, resolve conflict, create meaningful goals for each associate and to provide the guidance to achieve these goals.
• Proficient with technology solutions and advanced features of personal productivity tools such as Windows, Excel and Access. Strong knowledge of Excel: pivot tables, v-lookups, complex formulas
• Quick learner, excited by the challenge of mastering complex system
• Previous experience with SAP or similar accounting system

It is the policy of Stericycle, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, to hire the best qualified people available without regard to race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, national origin or ancestry, religion, status with regard to public assistance, order of protection status, disability, or veteran status.