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The Specialist, AR Billing and Collections will be based in Hyderabad, India and will report to the MEIAT Controller. This role will support the complete customer receivables lifecycle for project-based business, including customer billing, accounts receivable, collections, cash application, project reconciliations, and receivables reporting. This role partners with Project Managers, Sales Analysts, Operations, Legal, Treasury, and Finance teams to ensure invoices are accurate, issued timely, and supported by appropriate documentation. This position will also identify billing and collection risks, resolve customer issues, improve cash flow visibility and collections, and maintain strong compliance with Nextpower’s policies. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, analytically strong, and comfortable working across both U.S. and international projects in a fast-paced environment.

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We are looking for someone who demonstrates:

·         Passionate drive to innovate and create

·         Integrity to the core

·         Enthusiastic customer focus

·         Consistent interactive teamwork

·         Desire for continuous improvement and top performance.

Here is a glimpse of what you will do:

Billing and Invoicing

·         Prepare and issue accurate customer invoices based on approved contracts, purchase orders, sales orders, project milestones, deliveries, change orders, and other contractual requirements.

·         Review billing packages, customer purchase orders, sales orders, milestone schedules, taxes, freight, retention or retainage, lien waivers, and required supporting documentation.

·         Coordinate with Project Managers and Operations to confirm milestone completion, customer acceptance, delivery status, and billing approval before invoices are issued.

·         Validate invoice calculations, contract terms, payment terms, tax treatment, and required customer documentation.

·         Monitor billing schedules and identify delayed, missed, or incomplete billing milestones.

·         Support the timely processing of credit memos, debit memos, and billing adjustments in accordance with approval requirements.

Collections and Accounts Receivable

·         Own assigned project-related accounts receivable activities, including customer follow-up, collections tracking, aging analysis, dispute resolution, and escalation of collection risks.

·         Participate in recurring meetings with Project Managers/Customers and business stakeholders to review open receivables, past-due balances, disputes, collection commitments, and expected cash receipts.

·         Maintain accurate collection notes, customer commitments, payment plans, and expected receipt dates.

·         Manage significant past-due balances, billing disputes, customer risks, and payment commitments to the appropriate management level.

·         Partner with Legal, Project Management, Sales, and Operations to resolve commercial, contractual, documentation, and lien-related issues that delay payment.

·         Support cash collection targets and provide timely visibility into risks, opportunities, and expected cash inflows.

Cash Application and Reconciliations

·         Review customer remittances and coordinate the timely application of cash to the correct customer, project, invoice, and account.

·         Research and resolve unapplied cash, unidentified receipts, short payments, deductions, and customer account discrepancies.

·         Perform project and customer account reconciliations to validate billing, revenue support, collections, cash application, credit balances, and overall project balances.

·         Reconcile AR subledger activity to the general ledger and investigate unusual or aged reconciling items.

·         Support the preparation of AR aging, collection, unapplied cash, dispute, and project-balance reports.

Accounting, Controls, and Process Improvement

·         Review customer contracts and related documentation to understand billing terms, payment requirements, milestones, retention or retainage, change orders, taxes, and other commercial requirements.

·         Support accurate sales order and project setup so that billing and revenue-related activity is processed consistently with company policies and applicable U.S. GAAP.

·         Identify potential accounting, billing, control, and data-quality issues and escalate them promptly.

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·         Follow established approval, segregation-of-duties, and internal-control requirements.

·         Contribute to process improvements that strengthen billing accuracy, AR controls, reporting quality, collection effectiveness, and cash flow visibility.

·         Support system enhancements, reporting automation, and the transition to Oracle Fusion and related finance technologies.

Here is some of what you will need (required):

·         Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, Business, or a related field. An MBA or professional accounting qualification is a plus.

·         (4-6) years of experience in accounts receivable, billing, collections, , or a related finance or accounting roles.

·         Strong understanding of AR aging, collections, cash application, account recons, and cash flow.

·         Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and analysis of large GL/reporting datasets.

·         Good understanding of AR aging, financial statements, cash flow, and general ledger reporting.

·         Strong communication skills and stakeholder-management skills.

·         Ability to work collaboratively with U.S.-based teams and support U.S. time-zone coverage when required.

Here are a few of our preferred experiences

·         Experience in project-based industries such as solar, construction, or EPC is a plus

·         Experience with Oracle Fusion or other ERP system knowledge will be plus.

·         Experience working with multinational customers and international finance teams.

·         Experience with Power BI or other reporting and data-visualization tools.

·         Audit experience or experience supporting SOX, internal controls, or external audit requests.

·         Knowledge of revenue recognition concepts and U.S. GAAP is a plus.

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