Billings Clerk Full-time Job

Reporting to the Supervisor, Business Planning and Financial Management, the Billings Clerk is responsible for providing a broad range of financial and clerical services for the different branch sections. The support includes Accounts receivables (creating billing advices, credit memos, updating PM orders in SAP), providing clarifications, responses to customer/vendor inquiries, running reports along with any administrative support to other sections within the Parks and Roads branch through administrative duties as required.

With a focus on client satisfaction, you will work in an integrated business model to: 

• Work with the business area to ensure all costs are accurately identified/captured before billing advices are created
• Collaborate with the business area in case costs are missing, credit memos need to be generated etc
• Capture all the information from SAP, relevant files to update the corporate billing advice/credit memo templates
• Send billing advices/credit memos to the corporate accounts receivables team for invoices to be generated
• Submit any cheques to the corporate team that are received as payments
• Scan and track these cheques for future reference
• Run regular periodic reports in SAP to ensure that billing advices are created for all billings that show up in the system, other files etc.
• Work with the business area to ensure everyone is following the process to trigger creation of the billing advices
• Support in the accruals process
• Work collaboratively with multiple staff across the various sections within the PARS branch
• Ensure billing advices are created in a timely manner
• Collaborate with the business areas to provide timely responses to vendor/customer inquiries

Qualifications

• Grade 12 education is required
• Minimum three years of experience in billing with demonstrated ability to maintain successful working relationships with various stakeholders and accurately completing invoicing/billings
• Training in basic accounting including customer billing and cost control
• Basic knowledge of accounting principles
• Attention to detail as this work impacts our ability to send out correct invoices to vendors/customers
• Ability' to manage time effectively, manage multiple priorities and deliver under tight timelines
• Problem resolution and conflict resolution
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team with a strong work ethic
• Excellent working knowledge of computer and computer softwares like MS office, Google Suite
• Ability to make decisions in accordance with established policies and procedures
• Ability to maintain complex records and prepare reports
• Ability to deal courteously and tactfully with peers/stakeholders
• Demonstrate alignment with the Cultural Commitments of Safe, Helpful, Accountable, Integrated and Excellent, fostering an environment for others to do the same. For more information on the City’s Cultural Commitments, please visit edmonton.ca/our-culture
• Demonstrate the foundational competencies, key behaviours and attributes of the City’s six leadership competencies: Courage, Inclusivity, Values-Based Influencer, Collaborative Networker, Systems Thinker and Creative Innovator. For more information on the City’s leadership competencies, please visit edmonton.ca/our-culture
• Applicants may be tested

The City of Edmonton is committed to inclusive, respectful and equitable workplaces that represent the communities we serve. We continuously improve our systems, policies and practices to remove barriers and ensure our employees, in all their diversity, can succeed. We value applicants with a diverse range of skills, experiences and competencies, and encourage you to apply. To learn more, see the Art of Inclusion: Our Diversity and Inclusion Framework here: https://bit.ly/3hd2d95. 

Hours of Work: 33.75 hours per week. Monday through Friday

Edmonton is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region.