Billing Analyst

Job Description

Who We Are

BGIS is a leading provider of customized facility management and real estate services. With our combined team of over 6, 500 globally, we relentlessly focus on enabling innovation through the services we deliver, while actively looking for new opportunities that will enable innovation for our clients’ businesses. Globally, we manage over 320 million square feet of client portfolios across 30,000+ locations in North America, Europe, Middle East, Australia and Asia.

Further information is available at www.bgis.com

Summary

The Billing / Financial Analyst provides standard transactional support for a process within an accounting cycle, can communicate with stakeholders pertaining to transactions and provides support/input for analysis.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

Accounting

• Provides standard transactional support for a process within an Accounting cycle or client account / product line
• Ability to complete and resolve assigned basic account reconciliations independently.
• Identifies issues or discrepancies in basic transactional accounting.
• Focus on creating a variety of invoices for both IFM & point solutions clients
• Ability to process cash applications against customer accounts & invoices
  
  
  

Accounting Policy

• Understand GAAP requirements relevant to the financial cycle or portfolio supported
  
  
  

Audit Support and Controls

• Basic understanding of audit and internal control requirements
• Maintains accurate and complete records for audits
• Gathers audit support data upon request
  
  
  

Financial Systems

• Entry level knowledge of current accounting systems and MS Office suite of software
• Basic understanding of the interactions between financial systems related to the portfolio supported
• Able to work with IT and operational teams on basic system setups
  
  
  

Planning/Forecasting

• Simple data extracts to support the preparation of forecasts
• Provides relevant trending analysis to support the preparation of forecasts
  
  
  

Analysis

• Responds to internal requests for simple ad hoc analysis with guidance from senior team members
  
  
  

Reporting

• Support preparation of internal reports
• Provides support/input into basic business cases
  
  
  

Interaction with Stakeholder

• Some Stakeholder interaction with transactional level data
• Generate routine transactional data to support operational decision making
  
  
  

Financial Management/Contract Interpretation

• Awareness of financial obligations of portfolio
• Supports delivery of contract/portfolio deliverables of a financial nature in a timely and efficient manner, in areas of less complexity
  
  
  

Process Adherence / Implementation

• Understand basic business processes and ensures compliance and ensures appropriate documentation
  
  
  

Problem Solving

• Identification of basic issues or discrepancies
  
  
  

Technical and Business Knowledge

• Demonstrates a curiosity for the industry and business which they support.
• Initiates inquiries and connections with operational counterparts in support of transactional processes.
  
  
  

Knowledge & Skills Required

• College/University graduation or professional certification (e.g., CPA, CMA, CGA or equivalent courses)
• Minimum of 1 to 3 years of related experience.
• Ability to prepare month end journal entries to support proper transaction reporting
• Basic understanding of the interactions between sub ledger and general ledger
• Understanding of audit requirements
• Ability to identify issues or discrepancies in basic transactional accounting
• Ability to communicate processes and procedures within the team and to internal customers
• Ability to prepare basic memos and provide basic variance explanations.
• Communicate with various stakeholders, both internal and external regarding transactional data
• Ability to multitask and process high volume of transactions in order to meet deadlines
• Entry level knowledge of current accounting systems and MS Office suite of software
  
  
  

At BGIS we believe that diversity and inclusion is a key business driver, such that we never lose sight of its importance as it is woven into the fabric of our organization. We are committed to maintaining a barrier-free recruitment process by providing equal employment opportunities through recruiting and retention of individuals of all backgrounds. We recognize that promoting diversity is an essential component of our continuing pursuit for organizational success!

BGIS is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome you to apply for a position with us! If you require accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact us at askHR . Upon request for accommodation, we will consult with the applicant in question and provide, or arrange for the provision of, a suitable accommodation in a manner that takes into account the applicant’s accessibility needs due to disability.