Billing Manager

The purpose of your role as a Billing Manager

As a Billing Manager, you will be responsible for the development and leadership for the AR Billing team. Requires top level customer support and analytical problem-solving skills.

This is a hybrid-remote position, based out of our corporate headquarters in St. Paul, MN or a Harris regional office location.

Billing:

• Provide leadership and drive best practices supporting the billing team.
• Manage and oversee daily operations of the billing function, assigning work across the team, monitor and analyze accounting data, ensuring the billing support is complete, accurate, on time, and in compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Lead, mentor, and guide GMP billing specialists to ensure strict adherence to contract terms and conditions.
• Collaborate with project managers to accurately prepare, adjust and verify pre-bill documents before invoicing. Prepare timely and accurate AIA progress and other billings, and enter data accurately into systems and jobs.
• Collaborate with Corporate accounting to obtain necessary insurance, fringe, and other necessary information to support billings.
• Deliver outstanding customer service to both internal and external customers, as well as other members of the Accounting team, to answer invoicing questions or manage related issues.
• Assist with contract preparation, review and pre-qualifications and change orders
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex customer issues. Act as an escalation point for internal and external customers.
• Preparation of conditional and unconditional waivers
• Assist with special projects, billing / collection research and ad hoc analysis as needed.
• Ensure that all billing processes comply with accounting standards, contractual obligations, and legal requirements.
• Conduct thorough billing audits to verify that all costs have been billed in accordance with contract guidelines.

Organizational Support and Process Improvement:

• Lead or participate in cross-functional projects, to work through initiatives, streamline processes to increase accuracy and efficiency.
• Establish and enforce accounting policies and procedures, ensuring proper internal controls exist.
• Evaluate and implement process improvements to streamline billing procedures and enhance accuracy, reducing the risk of errors and delays.
• Continuously assess the efficiency of current billing processes and recommend improvements to minimize operational inefficiencies.

Leadership:

• Lead the hiring and training of new employees. Monitor, develop, mentor, provide growth and development opportunities, and evaluate construction billing staff of 10+ employees
• Foster the desired Harris culture

What we're looking for in you

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of comprehensive experience managing Guaranteed Maximum Price projects to ensure billing aligns with contract terms.
• 6+ years of progressive experience managing accounting functions across multiple locations / businesses, and supervising staff.
• 6+ years of knowledge of process improvement methodologies which result in organizational efficiencies.
• Proven ability to lead, coach, mentor, and build a team
• Extensive knowledge of billing and accounting procedures and practices, including journal entries, sub-ledgers, general ledger, closing and reconciliation.
• Advanced Excel skills
• Experience and understanding of working in the construction industry is preferred

Your life at Harris

As one of the country's leading mechanical contractors, Harris offers you the best of both worlds: the stability, resources and opportunities of a national company, and the team culture, creative spirit and customer loyalty of a local business. If you thrive on variety and new challenges, we want to meet you!

From stadiums to manufacturing facilities, power plants to hospitals, concert halls to classrooms, we handle projects of all sizes and complexity from multiple regional locations across the country.

Harris Benefits + Compensation

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401K with company match
• Vacation time, sick time, and paid holidays
• Paid Parental leave
• Short-Term Incentive Plan

Visit our Careers Page for additional benefit details: https://www.harriscompany.com/careers/employee-benefits-at-a-glance

Pay Range: $86,681 - $130,022 per year

The actual salary offer will vary by candidate based on a wide range of factors such as specific skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)