AR & Billing Senior Accountant
Job Description
Responsibilities:
- Billing & Invoicing Generate and issue accurate, timely invoices to digital payment merchants and clients based on transaction volumes, agreed fee schedules and contractual terms.
- Validate transaction-based billing — interchange, processing/switch fees, subscription and recurring charges — against system-generated transaction reports before invoice issuance.
- Maintain and update client billing profiles, fee schedules and contract terms in the billing/ERP system in line with commercial agreements.
- Manage billing dispute resolution and process credit notes/adjustments in coordination with Sales, Account Management and the client.
- Issue accurate Bi-monthly Clients Statement of Accounts
- Reconciliation & Revenue Assurance Reconcile digital payment transaction data (gateway/switch/processor reports) against billed and collected amounts on a daily and monthly basis.
- Investigate and resolve billing discrepancies, unbilled or under-billed transactions, and instances of revenue leakage.
- Perform internal cost/revenue allocation and inter-business-line recharges between Digital Payment and Card Production, in line with the company's transfer-pricing/allocation methodology.
- Support month-end and year-end close for the billing function, including accruals, deferred revenue schedules and billing-related journal entries.
- Reporting & Compliance Prepare periodic billing and revenue reports for Finance leadership, including aging, DSO, billing accuracy and revenue-by-product-line analysis.
- Ensure billing practices comply with internal policy, applicable Egyptian tax regulations (including e-invoicing requirements), and relevant accounting standards for revenue recognition (IFRS 15).
- Support internal and external audit requests and walkthroughs relating to billing, revenue and accounts receivable.
- Process Improvement & Systems Identify and drive billing process automation and efficiency improvements, reducing manual touchpoints and billing-cycle time.
- Partner with Infotech and the Digital Payment product/commercial teams on billing-system enhancements, new fee structures and billing readiness of new product launches.
- Provide technical guidance and quality review to junior billing accountants/analysts on digital payment billing matters, without formal supervisory authority.
- Key Performance Indicators – Proposed [TBC with Chief Accountant] Billing accuracy rate (invoiced vs. validated transaction data)
- Billing cycle time (transaction close to invoice issuance)
- Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) for Digital Payment receivables
- Number and ageing of unresolved billing discrepancies/revenue-leakage cases
- On-time month-end close for billing-related entries
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or related field.
- CMA, ACCA or equivalent is preferred.
- Billing & invoicing systems (must have SAP S/4 HANA experience)
- Revenue recognition (IFRS 15)
- English – business proficiency written and spoken; required for reporting and cross-functional/regional coordination.
- 4–6 years progressive experience in billing, accounts receivable or revenue accounting. Fintech, digital payments, card processing or telecom strongly preferred.
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Key Skills
Revenue recognition IFRS 15
Billing invoicing systems
