Senior Billing Analyst in Cheshire

Culina Group is a market-leading ambient and chilled food and drink third party logistics specialist. We provide warehouse and distribution alongside fresh, food manufacturing, co-packing and bonded divisions, working in partnership with some of the biggest household names in the food and drink sector. With over 20 million square feet of warehousing spread across 100+ depots, we employ in excess of 22,000 people to ensure that our 2.2 million deliveries reach the correct location. Our extensive network enables us to provide a comprehensive supply chain management service covering the whole of the UK and Ireland.

As a Senior Order to Cash Billing Analyst, you will be responsible for the timely and accurate generation of billing documents, ensuring they are sent promptly to customers to facilitate swift conversion of debt into cash. You will support the overall efficiency of the order-to-cash function which involves leveraging bespoke systems to assess and rate customer activity prior to billing, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and optimal cash flow. You will play a key role in coaching and guiding the billing analysts through non-standard processes and escalations to ensure an effective outcome. You will always provide an excellent level of customer service to both your internal and external stakeholders offering clear and accurate communication throughout the query resolution process.

Key duties of a Senior Order to Cash Billing Analyst:

• Generate orders and billing (invoice/credit) via S/4HANA SD for complex and high value customers (both manually and via templates).
• Manage and reconcile interfaces from external systems to AR ledgers (Boomi).
• Coordinate with entities to agree order data timelines allowing for timely billing creation.
• Send invoices/credits to customers in a timely manner.
• Pro-actively resolve Billing queries liaising with BU entities and Collections to fix issues.
• Support internal and external audits by providing necessary documentation.
• Ensure compliance with VAT and other relevant financial regulations.
• Clear communication to senior stakeholders and customers in a confident manner.
• Ability to present to superiors as well as non-AR colleagues (i.e. IT Helpdesk, Wider Business).
• Use previous experience & judgement when responding to customers and internal escalations professionally and promptly.
• Share any learning and support peers, specifically working with risk, collections, customer services, transport, site/depots and commercial teams to resolve issues.
• Support analysts with non-standard processes or escalations.
• Demonstrate flexibility in transitioning between sub-teams as needed.
• Proactively seek the opportunity for new and existing process improvements as well as review those suggested by others and lead implementation where appropriate.
• Take appropriate corrective action and identify, recommend solutions to any errors or mistakes.

Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of Excel and the ability to perform basic data analysis (e.g. Pivot, Filter, VLOOKUP).
• Working Knowledge of Outlook and Word, ability to produce basic Power Point presentations.
• Working knowledge of SAP (ECC6 or S/4) OR equivalent ERP system (Basic Report Running, basic understanding of standard error messages).
• Good literacy and numeracy skills to be demonstrated with a willingness to learn and improve mindset.
• Working Knowledge of UK domestic as well as EU + RoW tax scenarios and their impact on invoicing.

Additional Information:

As part of our drive to make Culina Group a great place to work, we are proud to be an inclusive and diverse organisation where we are committed to employee development and recognising success for hard working performers. Our dedicated learning and development programmes are open to every employee to give you the opportunity to shape your own future within logistics and continue to work in an environment where team culture thrives. Our People are the driving force behind our success, which is why we offer a wide range of benefits which include: Annual Leave - Competitive holiday entitlement of 24 Days plus 8.