Billing Manager

Our finance and accounting department is looking for a Billing Manager to coordinate and ensure the correct, efficient, and timely execution of the billing process for the company's clients.

The role involves coordinating the entire billing operational flow, from receiving and validating measurement data transmitted by Distribution Operators (DO), to verifying consumption data and billing parameters, issuing invoices, reconciling them, and managing exceptional situations or potential errors.

The Billing Manager will also ensure compliance with fiscal and accounting legislation, as well as specific regulations in the energy sector and ANRE requirements, playing an important role in process optimization, department performance monitoring, and identification of improvement solutions.

The position involves coordinating and developing the billing team, close collaboration with internal departments, Distribution Operators, and other external partners, as well as providing management with the reports and analyses necessary for decision-making.

We are looking for a person with relevant experience in electricity billing, with good knowledge of the legislative and regulatory framework in the energy sector, analytical and coordination skills, attention to detail, and results orientation.

1. Basic Preparation:

• Higher education in economics, energy, or technical fields

• Knowledge of energy sector legislation (ANRE)

• Advanced Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint)

• Company-specific billing and ERP systems

2. Job Competencies

Knowledge and Skills:

1. In-depth knowledge of billing procedures for electricity suppliers

2. Knowledge of applicable fiscal and accounting regulations and legislation specific to the energy sector and ANRE regulations

3. Knowledge of billing IT systems

4. Advanced data analysis and interpretation skills, planning, organization, and team activity coordination abilities, communication and negotiation at a decision-making level

Aptitude Requirements:

5. Leadership and team management capacity

6. Strategic thinking and results orientation

7. Attention to detail and accuracy in decision-making

8. Capacity for analysis, synthesis, and complex problem-solving

9. Planning and task prioritization skills

10. Ability to work under pressure and within strict deadlines

11. Communication and negotiation skills with internal and external partners

12. Adaptability to legislative and operational changes

3. Operational Billing Coordination:

• Supervision of the import and processing of measurement data files transmitted by the Distribution Operator (DO)

• Verification and validation of measurement data received from the DO for billing purposes

• Coordination of the billing department's activity and the actual execution of the monthly/periodic invoice issuance process, according to the billing schedule

• Verification and validation of the accuracy of billing data (client data, consumption, tariff, period)

• Ensuring invoice compliance with ANRE orders and current legislation

• Coordination of the invoice issuance process for prosumers and distributor compensation invoices

• Monitoring and control of the monthly reconciliation process

• Management of exceptional situations and billing errors

4. Reporting and Analysis:

• Preparation and presentation of periodic reports (daily, weekly, monthly) to company management

• Analysis of department performance indicators and proposal of corrective measures

• Monitoring of collection status and identification of anomalies

• Preparation of analyses on billing quality and identification of areas for improvement

• Tracking of legislative and regulatory developments and informing the team about relevant changes

5. Job Working Conditions

Activity Performance:

• Office-based work

• Possibility of travel to partner or distributor offices, or to ANRE

Normal Schedule: 8 hours/day

Benefits: meal vouchers and medical services.