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Form of workThe home office location: Joliet, Oakbrook, and Kankakee. The home office location will be based on the office nearest to the candidate's residency.
REGIONAL BILLING ASSOCIATE
- Maintain financial records carefully and precisely, entering accurate information into forms and spreadsheets and making calculations based on previous and upcoming transactions, ensuring written communication is clear
- Interact with Child Welfare staff, foster parents, directors in order to relay information, answer inquiries and provide clear explanations on a daily basis, remaining professional and respectful at all times
- Submit 906 forms and take action to submit forms in a timely manner and follow up on all necessary actions to ensure timely submittal to DCFS
- Contact necessary parties to obtain needed information to ensure all forms submitted within appropriate timeframes
- Respond to all inquiries, resolving issues quickly and tactfully
- Make any necessary calculations to compute bills and charges, providing this information to other finance staff; maintaining working knowledge of bills to answer any questions
- Complete administrative responsibilities, filling out forms correctly and quickly and submitting as required and within necessary time frame
- Guide clients through transactions carefully and intentionally, making all aspects as clear as possible and being understanding of any miscommunications
- Follow special instructions from management staff quickly and precisely, fulfilling side projects as instructed
- Prepares all invoices for payment
- Investigates and resolves all inquiries with billing and invoicing
- Assists in posting journal entries into the accounting software
- Assists in preparing various financial reports for management to forecast personnel and service costs.
- Assists in preparing a variety of forms, correspondence, inter-department memos for management and departmental support
- This position is new and the role will evolve as needed
- Performs other financial activities as required
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ABILITIES:
- Knowledge of finance policies and practices
- Knowledge and ability to use financial programs
- Knowledge of Accounts payable and receivable
- Knowledge in the area of financial statement preparation, budgeting, payroll, purchasing, accounts payable and accounts receivable or the equivalent
- Experience working with an automated financial management system
- Ability to type 35 words-per-minute without error
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Analytical and problem solving skills
- Ability to communicate both written and verbally
- Strong organizational, presentation, and customer service skills
- Skill in preparing written communication
- Ability to multi-task and adapt to changes quickly
- Keyboarding skills to ensure quick and accurate data entry
Reports to: Billing Manager
Job Skills & Qualifications
Required:
- Associate degree in finance or related field
- Advanced familiarity with entireMicrosoft Office Suite
Preferred:
- Bachelor degree in finance or related field
- Two years minimum working experience as financial clerk or other financial professional
