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Job Title: Accountant, Revenue Operations
Job Summary: The ARO will provide operational support of a region within Sapient. The ARO is responsible for managing Trade Working Capital (f the clients in the region. Management of TWC includes monitoring unbilled fees, timeliness of client invoicing, and decrease delays in client invoice collections. The ARO is also responsible for providing support for the regions to meet Account Receivables targets, working with region managers on any loss contract analysis and also providing burn rate analysis of client projects. The successful candidate will work closely with people across the organization to understand client billing requirements, cooperate and build efficiency on region operation support, and perform assigned financial analyses.
Primary Responsibilities: - Monitor Work Authorization projects to ensure timeliness of contract execution. Minimize unbilled balance of Work Authorization projects.
- Creation of contract billing milestones in client projects to ensure timely strategic billing that allows maximum collection effort for all clients.
- Oversee the approval workflow of client invoices for completeness and timeliness.
- Partner with centralized billing and collection teams to resolve invoice. disputes or collection issues. Liaise with client engagement team on invoice collection efforts.
- Coordinate with Cash Applications team on client payment application issues.
- Work with client engagement teams to document client PO workflow and drive internal processes to minimize PO delays for project invoicing.
- Monitor client project unbilled fees and expenses and engage project teams to complete client invoicing according to pre-determined billing schedules.
- Work closely with senior associates and managers on projects identified as high risk or on the ch Listli>
- Review and ensure bill rates of resources for Time & Materials projects reconcile to terms established in executed SOW/SCO for accurate client invoicing and revenue recognition.
- Responsible for coordinating the project wrap-up process, the completeness of client invoicing, and any remaining unbilled with the teams accountable for these processes.
- Prepare client TWC report and analyze TWC trends.
- Responsible for project margin analysis, project burn rate analysis, and providing finance management with various analyses of revenue and related balance sheet impacts as needed.
- Ensure compliance with established internal controls, policies and procedures, and established business processes and suggest areas for process improvement.
- Coordinate overall client health inputs with other Revenue people to provide picture to management.
Experience Guidelines:
· 1 - 3 years of related work experience in either a revenue accounting, general accounting, or business operations role
· Experience creating and interpreting ad hoc financial analysis
· Ability to work in different team environments and manage expectations, drive operational excellence and collaboration
· Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
- Ability to understand and infer relationships between metrics and operational and financial processes
Education/Skills:
· Bacheloregree in Accounting or Finance
· Works well under pressure and deadlines and prioritizes responsibilities
· Strong Excel experience required, including work with pivot tables and advanced formulas
· Oracle Project Accounting a plus
· Effective communication skills to various levels of management
About Sapient
Sapient, part of Publicis.Sapient, is a global services company that helps clients transform in the areas of business, marketing, and technology. The company operates three divisions that enable clients to gain a competitive advantage and succeed in an increasingly digital world. SapientRazorfish, Sapient Global Markets, and Sapient Government Services fuse insight, creativity, and technology to drive innovation and to help clients navigate complex business problems. Our approach is the subject of case studies used by MBA programs at Harvard and Yale. The company has operations in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. For more information, visit .
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