Billing & Financial Services Team Leader

**Billing & Financial Services Team Leader**:

- Location: Perth Office - CBD, WA, AU
- 23 Jan 2025

We are seeking a Billing & Financial Services Team Leader for our Finance & Revenue space. Bring a strong focus on leadership and team development. Manage the transactional financial services functions required to collect revenue from customers and execute payments to suppliers in a timely manner in accordance to agreed payment terms. Lead, mentor and inspire our talented and hard-working team through a high-volume workload

**Your Role in Action**
- Take ownership of leading a dynamic billing team, fostering collaborative and high-performing environment. You'll be at the forefront of shaping the team's culture, morale, and overall success.
- Manage customer billings, debt recovery and supplier payments in accordance with established policy, standards, and guidelines.
- Appropriate accounting treatment of relevant profit & loss and balance sheet items relating to the management of Western Power's trade receivables and trade payables.
- Provide guidance and support to team members, helping them grow professionally and reach their full potential. Regularly offer feedback, training and development opportunities.
- Maintain and improve the accuracy and relevance of the Revenue Accruals Model (RAM)
- Timely and accurate update of annual tariff rates into HubPlus
- Facilitate the handling of regulated revenue queries and to address causes by communication with relevant parts of the organisation and external stakeholders
- Revenue budgeting, forecasting, and reporting for proactive revenue trending analysis to support annual pricing process.
- Timely and accurate resolutions to customer invoices disputes and supplier inquires

**What Makes You a Great Fit**
- Experienced accounting professional skilled in the management of transactional financial services.
- Solid leadership capability and skilled in fostering a positive environment where our Billing Team can thrive.
- Degree qualified in Business, Accounting or Finance.
- Sound knowledge of the Australian Accounting Standards, in particular the accounting treatment of revenue, financial assets, payments, and accruals. Conversant with month end, financial year end reporting process.
- Track record of success with identification, implementation, and benefit tracking of process improvements
- Ability to maintain strong working relationships at all levels, and an ability to manage and partner with diverse stakeholders.
- Strong experience in internal financial controls, including system interfaces, for example between billing & accounting systems; ability to translate financial impact of aged and/or disputed receivables into accounting journals/records.
- Solid financial acumen, ability to lead in the analysis of complex data and translate these into business and financial impact.
- Fully conversant with data modelling techniques to provide accurate, reliable forecast and analysis to support business planning and decisions.

By joining Western Power, you will contribute to powering a cleaner energy future. We are dedicated to fostering career development and promoting a healthy work-life balance, empowering you to drive innovation as we develop a network that will serve the Western Australian community for generations. You will also benefit from a range of perks and opportunities, including:

- Over 50% of our employment opportunities are driven by career progression.
- Flexible work arrangements to support part time work, working hours and working from home arrangements.
- The opportunity to purchase up to four weeks of additional leave per year.
- Access to salary packaging, social club activities, and discounted health insurance and gym membership.
- An award-winning employee recognition and benefits programme.
- An innovative team culture that's enabling the transition to renewable energy and decarbonisation.
- In addition to standard leave, enjoy two wellness leave days each year.
- Access to end-of-trip facilities at our Perth office, perfect for cyclists.
- On-site café available for convenient meals and refreshments throughout the day.

**Applications** **close on 6th February 2025.