Senior Manager- Billing, Accounts Receivable, and Accounts Payable

Abt Global•Rockville, MD

About The Position

The Senior Manager leads end-to-end billing and accounts receivable, with a focus on increasing billing throughput, accelerating cash collections, reducing unbilled work in progress (WIP), and shortening the revenue-to-cash cycle. The role also leads accounts payable operations, including vendor invoice processing, supplier management, payment preparation, and internal controls. The position partners with project managers, operational leadership, and Finance to ensure time and project activity is processed accurately, invoices move efficiently through review and approval, and invoices are promptly issued to clients by email or through client portals. It also leads the integration of a subsidiary’s billing and accounts receivable operations into the existing Finance organization and uses Deltek, automation, and AI to streamline processes and improve efficiency. The Senior Manager develops team performance and process standards, monitors key billing, collections, and AP metrics, and supports audits and other compliance activities as applicable.

Requirements

7–10 years of billing and accounts receivable management experience, including direct responsibility for leading, developing, and reviewing the work of professional billing staff.
Progressive experience in billing, accounts receivable, project accounting, or finance operations.
Significant hands-on experience with Deltek Costpoint in a government contracting environment, including system implementations, upgrades, integrations, reporting, and/or process redesign.
Strong understanding of timekeeping, project accounting, unbilled WIP, revenue processing, billing, collections, and the revenue-to-cash cycle.
Experience with multiple government contract types, including cost-reimbursable, time-and-materials, and firm-fixed-price arrangements.
Experience supporting project accounting, indirect-rate application, billing, and incurred cost submissions.
Experience in government contracting, professional services, consulting, or another project-based environment.
Experience with client billing portals and electronic invoicing systems.
Demonstrated ability to use AI, automation, and technology to streamline finance processes, reduce manual effort, and improve efficiency.
Strong analytical, communication, leadership, and process-improvement skills.
Ability to manage competing priorities, meet deadlines, and exercise sound judgment in a fast-paced environment.
Demonstrated experience managing accounts payable operations, including vendor management, supplier payments, payment controls, and ERP-based AP workflows.

Nice To Haves

Experience integrating businesses, systems, or finance processes following an acquisition or organizational change.
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end billing, including time and revenue processing, invoice preparation, project review, approval, and client issuance.
Improve billing throughput and reduce the time from period close to final invoice delivery.
Monitor billing bottlenecks, delayed approvals, rejected invoices, and other issues affecting invoice cycle time.
Manage unbilled WIP aging, resolve billing barriers, and convert WIP into invoices in a timely manner.
Lead accounts receivable and collections activities to reduce past-due balances, improve DSO, and accelerate cash collections.
Partner with project managers and operational leaders to resolve billing disputes, missing information, contract issues, and collection delays.
Oversee client invoice submission through email, electronic invoicing systems, and client web portals.
Lead integration of a subsidiary’s billing and accounts receivable processes, including systems, workflows, controls, reporting, and performance expectations.
Standardize billing and collection processes across the combined organization while maintaining business continuity.
Serve as a business owner for billing and accounts receivable processes in Deltek and related financial systems; identify improvements to workflows, reporting, and data visibility.
Use AI, automation, and other technology to reduce manual work, improve workflow visibility, identify exceptions, prioritize collections, and streamline reporting.
Develop and monitor metrics for billing throughput, invoice cycle time, unbilled WIP, AR aging, DSO, and cash collections.
Lead, develop, and manage the Billing and AR team, setting expectations for accuracy, responsiveness, productivity, and continuous improvement.
Lead accounts payable, including vendor invoice processing, approval workflows, payment preparation, supplier inquiries, and resolution of exceptions.
Oversee AP operations and internal controls, ensuring segregation of duties, accurate processing, timely payments, and compliance with company policies and government contracting requirements.
Improve AP processes through Deltek Costpoint, workflow automation, and AI-enabled solutions; establish metrics for processing efficiency, payment timeliness, accuracy, and exception management.
Support government and customer audits, incurred cost submissions, indirect-rate analysis, and other compliance activities, as applicable.