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Job Title: Finance Business Analyst (Billing Systems and Usage-Based Models)

Position Summary:

We are seeking an experienced Finance Business Analyst with a strong background in billing systems and consumption/usage-based billing models. This role focuses on optimizing billing, collections, and accounting processes while ensuring systems support dynamic pricing structures, real-time usage tracking, and accurate invoicing. The ideal candidate will act as a bridge between finance, operations, and IT teams, driving efficiency and accuracy across financial workflows.

Key Responsibilities:

Billing Systems Analysis and Management:

• Evaluate and manage billing systems to support consumption/usage-based and subscription models with downstream data flow to ERP systems..

• Collaborate with technical team and vendors to implement system enhancements for real-time usage tracking, invoice generation, and payment processing.

• Ensure billing systems integrate seamlessly with accounting platforms, CRM, and ERP systems.

Consumption and Usage-Based Billing:

• Implement processes to capture and monetize consumption/usage data, ensuring accurate and timely billing.

• Work with product and technical teams to map usage metrics to billing rules and pricing structures.

• Identify inefficiencies in usage tracking and billing reconciliation processes, proposing automation and optimization strategies.

Process Optimization:

• Analyze existing billing and collections workflows to identify gaps, bottlenecks, and opportunities for improvement.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to refine processes and align them with dynamic business models.

• Develop scalable workflows for supporting high-volume, consumption-based transactions.

Collections and Revenue Assurance:

• Develop strategies to help improve collections for usage-based billing, including automated reminders, escalations, and dunning processes.

• Implement controls to mitigate revenue leakage and ensure accurate revenue recognition for consumption-based services.

• Partner with customer support to resolve billing disputes and maintain strong customer relationships.

Stakeholder Collaboration:

• Act as a liaison between finance, IT, sales, and operations teams to align billing solutions with business objectives.

• Lead workshops and training sessions for stakeholders to improve adoption of billing and usage tracking systems.

• Document business requirements, workflows, and system configurations to support ongoing improvements.

• Lead UAT testing for projects, with greater focus on scripting functional end to end tests.

Industry/Platform Innovation:

• Stay informed about industry trends, emerging solutions, new releases, features, and best practices, and assess their potential impact for use within 8x8.

• Build and maintain external vendor, partner, and user group relationships to help monitor and understand industry challenges, opportunities, and common approaches.

General:

• Need to work and think independently, be a self-starter, take initiative, prioritize and effectively complete tasks on time, with or without detailed work direction is an absolute must.

• Need to move quickly to make decisions and commit to a clear course of action; be comfortable making decisions based on partial information; show a strong bias toward action.

• Ability to work full-time spanning any of the 7 days of the week (the intended hours for this role are expected to be typical United Kingdom workday hours, but occasionally events may require scheduling after normal working hours and/or on the weekends to control interruptions to critical services and minimize business impact).

• Hybrid work arrangement requires consistent remote access over a high-speed Internet connection (not provided), and the ability to come in and work a minimum of 2 days each week from our 8x8 London office location (or more as needed to ensure consistent network/Internet connectivity). (8x8 London office location: 3rd Floor, The Relay Building, 114 Whitechapel High St, London E1 7PT, United Kingdom).

Qualifications:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related field.

Experience:

• 3+ years of experience as a Business Analyst with a focus on billing systems and usage-based billing models.

• Proven expertise in managing high-volume or consumption-based billing systems.

• Experience with financial and ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Zuora, Aria, or BillingPlatform).

• Good Knowledge of data flow between CRM, billing systems and ERP

• In depth understanding of accounting principles and functionality offered by ERP systems

Skills:

• Strong understanding of billing processes, including subscription, consumption, and usage-based models.

• Proficiency in data analysis tools like Excel, SQL, or similar platforms.

• Excellent communication skills to interact with technical and non-technical stakeholders and resolve issues without need for escalation.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with automated usage tracking systems and their integration into billing platforms.

• Knowledge of revenue recognition standards and accounting principles (e.g., ASC 606).

• Familiarity with tools like Salesforce Billing, NetSuite, or custom billing platforms.

• Certification in business analysis (e.g., CBAP) or finance (e.g., CPA).

Work Environment:

• Flexible work arrangements with opportunities for hybrid or remote setups.

• Collaborative and supportive team environment focused on innovation in financial systems.

• Opportunities for professional growth and exposure to advanced billing technologies.

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