MetLife

Job Location: Must be Commutable distance to Tampa, Florida 

Summary of Responsibilities:

The Billing Analyst is responsible for the timely and accurate billing of all fees and other receivables (such as reimbursement of non-guaranteed annuity payments). The Billing Analyst is also responsible for the timely and accurate remittance of all non-tax withholdings. Other key responsibilities are multiple-way suspense account reconciliations, metrics compilation and tracking, and completion of manual journal entries. The Billing Analyst will also work with internal and external business partners to identify, research, and resolve accounting issues. Additionally, this position will have the opportunity to work on special projects as needed. 

Principal Responsibilities:

• Timely preparation, calculation, and transmission of invoices to customers for non-guaranteed annuity payments and various administrative and asset based fees.
• In partnership with the RIS Stable Value team, generate and send Investment Management Fees invoices and track pending receivable.
• Completion of the monthly Investment Fee Accrual calculations and submitting ledger updates via a monthly journal entry.

§  Timely preparation and transmission of remittances for non-tax withholdings.

§  Tracking of payments received and follow-up with customers regarding delinquent payments.

§  Calculation and billing of interest and late fees due as applicable.

§  Reconciliation of receivable and payable suspense accounts (includes reconciliations between various administrative systems and the General Ledger as well as utilization of the Recon Plus reconciliation system).

§  Suspense reconciliation - identification, research and resolution of issues

• Manual journal entry processing – including identification of preparation discrepancies and working with preparers to train them on proper accounting as needed.
• Additional projects from time to time as assigned by management.

Requirements:

•  work experience is required 
• Must have work experience with billing, collection and remittances
• Experience in basic financial and mid level accounting required
• Demonstrate financial accounting skills and knowledge 
• Ability to quickly learn multiple systems and software to use them in identifying, researching, and resolving outstanding cash and suspense issues
• Must be detail oriented and results driven
• Demonstrate ability to accurately complete large volumes of work
• Must possess and demonstrate strong analytical skills and the ability to work both independently and as a team player 
• Excellent organizational, oral and business writing communication skills 
• Ability to identify and strive to exceed client expectations
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel required (pivot tables)
• Must have a positive attitude and embrace challenges
• Experience with suspense accounting is a plus.
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment while meeting multiple deadlines is required
• Must be team oriented and have excellent interpersonal skills

Preferred

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
• Experience with PeopleSoft  and/or Check Free Recon is a plus
• Experience with journal entries preferred.
• Experience with suspense accounting is a plus.
• Experience with account reconciliation a plus
• willing and able to learn new systems such as Solomon and Recon Plus as well as mainframe proprietary payment and accounting sub-ledger systems