Manager - Billing
Optum
5 - 10 years
Gurugram
Posted: 19/02/2026
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Job Description
Billing & Revenue Operations
- Initiate and manage periodic billing cycles, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with contracts and SLAs.
- Perform detailed prebilling and postbilling analytics, including variance analysis, forecasting, and rootcause identification.
- Review billing variances on production days and resolve discrepancies through detailed investigation and corrective actions.
- Execute accounting adjustments and understand the accounting impact of manual entries within the billing process.
- Maintain comprehensive billings records, clientwise aggregates, trend reports, and billing dashboards.
- Generate, extract, and format reports in Excel using Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, and other advanced functions.
- Create and modify invoices (Excel/summary formats) to meet specific customer or regulatory requirements.
- Process manual billing, adjustments, and writeoffs (limited to less than 10% of overall responsibilities).
- Collaborate closely with onshore billing teams to resolve complex billing queries.
Accounts Receivable & Cash Application
- Perform large client A/R reporting, reconciliation, and account management analytics.
- Reconcile cash by validating cash received (bank deposits/treasury portal) against cash applied in accounting systems.
- Manually apply cash receipts, credit memos, adjustments, and writeoffs (less than 10% of the role).
- Manage B2B collections by engaging with customer contacts for overdue or disputed items.
Compliance, Controls & Operational Excellence
- Ensure adherence to company policies, employment contract terms, and operational directives.
- Support changes arising from business needs, including team reallocations, shift changes, and process updates.
Other Responsibilities
Team & Performance Management
- Lead, mentor, and manage teams/supervisors including staffing, hiring, performance reviews, and development planning.
- Track, analyze, and report operational performance metrics; conduct regular oneonone discussions and coaching sessions.
Stakeholder Management
- Drive structured communication with customers, leadership, and crossfunctional teams through email, calls, and regular business reviews.
Core Competencies
- Strong expertise across endtoend Accounts Receivable, Billing, Customer Contract Management, ERP & billing systems, and credit/cash management.
- Ability to manage and maintain AR systems while ensuring compliance with internal policies, regulatory requirements, and financial controls.
- Strong analytical mindset, attention to detail, and ability to interpret financial data.
- Customer-focused approach with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Understanding of revenue and cash flow processes and their business impact.
- Exposure to emerging technologies, AI-driven process automation, and digital finance tools.
- Proven ability to lead and manage teams in a dynamic environment.
Additional Skills Required
- Escalations (ECI): Ability to manage and resolve escalations with speed and ownership.
- Contract Processes: Understanding of contract terms, billing triggers, pricing structures, and compliance requirements.
- PHI/PCI Compliance: Working knowledge of data privacy, confidentiality standards, and secure handling of PHI/PCI data.
- SOX Controls: Strong familiarity with SOX frameworks, audit requirements, and internal control standards.
- KPI Framework & Interpretation: Ability to build, track, and interpret KPIs for billing, AR, cash application, and team performance.
- Claim Billing: Knowledge of claim processing, billing validations, and adjustments.
- Revenue Cycle Management (RCM): Understanding of the entire RCM lifecycle and associated financial processes.
Qualifications
Required
- B.Com/M.Com/MBA (Finance/Accounting) or related field.
- 10+ years of experience in Finance & Accounting, including Billing, Cash Application, AR Reconciliation, Customer Billing, and Writeoff Processes.
- Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Excel, including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, data modelling, and reporting.
- Willingness to work evening shift (15:3001:00) and late-night shift (17:4503:30) during closing periods.
Preferred
- Accounting background with exposure to Power BI or other analytics tools.
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