Supervisor, Billing

Be essential at Cars Commerce

At Cars Commerce, we’re fanatical about simplifying everything about car buying and selling. We do right by our customers and consumers to better connect the industry with simplified and tierless technology to enhance, measure and drive local automotive retail. Whether through our No.1 most recognized marketplace, Cars.com, our industry-leading digital experience, Dealer Inspire, our trade and appraisal technology, AccuTrade, or our new Cars Commerce Media Network, Cars Commerce is essential for success in the automotive industry.  

No one ever travels alone here: at its core, Cars Commerce is collaboration. In fact, it’s built into the very fabric of our shared values. We like to say we Rise Together – putting people at the center of what we do, from consumer to customer to community. Life at Cars Commerce makes it easy when we share the ethos to be Open to All, encouraging open-minded communication because we know diverse thinking yields better outcomes. But critical to our success is Caring to Challenge and Taking Ownership, fueling a competitive spirit in a respectful environment where we think about tomorrow but act today. At our foundation, we have integrity, Doing the Right Thing, even when it’s hard. It’s our shared commitment to these values that makes Cars Commerce a place where growth becomes not only possible, but downright unavoidable.

But don’t take our word for it. As a U.S. News & World Report Best Company to Work For in 2024, we're obsessive about the employee experience. We are among the top 20% being declared “Best” of our industry based on six critical factors that are important to employee wellbeing, like quality of pay, benefits, work life balance and more.

ABOUT THIS ROLE:

We are seeking an outstanding, talented individual who aspires to apply their leadership, intellect, talent, drive, creativity, and strong Google Sheets/Excel technical skills to a Supervisory role in our Billing Team. 

If you thrive within a fast-paced, innovative, virtual-first remote environment, and one that values process improvement, scalability, and input, then we have a match!

Responsibilities will include:

• Lead the Billing team including hiring, coaching, performance reviews, development conversations, and productivity management
• Oversee the completion, accuracy, and timeliness of billing including priority setting, month end close and reporting
• Completion of SOX controls; departmental audit requests and walkthroughs for internal & external auditors
• Ensure compliance with company policies, accounting standards and Sarbanes Oxley
• Preparation and analysis of revenue related reconciliations for leadership
• Provide guidance and support to Billing team for complex issues and procedural changes
• Proactively communicate to leadership billing activities, issues and opportunities for enhancements to reduce inefficiencies and optimize performance. Recommend an action plan and lead initiatives to implement improvements
• Analyze and resolve escalated billing issues through research and collaboration, working cross-functionally with internal and external teams
• Ability to work extra hours, specifically during the billing close cycle and for any ad hoc projects. Flexibility in working hours is a must.
• Performing other duties & responsibilities, as assigned

ABOUT YOU:

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience
• 3 years supervisory experience within Finance, Billing or Accounting including SOX Compliance
• Advanced technical skills in Google Sheets or Excel (we are a GSuite environment);
  • SUMIF, SUMIFS, V-Lookup, Pivot Tables, Arrays, etc.
  • Data consolidation, conditional formatting, data validation
  • Logical and nested functions (IF, AND, OR, functions in formulas)
• Strong leadership and organizational skills with a focus on accuracy and attention to detail
• Exceptional analytical skills - ability to effectively research, compile, and analyze data from financial reporting systems, databases, spreadsheets, and other data sources
• Ability to quickly learn new technology and implement on a large scale
• Excellent critical thinking skills - ability to see trends, identify inefficiencies, and implement improvements
• Ability to manage and balance multiple priorities and urgent requests effectively, with the ability to quickly adapt for changing business needs
• Self-motivated, accountable, taking ownership of business requirements

Required Interpersonal Skills:

• Confidentiality, as you will be working with privileged corporate information
• Dependability & accountability
• Conflict management
• Collaboration & diplomacy
• Ability to be a leader and mentor in a distributed, remote team environment
• Excellent organizational; time management; communication skills
• Ability to manage through ambiguity

Salary Range

Our Comprehensive Benefits Package includes:

• Medical, Dental & Vision Healthcare Plans
• New Hire Stipend for Home Office Set-Up
• Generous PTO
• Refuel - a service based recognition program where employees receive additional paid time away to learn grow and reset
• Paid Holidays, Floating Holiday, Volunteer Day, Recharge Day

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