Senior Accounts Receivable Specialist with Biometrics Billing Experience

Job Description

Position Summary

The Senior Accounts Receivable Specialist is responsible for managing accounts receivable activities, client invoicing, collections, cash application, billing reconciliation, and revenue support for clinical research and biometrics services. This role requires hands-on experience in a CRO environment and a strong understanding of billing processes for biometrics-related services, including biostatistics, statistical programming, data management, medical writing, and related project-based deliverables.

The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, organized, proactive, and capable of working closely with project managers, functional leaders, contracts, and finance teams to ensure timely and accurate invoicing, payment follow-up, and resolution of billing issues.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Prepare, review, and issue accurate client invoices in accordance with contracts, work orders, change orders, fee schedules, and project milestones.
• Manage billing for CRO and biometrics services, including time-and-materials, unit-based, milestone-based, retainer, and fixed-fee arrangements.
• Review project financial information and supporting documentation to ensure invoices are complete, accurate, and supported by contractual terms.
• Work closely with project managers, biometrics functional leads, contracts, and finance teams to confirm billable activities, invoice timing, and scope changes.
• Monitor accounts receivable aging and follow up on outstanding invoices in a timely and professional manner.
• Communicate with clients regarding invoice status, payment timing, discrepancies, remittance details, and billing questions.
• Apply cash receipts accurately and reconcile payments to open invoices.
• Investigate and resolve billing discrepancies, short payments, unapplied cash, disputed invoices, and client deductions.
• Maintain accurate AR records, customer account details, invoice tracking logs, and collection notes.
• Support month-end and year-end close activities related to invoicing, AR balances, unapplied cash, and bad debt review.
• Assist in preparing AR reports, aging summaries, DSO tracking, collection forecasts, and management reports.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders on contract amendments, change orders, purchase orders, and client-specific billing requirements.
• Support audit requests by providing invoice support, AR reconciliations, and related documentation.
• Help improve billing workflows, collections processes, and internal controls to enhance efficiency and accuracy.

CRO / Biometrics Billing Responsibilities

• Review biometrics service agreements, budgets, and work orders to understand billing triggers and project scope.
• Prepare invoices for services such as biostatistics, statistical programming, clinical data management, PK/PD programming, medical writing, DMC support, and other biometrics-related deliverables.
• Track milestone completion and percentage-of-completion inputs, where applicable, for billing purposes.
• Validate labor-based and deliverable-based charges against approved rates, effort assumptions, and change orders.
• Coordinate with project teams to ensure out-of-scope work is properly documented and billed.
• Maintain billing files and supporting records for sponsor-specific invoicing requirements.
• Assist in reconciling contracted services, billed amounts, and collections across ongoing studies and programs.

Requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of accounts receivable and billing experience.
• Prior experience in a CRO, life sciences, pharmaceutical services, or clinical research environment strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience billing for biometrics or other project-based clinical trial services preferred.
• Strong understanding of invoicing, cash application, collections, AR aging, reconciliations, and revenue-support processes.
• Experience reviewing contracts, fee schedules, statements of work, and change orders for billing purposes.
• Strong Excel skills and proficiency with accounting / ERP systems.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with sponsor-facing invoicing in a CRO setting.
• Familiarity with clinical trial budgeting and service categories within biometrics.
• Experience with QuickBooks, NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, or similar accounting systems.
• Experience supporting audit requests and maintaining strong documentation practices.
• Understanding of revenue recognition concepts related to service contracts is a plus.

Core Competencies

• Accounts receivable management
• Client invoicing
• Collections and follow-up
• Billing reconciliation
• Contract and budget review
• Biometrics service billing
• Attention to detail
• Communication and professionalism
• Problem-solving
• Internal controls and documentation

Work Environment

• Remote
• Frequent interaction with finance, project management, functional leaders, and external clients.
• Ability to manage recurring deadlines and multiple client accounts.

Benefits

Benefits vary by country, but remain competitive. Below is a sample of the benefits offered to U.S. employees.

• Choice of comprehensive Medical, Vision and Dental Insurance plans
• Paid vacation time and sick days
• Corporate holidays annually
• Participation in the 401K Plan
• Comprehensive perks and discount programs for AAA, wholesale, insurance, Rx, fitness, pets, entertainment, etc.
• Health Advocate and Employee Assistance Program