Title: Vice President

　　Role: Set up & Invoicing Review Lead, Global Billing Function

　　Location: Bangalore

　　Background:

　　State Street has established a Global Billing Function under Controllership, which is responsible for client billing set up and invoicing across all business lines and geographies globally at State Street. Organizationally, it combines all groups performing these activities globally, and also includes centers residing in State Street Shared Service locations in Poland, India and China. Billing Organization owns aspects of business-as-usual activities within billing areas and also drives process improvements and automation.

　　Basic Purpose of Job:

　　The Invoice & Setup Review Lead will be responsible for all aspects of the invoice billing process including invoice raising, invoice review & set up across State Street global businesses spread across NA region.

　　The Invoice & Set up Review Lead will manage a large team with a complex engagement model on a day-to-day basis. The individual will be directly responsible for daily management of accurate, consistent, and timely invoice deliverables. This individual will provide subject matter expertise in invoice preparation and review including receivables analytics.

　　In addition to Business As Usual (BAU) responsibilities as described above, this role will also be involved in process re-engineering, standardization, and automation efforts.

　　Responsibilities:-

　　Business As Usual (BAU) Activities:

　　General responsibility for all operational invoicing activitiesEnd-to-end responsibility for a major group of the billing process: Set up, Invoice preparation and reviewOversee and manage the invoice review team to achieve global consistency and effectiveness in controls; accurate, quality work; and transparency into activities and results. Maintain a robust control environment: process controls, process oversight and process governance responsibilityDevelop the team to adopt "owner's mind set", work independently, and effectively manage timelines Manage resources to assist with ad-hoc invoice projectsMeasure progress toward goals; and evaluate productivity and team efficiency. Review and assess regularly with team members and with managementMay serve as a subject matter expert on particular invoice related issues

　　Coaches the team and gathers feedback for performance appraisals

　　Process Re-Engineering, Standardization, and Automation:

　　Assist with the process Re-Engineering, Standardization, and Automation efforts for invoicingResponsible for ongoing process improvements

　　Expectations:

　　Bachelor's/Master's Degree in Finance, CPA Qualified with an experience minimum of 14 to 18 years working with billing processes.Knowledge of various services and industry trends of billing methods for those services like Custody services, Sub custodian, trust services and out pocket expense billing, asset management etc.Experience of building and maintaining strong control environment (risk excellence, experience with SOX, RCSA controls, etc.), establishing policies, procedures and strong internal controls.Demonstrated leadership in improving/building-out the invoice function for multiple geographies and business areasExperience assisting with re-engineering processes and driving similar centralization of the end-to-end activities for the major financial institutions

　　Skills required:

　　Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Word, Visio), advance levels of Excel (pivot tables, formulas, excel workbook maintenance best practices)Knowledge of billing systemsConceptual understanding of company-wide financial architecture (GL, sub-GL technology, specialized tools) applicable to the above process groups of processesFirst level management expertise requiredIndependent decision-making capabilities, demonstrated thought leadershipPride of ownership with the ability to deliver high quality results timelySelf-motivated, self-assured, and self-managedStrong analytical and ability to analyze and summarize complex financial transactionsStrong attention to detailsProblem solving skillHighly organized with ability to multi-task and work under high pressure deadlinesMust be able to work in a fast paced environment