Senior Research Billing Analyst

Required Skills & Experience

Must Haves -5+ years of professional research accounting experience, including sponsored research billing and accounts receivable -Strong experience billing federal and non-federal research grants -Hands-on experience with Workday Billing and Accounts Receivable -Strong accounting foundation, including journal entries, reconciliations, invoicing, and collections -Experience managing research billing workflows and resolving complex billing or AR issues -Ability to independently troubleshoot problems and drive issues through resolution -Experience preparing invoices for grant sponsors and performing collections across multiple sponsor types

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Nice to Haves -Experience with Workday Grants Management -Knowledge of cash application for sponsored research -Experience with 2 CFR 200, also known as OMB Uniform Guidance -Experience supporting year-end or Single Audit requirements related to sponsored research receivables -Experience creating management reports and analyzing research AR -Healthcare, academic medical center, university, or research institution experience -Experience partnering with Research Finance, Research Accounting, and Information Systems teams -Experience improving or documenting research billing processes

Job Description

Day‑to‑Day The Senior Research Billing Analyst will support sponsored research billing and accounts receivable within the Research Finance organization. The consultant will manage complex billing activities, help stabilize existing operations, and address gaps created by outdated or insufficiently defined processes. This person will lead the work without directly managing employees. The Senior Analyst will take ownership of major billing and collections issues, determine root causes, coordinate the appropriate stakeholders, and drive problems through resolution. The ideal candidate will be able to move beyond transactional processing and help the team understand how research billing and AR should operate. Day-to-day responsibilities will include maintaining sponsored research billing and accounts receivable activity in Workday, completing reconciliations, preparing invoices for sponsors, recording manual invoices, performing collection activities, and processing journal entries. The consultant will also work with Research Accounting and technical teams to address system or process issues. This person should be comfortable evaluating current workflows, identifying gaps, and helping establish more consistent processes while the department continues to define its future-state operating model. This is a hands-on leadership role. The Senior Analyst will guide the work, solve difficult issues, and serve as an escalation point, but will not have formal supervisory responsibilities.