Analyst I - Customer Service Billing

Westlake offers you the potential to enrich your work life and career experience in an entrepreneurial environment. We work together to enhance peoples' lives through our products and presence in the communities in which we operate.

SUMMARY:

Responsible for analyst related duties including invoicing, rebates, revenue recognition, intracompany reconciliation, reporting and partnering with accounting for their assigned business unit.

Perform the primary thinking encompassed by this job description.

Comply with all Company policies and procedures.

Fully support Company goals of continuous improvement and operational excellence at strategic and tactical levels including reviewing area of responsibility for improvement opportunities to initiate projects or communicate ideas to management as well as active participation on project teams.

6.1 PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

A. Oversee billing related activities: customer billings, summary invoices and credit/debit memos.

B. Review, investigate & resolve invoicing system blocks/errors.

C. Generate manual invoices when needed and partner with Accounting to record correcting entries as needed. Review and update transfer pricing in SAP system.

D. Support month-end closing activities related to customer service & pricing.

E. Exchanges and Toll invoices for specific business.

F. Maintain customer master data lists.

G. Review tax charges on invoices for accuracy and make correcting adjustments.

H. Enter and update customer rebate data info into SAP.

I. Reconcile sales reports to the rebate module, accrue rebates, and calculate rebate payment requests and clear customer accounts for receivable.

J. Partner with accounting to ensure that monthly rebate expense and rebate liability is accurate and ties to SAP.

K. Review customer contracts for INCO terms and appropriate revenue recognition.

L. Coordinate with CSRs to ensure customer master data is set up correctly.

M. Coordinate with pricing coordinators to ensure pricing requests are set up correctly.

N. Revenue recognition monitoring to ensure that revenue is recognized in the appropriate period and partner with accounting to record correcting entries as needed.

O. Prepare Quarterly review presentations and monthly reports.

P. Manage multiple deadlines and respond quickly to management requests.

Q. Ensure adherence to and effectiveness of internal controls in own areas of responsibility.

R. Facilitate internal and external audit needs.

S. Application of company policies, procedures and US GAAP requirements.

T. Assist with planning input into planning weekly and daily reports.

U. Assist with Month-end reconciliation of terminal and lease track inventories.

V. Prepare and Maintain detailed desk procedures for respective areas of responsibility.

W. Reconciling and balancing of exchanges and tolls and partner with Accounting to record correcting entries as needed.

6.2 *MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Candidate must have knowledge and experience related to customer billing process, and be detail oriented with focus on accuracy. The candidate must have the ability to multi-task, meet tight deadlines, and perform self-review of work product for quality in a dynamic environment. Must be proficient with Microsoft Office including Excel. Knowledge of SAP and Salesforce preferred.

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or other relevant degree with a minimum of two years of relevant experience is preferred. Prior finance or accounting related experience is preferred. Chemical industry experience is a plus.

Westlake is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristics protected by applicable legislation.

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