Generating invoices for goods or services delivered, you translate orders, work tickets, contracts, or shipments into the document that triggers a customer payment. The hands-on producer of accounts receivable at the front of the cycle.
A typical day tends to revolve around the billing run and the exceptions that fall out of it — pulling shipment or service data, applying pricing and discounts, generating invoices, then handling the items that didn't auto-process. You'll often live in the billing module of an ERP plus a spreadsheet or two of customer-specific quirks. Invoices issued on time and clean against contract are the visible measures.
The friction lives in the customer-specific exceptions — the contract that says net 45 instead of net 30, the freight charge that's prepaid for one customer and bill-back for another, the PO that has to appear in a specific field. Variance across employers shapes the rhythm: high-volume B2C runs automated; B2B with negotiated terms leaves more manual stitching.
The role tends to suit folks who find satisfaction in clean cycles — bills out on the 1st, cash in on the 30th. Patience with detail and willingness to dig into customer master data pay off. The trade-off is the month-end compression when most billing cycles concentrate.
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View all Admin & Office roles →Generating invoices for goods or services delivered, you translate orders, work tickets, contracts, or shipments into the document that triggers a customer payment. The hands-on producer of accounts receivable at the front of the cycle.
Median pay for a Biller is about $47K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $36K to $65K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Reading Comprehension, Mathematics, Active Listening, Time Management, and Speaking.
Most people in this role hold an associate's degree.
Employment in this field is projected to decline about 0.4% through 2034, with roughly 417,500 people working in it today (BLS).
Closely related roles include Senior Pre-Billing Specialist, Accounts Receivable Clerk (AR Clerk), and Revising Clerk.
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