Accounts Receivable Manager - US Government
Washington, D.C.
Finance /
Full-time /
Hybrid
A World-Changing Company
Palantir builds the world’s leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more.
The Role
The Finance Team supports and empowers Palantirians through both day-to-day operations and a solution oriented approach to problem solving. In this role, you’ll be responsible for helping with the billing, collections, applications, and related reconciliation functions for our US Government customers. You will be the point of contact between customer Accounts Payable teams and systems, and our internal Sales, Legal, and Finance teams. You will be responsible for the early identification and resolution of billing or collection issues and opportunities to scale our processes. As a member of our Finance team, you will be encouraged and empowered to innovate. We are a fast growing, global organization and you will play a key role in expanding our processes to ensure a streamlined and compliant billing and collections process.
Core Responsibilities
- Manage the billings, collections, credit and cash applications lifecycle for US government customers.
- Review contracts to ensure orders are set up correctly regarding billing, shipping, terms and billing schedules and USG required fields prior to invoicing.
- Liaising with customer contacts to support onboarding, including portal access and configuration, when needed.
- Timely and accurate submission of invoices into government billing portals.
- Partner cross-functionally with business stakeholders including Sales, Legal, Tax, and Treasury, and with customers to troubleshoot portal issues, streamline and automate transaction flows and proactively resolve blockers throughout the lifecycle.
- Formalize and improve the customer onboarding and credit process, including making workflow recommendations to improve the time to collection.
What We Value
- Ability to take initiative, proactively identify issues/opportunities, and recommend next actions.
- A growth mindset.
- Operate using systems and tools currently utilized by the team (e.g. Netsuite, WAWF, Tungsten, IPP) or have the ability to quickly adapt to them.
What We Require
- 5+ years’ experience in billing and collections for a government contractor/US government entities.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, including the ability to summarize key operational issues to management or USG customers.
- Experience with US government contracts, purchase orders, portals, collection processes, and a general understanding of the contracting processes.
Salary
The estimated salary range for this position is estimated to be $85,000 - $135,000/year. Total compensation for this position may also include Restricted Stock units, sign-on bonus and other potential future incentives. Further note that total compensation for this position will be determined by each individual’s relevant qualifications, work experience, skills, and other factors. This estimate excludes the value of any potential sign-on bonus; the value of any benefits offered; and the potential future value of any long-term incentives.
Our benefits aim to promote health and wellbeing across all areas of Palantirians’ lives. We work to continuously improve our offerings and listen to our community as we design and update them. The list below details our available benefits and some of the perks that can be enjoyed as an employee of Palantir Technologies.
Benefits
• Employees (and their eligible dependents) can enroll in medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as voluntary life insurance
• Employees are automatically covered by Palantir’s basic life, AD&D and disability insurance
• Commuter benefits
• Take what you need paid time off, not accrual based
• 2 weeks paid time off built into the end of each year (subject to team and business needs)
• 10 paid holidays throughout the calendar year
• Supportive leave of absence program including time off for military service and medical events
• Paid leave for new parents and subsidized back-up care for all parents
• Fertility and family building benefits including but not limited to adoption, surrogacy, and preservation
• Stipend to help with expenses that come with a new child
• Employees can enroll in Palantir’s 401k plan
Life at Palantir
We want every Palantirian to achieve their best outcomes, that’s why we celebrate individuals’ strengths, skills, and interests, from your first interview to your longterm growth, rather than rely on traditional career ladders. Paying attention to the needs of our community enables us to optimize our opportunities to grow and helps ensure many pathways to success at Palantir. Promoting health and well-being across all areas of Palantirians’ lives is just one of the ways we’re investing in our community. Learn more at Life at Palantir and note that our offerings may vary by region.
In keeping consistent with Palantir’s values and culture, we believe employees are “better together” and in-person work affords the opportunity for more creative outcomes. Therefore, we encourage employees to work from our offices to foster connectivity and innovation. Many teams do offer hybrid options (WFH a day or two a week), allowing our employees to strike the right trade-off for their personal productivity. Based on business need, there are a few roles that allow for “Remote” work on an exceptional basis. If you are applying for one of these roles, you must work from the state in which you are employed. If the posting is specified as Onsite, you are required to work from an office.
Palantir is committed to promoting a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion and is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We believe that all Palantirians share the responsibility of upholding our commitment to these values and encourage candidates from a wide range of backgrounds, perspectives, and lived experiences to join us in solving the world’s hardest problems. Palantir does not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Palantir is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with physical and mental disabilities. Please see the United States Department of Labor’s EEO poster, EEO poster supplement and Pay Transparency Notice for additional information.
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