Company Description
At Freshworks, we are creating a global workplace that enables everyone to find their true potential, purpose and passion, irrespective of their background, gender, race, sexual orientation, religion or ethnicity. We are committed to providing equal opportunity for all and believe that diversity in the workplace creates a more vibrant, richer work environment that advances the goals of our employees, our communities and our business.
Freshworks makes it fast and easy for businesses to delight their customers and employees. We do this by taking a fresh approach to building and delivering affordable, quick to implement, and designed software for the end-user. More than 50,000 companies -- from startups to public companies -- worldwide use Freshworks software-as-a-service to enable a better customer experience (CX, CRM) and employee experience (ITSM, HRSM).
Headquartered in San Mateo, California, Freshworks has a dedicated team operating from 13 global locations to serve customers, including Bridgestone, Chargebee, DeliveryHero, ITV, Klarna, Multichoice, OfficeMax, TaylorMade and Vice Media.
Freshworks transforms the way world-class organizations collaborate with customers and co-workers. The suite includes Freshdesk (omnichannel customer support), Freshsales (sales automation), Freshmarketer (marketing automation), Freshservice (IT service desk), Freshteam (HR management system).
Job Description
This U.S.-based revenue leader will be is responsible for managing a team of billings professionals who are responsible for completeness, accuracy and timeliness of all activations and billings while driving improvements in business processes and systems. The Senior Manager of Revenue will partner with other business leaders across Sales, Product & Engineering, IT, Customer Success, Deals Desk, Professional Services, and other functions to plan, define, develop, and maintain business processes and provide solutions to ensure optimization and compliance with U.S. GAAP accounting and internal controls & policies. This role will report to the Director of Finance Operations based in Chennai, India.

• Manage daily operations for a team of revenue professionals covering activations and billings for the U.S. and North America time zones.
• Work with the Engineering & IT teams to upgrade the current billing system, Chargebee.
• Oversee interactions between billing team, customer success, sales, finance and customers on billing and activation issues
• Assess incoming and outgoing communications to ensure professional, compliant and effective customer interaction
• Manage the accurate preparation of client's invoices to reduce errors and adhere to SOX controls for accurate financials and clean internal and external audits
• Ensure the team completes billing requirements timely and accurately to meet daily and month-end deadlines
• Partner with internal and external stakeholders regarding billing issues and requests
• Manage initiatives to improve the billing processes and systems and create efficiencies
• Refine procedures and analysis of key controls and reporting requirements
• Update management regularly on any issues around processes and procedures

Qualifications

• Experience in billings, accounts receivable, financial services, and strong knowledge of SaaS industry
• Strong communication and influencing skills across all organization levels
• Proven leadership and people management capability with a willingness to lead, propose new ideas, coach team members, and be assertive
• Strong understanding of accounting practices and applicable legal requirements
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills to handle complex billings with the ability to utilize and learn new technology to solve problems
• Focus on providing excellent customer service to internal and external stakeholders
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerBI, and other complex accounting or billing systems
• Possesses strong organizational and time management skills, driving tasks to completion while meeting deadlines
• Demonstrated ability to take ownership for projects and a strong desire to improve processes
• Experience in a dynamic, fast-paced, global organization

Additional Information
At Freshworks, we are creating a global workplace that enables everyone to find their true potential, purpose and passion, irrespective of their background, gender, race, sexual orientation, religion or ethnicity. We are committed to providing equal opportunity for all and believe that diversity in the workplace creates a more vibrant, richer work environment that advances the goals of our employees, our communities and our business.
At Freshworks, we are creating a global workplace that enables everyone to find their true potential, purpose, and passion irrespective of their background, gender, race, sexual orientation, religion and ethnicity. We are committed to providing equal opportunity for all and believe that diversity in the workplace creates a more vibrant, richer work environment that advances the goals of our employees, communities and the business.