We are looking for a strategic and results-driven Principal Architect, IT Bill to Revenue with extensive expertise in telecommunications billing systems, revenue recognition and financial operations to join our growing team! You will work to streamline accounts receivable, revenue journaling, and revenue recognition while ensuring compliance with complex federal, state, and industry regulations. You will manage traceability and fidelity for large-scale billing migrations, ensuring minimal variance in bill-to-bill comparison and reconciliation of invoicing to revenue reporting. He/she will drive Billing/CRM/Product Catalog integration with a strong focus on innovation and process efficiency. In this role, you will ensure stakeholder alignment and architectural consensus across finance, accounting, IT and broader cross-functional teams. You will provide guidance for data architecture and data modeling while delivering actionable insights, ensuring end to end traceability, and enhancing accuracy, scalability and operational efficiency. You will also give guidance for data and system architecture to enable revenue reporting spanning customer segmentation, product hierarchy, and regulatory reporting for federal, state entities.This role emphasizes a balance of technical leadership, strategic alignment, and collaborative influence to drive success in a highly dynamic and regulated telecommunications environment. It also integrates modern methodologies like agile architecture support and platform normalization to ensure a forward-looking approach.As Principal Architect, IT Bill to Revenue, your duties & responsibilities will include:Billing, Payment, and Mediation Platform Leadership:Provide strategic direction for Telco Billing, Payment, and Mediation Platforms, aligning technology solutions with business objectives.Strategize on critical business needs, identify deficiencies and potential opportunities, develop innovative, cost-effective solutions for increased revenue and improved customer experience.Billing Systems Design and IntegrationArchitect end-to-end solutions for billing systems, ensuring seamless integration with upstream systems such as product catalog, ordering platforms and downstream systems such as tax applications, general ledger and revenue receivablesOptimize catalog structures across ordering and billing platforms to streamline workflows and enhance data accuracyEstablish scalable and flexible frameworks for managing diverse customer segments, product lines, and pricing structuresComplex Billing Migration and ModernizationLead large-scale billing system migrations, ensuring zero revenue leakage and robust bill-to-bill analysis throughout transitionsDevelop tools and frameworks to manage fidelity and traceability across legacy and modernized systemsLeverage cloud-based and next-gen technologies to future-proof billing and revenue architecturesData Architecture and ReconciliationProvide guidance to development teams to align data structures across platforms to enhance data integrity and facilitate accurate revenue recognitionLead reconciliation processes between invoicing and revenue reporting, ensuring traceability and fidelity for all transactionsBuild robust frameworks to track regulated/non-regulated revenue, affiliate/non-affiliate transactions, and federal/state subsidiesRevenue Management and ComplianceOversee the alignment between billing and revenue reporting systems to conform with ASC 606 and GAAP standards, ensuring all revenue recognition processes meet management reporting, external reporting, regulatory reporting and audit requirementsDevelop and maintain reporting frameworks to support federal/state subsidy audits and compliance needsOptimize accounts receivable processes and implement automated journaling solutions for better transparency and efficiencyAgile Support and DeliveryCollaborate with agile delivery teams to ensure architectural alignment with iterative design and implementation cyclesSupport cross-functional teams with detailed technical designs, enhancing speed-to-market while maintaining compliance and qualityStakeholder Management and Consensus BuildingServe as the lead architect between technical teams, finance, accounting, and regulatory stakeholders to align business goals with technical executionDrive stakeholder alignment through influence, negotiation, and consensus-building strategiesDeliver presentations to executive leadership, providing clear insights into billing system performance, revenue traceability, and compliance metricsContinuous Improvement and OptimizationIdentify opportunities to enhance the efficiency of billing-to-revenue workflows and streamline customer touchpointsMonitor and optimize data flows between CRM, product catalog, billing systems and General Ledger to minimize operational bottlenecksFoster innovation by implementing emerging technologies such as AI-driven reconciliation tools and predictive analytics for revenue forecasting
