E-Commerce Billing Consultant (EST Hours)
About the position An early-stage startup is seeking an experienced Small Business Accounting & AWS Billing Consultant to modernize their accounting processes, streamline billing operations, and advise on best-in-class automation practices. The ideal consultant will have hands-on experience guiding startups through accounting system transitions, implementing billing tools, and integrating financial processes with AWS usage and cost-tracking. Responsibilities • Assess current accounting workflows (QuickBooks, Excel, third-party firm) and identify gaps impacting cash flow, billing timeliness, and financial accuracy. • Design and implement improved systems to provide better cash-flow visibility, billing predictability, and automation. • Develop and build a scalable billing operations function, including processes for invoicing, collections, and revenue tracking. • Recommend and implement billing and payment tools (e.g., Bill.com, Stripe, Square, or others appropriate for e-commerce/SaaS startup environments). • Evaluate and integrate financial tools with AWS services, including advising on AWS usage and cost-tracking solutions, AWS-compatible billing automation tools, and software stack options to support financial operations on AWS. • Provide insight into how and when the business will be paid, improving customer billing cycles and payment transparency. • Create reporting mechanisms, dashboards, and documentation for ongoing financial operations. • Partner with leadership to ensure the systems built will support long-term scale and operational maturity. Requirements • Demonstrated consulting experience with a project list; agency or consulting firm background required. • Prior work advising startups, especially those leveraging AWS for infrastructure or billing. • Hands-on experience building or improving billing teams, e-commerce billing systems, and automated invoicing, payment processing, and collections workflows. • Strong knowledge of AWS billing, AWS cost-management tools, and integration options. • Expertise with common accounting and billing platforms, such as QuickBooks, Bill.com, Stripe, Square, and other SaaS/e-commerce financial tools. • Strong Excel skills and comfort working with existing manual processes before redesign. • Ability to diagnose financial bottlenecks, especially those related to cash-flow constraints. • Excellent communication skills and comfort advising founders/leadership teams. Benefits • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) Apply tot his job