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AR-BI 2: Billing Advanced

AR-BI 2: Billing Advanced. Objectives – Billing Advanced. Define terms Explain the relationship between Billing and AR Introduce the processes and features of Billing Advanced. Billing and Accounts Receivable Overview.

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AR-BI 2: Billing Advanced

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  1. AR-BI 2: Billing Advanced

  2. Objectives – Billing Advanced Define terms Explain the relationship between Billing and AR Introduce the processes and features of Billing Advanced

  3. Billing and Accounts Receivable Overview SWIFT Billing and its sister module, Accounts Receivable, create a seamless system for: • Creating outgoing bills • Matching payments to invoices • Handling and applying payments correctly Step 3: Customer pays invoice Step 5: AR creates payment entry Step 1: Billing creates invoice Step 6: AR applies payment record to the right account Step 2: Invoice is sent to customer Step 4: AR matches payment & invoice Legend You do this SWIFT process AR Lifecycle

  4. Initial Billing Entry Billing Data Enters SWIFT through: Express Bill Entry Standard Bill Entry Billing Interface Review Billing Information Correct Errors Legend You do this SWIFT process Finalize Bills AR Lifecycle

  5. Billing – Creating Bills The Billing module offers several options for bill creation: • Manual entry • Standard/Express • Individual bills • Recurring bills set up • Installment bills set up • Inter-Agency bills • Billing interface • From internal modules (GM, AM, etc.) • From external systems, bill information uploaded through interface

  6. Standard Bill Entry Inter-Agency Bill Copy a Single Bill Installment Bill Create a Pro Forma* Recurring Bill Legend You do this SWIFT process * A pro forma is a printable sample invoice used to review a bill. AR Lifecycle

  7. Lesson 2: Creating Bills - Terms Standard Bill Entry (SBE) - manual entry of bill(s) Express Bill Entry - a streamlined way to enter a bill manually Inter-Agency Bill – created via SBE when one agency bills another for goods or services provided Installment Bill – via SBE, invoice customer in segments Recurring Bill – through SBE, reproducing bills or portions of bills to generate invoices

  8. Lesson 2: Creating Bills Terms – Other Features Create a Pro Forma -- creates a sample of an invoice to review Review Billing Information – allows viewing of billing information entered. No changes can be made here.

  9. Lesson 2: Creating Bills Terms - Copying Copying a Bill - use when a new bill needs to be created with all or most of the same information as an existing bill with similar data. Reduces redundancy in data entry. Copying a Group of Bills - use when multiple new bills need to be created that contain similar data to existing bills.

  10. Lesson 2: Creating Bills Terms – Other Features • Processing Loans using Billing - when an agency processes a loan using SBE. Similar to an Installment bill. The difference is: • Choose Loan for the Bill Type • It hits a Loan Receivable account rather than an AR account. • Approving Bills - Billing Workflow is determined and set at the business-unit level. Approvers use a SWIFT Worklist to review, approve or reject the bill.

  11. Lesson 3: Working with Billing Interface Module / External system downloads bill data Billing Interface Loads interface bills into Staging Table Process bills on Staging Table Run query to check for errors Correct Errors Legend You do this SWIFT process External Action

  12. Lesson 3: Working with Billing Interface Loading Interface Files (external) – files are picked up on mainframe by AppWorx and loaded into staging tables Processing Bills on Staging Tables – job that runs and edits files sent. Moves files and creates new bills on the SBE in SWIFT Running Query to Check for Errors – see if data sent did not pass edits Correcting Invoice Errors – enables you to correct errors to complete the billing process

  13. Lesson 4: Processing Non-consolidated Bills -- Terms Non-consolidated Bill: an individual bill

  14. Lesson 4: Processing Non-consolidated Bills Make corrections Re-run any necessary processes Yes RDY status to create invoices Any Errors?** Invoice ready to mail No Single Action Invoice Process Legend You do this ** Reviewing Invoice Errors SWIFT process AR Lifecycle

  15. Lesson 4: Processing Non-consolidated Bills • If needed, these processes can be run individually to • Correct errors or • Replace the Single Action Invoice Process. • However, they MUST be run separately and in the exactorder shown from left to right. Run Invoice Finalization and Print Run Currency Conversion Run Preload Process Run Load GL* Run Budget Check Load Invoices to AR Legend You do this *Creates accounting entries for bills SWIFT process AR Lifecycle

  16. Lesson 5: Adjusting Bills • Use Adjusting Bills functions to make changes to an invoice AFTER it’s been sent to the customer. • Adjust a bill three ways: • Credit entire bill • Credit entire bill and re-bill (example: wrong customer was invoiced) • Select certain lines to re-bill – change certain lines on a bill

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