A-Abel Family of Companies
Permit and Billing Coordinator
Job Description
Department: Accounting and Office Administration
Reports To: Office Manager
Status: Full Time, Hourly, Non-Exempt
Location: 440 Congress Park Drive, Dayton, OH 45459
Schedule: Monday through Friday, 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM, in office
Position Summary
The Permit and Billing Coordinator keeps money moving into the company and keeps customers taken care of after the work is done. This role owns permit filing and inspection scheduling across all three of our trades, collections on all open invoices, and monthly membership billing. It also handles happy calls to our customers after completed jobs and serves as a backup to the Customer Service team when call volume is heavy or the office is short handed.
We are a family owned business and have been since 1937. The person in this seat talks to our customers regularly, so we are looking for someone who can be firm about getting an invoice paid and still leave the customer feeling good about A-Abel.
Permits and Compliance
- Submit electrical permits and schedule inspections
- Submit plumbing permits, including gas and water heater permits
- Submit and track backflow test forms
- Track all open permits through inspection and close out, and follow up on anything that stalls
- Maintain jurisdiction contacts, fee schedules, and filing requirements for the areas we serve
Collections
- Manage the collections process for all A-Abel companies
- Own collections on all open invoices from the day they go unpaid, including phone calls, statements, and payment arrangements
- File liens on delinquent accounts and follow through to release
- Keep the aging report current and review it with the Office Manager weekly
- Flag accounts that need to go to small claims or outside collections
Monthly Membership Billing
- Run monthly membership billing in ServiceTitan and confirm every recurring service agreement bills on schedule
- Work declined and failed payments, contact the customer for updated card or bank information, and reprocess
- Maintain membership records, including new enrollments, renewals, cancellations, upgrades, and billing changes
- Reconcile membership revenue each month and report active member counts, new adds, and cancellations
- Coordinate with dispatch so members who are due for service get scheduled
Happy Calls
- Call customers after completed jobs to confirm the work was done right and they were treated well
- Document the customer response on the job in ServiceTitan
- Escalate any complaint or unresolved issue to the appropriate manager the same day, do not let it sit
- Ask happy customers for a Google review and send the review link
- Report recurring themes, good and bad, to management so we can coach to them
Customer Service Backup
- Answer incoming calls and book jobs in ServiceTitan when call volume spikes or CSRs are out
- Follow the same booking standards, greeting, and phone etiquette as the Customer Service team
- Assist with confirmation calls, rescheduling, and customer follow up as needed
- Stay current on our service offerings, membership plans, and pricing well enough to answer basic customer questions
Office Support
- Receive and distribute company mail
- Provide general administrative support to the office as needed
Qualifications
- Two or more years in accounts receivable, collections, billing, or a similar office role
- Comfortable making collection calls and holding a firm but professional conversation about money
- Strong phone presence and customer service instincts
- Accurate with numbers and detail oriented with recordkeeping
- Able to juggle several recurring deadlines in the same week without dropping any of them
- Working knowledge of Excel and standard office software
- ServiceTitan experience is a plus, but we will train the right person
- Home services, construction, or trades background is a plus
- Discretion with customer payment information and company financials
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan with company match
What Success Looks Like
- Permits are filed same day or next day and nothing sits waiting on an inspection we forgot to schedule
- Past due balances over 30 days trend down quarter over quarter
- Membership billing runs clean every month with declined payments worked within the week
- Happy calls are completed on a consistent percentage of jobs and issues get surfaced fast
- Customers who deal with this role feel taken care of, even the ones getting a collection call
This job description outlines the primary duties of the position and is not intended to be an exhaustive list. Duties may be adjusted as the needs of the business change.
