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Course AF-063

Revenue Cycle and Billing Management

Revenue leakage is one of the least visible but most damaging financial problems in many organisations. The outline covers Understanding the Revenue Cycle, Master Data, Pricing and Contracts, Billing Models and Operation...

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  • 5 days
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Introduction

Course overview

Revenue leakage is one of the least visible but most damaging financial problems in many organisations. Services delivered but never billed, incorrect prices, contract terms not applied, delayed invoices and unresolved disputes quietly reduce income and cash flow.

This Revenue Cycle and Billing Management training course examines the end-to-end process that turns customer contracts and service delivery into accurate invoices and collected cash. Participants learn to map the revenue cycle, design effective billing controls, manage master data and pricing, handle complex billing models and reduce errors and disputes.

The course also covers revenue assurance techniques, key performance indicators, automation opportunities and cross-functional governance, helping participants protect revenue and improve the customer experience at the same time.

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What you will achieve

Learning objectives

  • Map the end-to-end revenue cycle from contract to cash
  • Identify common causes of revenue leakage and billing errors
  • Design controls over customer master data, pricing and contract terms
  • Manage recurring, usage-based, milestone and project billing models
  • Reduce invoice disputes and accelerate cash collection
  • Apply revenue assurance techniques and reconciliations
  • Measure revenue cycle performance with meaningful indicators
  • Plan automation and process improvements for billing operations

Who should attend

Target audience

  • Billing managers and billing analysts
  • Accounts receivable and revenue accountants
  • Revenue assurance professionals
  • Finance managers and shared service leaders
  • Sales operations and contract administration staff
  • Internal auditors reviewing revenue processes
  • Healthcare, utilities and telecoms revenue cycle professionals

Methodology

Learning approach

  • The course uses process mapping workshops, control design exercises, data analysis activities and case studies from service, utility, healthcare and project-based businesses. Participants identify leakage points in a sample revenue cycle and develop an improvement plan for their own organisation.

Complete course outline

Five focused days of learning and application

The timings provided are estimates and may vary depending on the number of participants and the discussions taking place during the sessions. They are indicative only and do not constitute a binding commitment.

Day 1

Understanding the Revenue Cycle

  1. Revenue Cycle Overview: Contract, order, delivery, billing, collection and reporting
  2. Revenue Leakage: Definitions, scale and common sources
  3. Roles and Handoffs: Sales, operations, billing, finance and customer service
  4. Revenue Recognition Awareness: How billing relates to reported revenue
  5. Coffee break
  6. Revenue Recognition Awareness: How billing relates to reported revenue (continued)
  7. Customer Experience and Billing: Accuracy, clarity and timeliness
  8. Process Mapping Techniques: Identifying risk points and delays
  9. Workshop: Mapping a revenue cycle and identifying leakage points

Day 2

Master Data, Pricing and Contracts

  1. Customer Master Data: Creation, maintenance and approval controls
  2. Price Lists and Discounts: Governance and change management
  3. Contract Terms in Billing: Escalations, minimums, penalties and rebates
  4. Credit Notes and Adjustments: Authorisation and monitoring
  5. Coffee break
  6. Credit Notes and Adjustments: Authorisation and monitoring (continued)
  7. Segregation of Duties: Preventing errors and fraud
  8. Data Quality Checks: Validation rules and exception reports
  9. Practical Exercise: Designing controls for pricing and contract changes

Day 3

Billing Models and Operations

  1. Recurring and Subscription Billing: Proration, renewals and cancellations
  2. Usage-Based Billing: Capturing, rating and validating consumption
  3. Milestone and Project Billing: Linking invoices to deliverables
  4. Multi-Entity and Multi-Currency Billing: Complexity and controls
  5. Coffee break
  6. Invoice Design: Clear information that reduces queries
  7. Billing Calendars and Cut-Off: Ensuring timely invoicing
  8. Case Study: Resolving errors in a usage-based billing operation

Day 4

Revenue Assurance and Disputes

  1. Revenue Assurance Frameworks: Prevention, detection and recovery
  2. Reconciliations: Orders to deliveries to invoices to cash
  3. Analytics for Leakage Detection: Trend, ratio and exception analysis
  4. Dispute Management: Root causes, ownership and resolution targets
  5. Coffee break
  6. Dispute Management: Root causes, ownership and resolution targets (continued)
  7. Unbilled Revenue and Backlogs: Monitoring and clearing
  8. Fraud Risks in Revenue Processes: Indicators and controls
  9. Practical Exercise: Analysing billing data to detect leakage

Day 5

Performance and Improvement

  1. Revenue Cycle KPIs: Billing accuracy, time to invoice, dispute rate and DSO
  2. Dashboards and Reporting: Insight for finance and commercial leaders
  3. Automation Opportunities: Billing systems, workflow and robotic automation
  4. Cross-Functional Governance: Revenue committees and accountability
  5. Coffee break
  6. Cross-Functional Governance: Revenue committees and accountability (continued)
  7. Continuous Improvement: Lean methods for billing operations
  8. Building Team Capability: Skills, procedures and training
  9. Action Plan: A revenue protection roadmap for participants' organisations

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Revenue Cycle and Billing Management

Next session: 7 - 11 December 2026, Frankfurt

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What does Revenue Cycle and Billing Management (AF-063) cover?

This course covers Accounting and Finance through a structured five-day outline focused on practical application, discussion, and implementation planning.

When is the next available session?

The next scheduled session starts on 14 - 18 December 2026. See the course schedules section for the available dates and delivery formats.

Who should attend this course?

Billing managers and billing analysts, Accounts receivable and revenue accountants, Revenue assurance professionals

Is bilingual course delivery available?

Yes. All course materials and presentations are provided in English, while bilingual explanation and discussion support may be available depending on the selected location and trainer availability. For example, when attending a course in Istanbul, you may request a Turkish-speaking trainer to explain the English course content in Turkish. Arabic explanation support may also be requested at this location. Other languages are available in selected cities. You can choose your preferred language support as an optional preference during registration.

How can I register for a session?

Use any Register button next to the available course dates to open the participant registration page and submit your booking request for the selected session.

Is this course available online as well as classroom-based?

Check the course schedules section for currently published classroom and Online / Live sessions.

Where are classroom sessions delivered?

Current classroom venues include London, Barcelona, Frankfurt, Madrid, Munich, Paris, Rome, Vienna, Cape Town, Dubai, Istanbul, Kuala lumpur.

How long is the training programme?

The programme runs for five days from 09:00 to 14:00, which gives 25 contact hours, including a daily 30-minute break (22.5 hours of instruction).