JOBS

The Illinois Tollway seeks a Contract Payment Expediter to join their team. The principal role of the Contract Payment Expediter’s position is to expedite the review and payment of professional services invoices, contractor pay estimates, Intergovernmental Agreement invoices, in addition to all supporting activities related to the processing of payments. This includes, but is not limited to, the processing of Consultant Rate Forms, consultant budget reallocations, construction Authorization to Proceeds, and Change Orders/Extra Work Orders. The incumbent shall ensure that all supporting documentation and billing requirements are met, and all unresolved billings issues are handled in a timely manner to avoid delays in payments to consultants, contractors and outside agencies. Salary is $60,008 – $65,000. They offer an excellent benefits package, click on the benefits tabs for the full list of benefits.
Responsibilities:

• Perform a detailed review of consultant reallocation and transfer requests.
• Document any payment issues and monitor their resolutions in the Program Management Software (e-Builder).
• Accurate and timely review of Consultant Rate Forms.
• Keeps detailed tracking records of payment documents.
• Ensure timely processing of consultant invoices and contractor pay estimates within the Engineering department.
• Input construction pay items, monitor and update pay estimates into the Microsoft Access Database (CentralSys).
• Input and monitor construction change orders and extra work orders with the Illinois e- procurement system (BidBuy).
• Persistent follow-up with consultants, subconsultants, contractors, project managers and other departments to ensure timely processing.
• Keeps staff and managers abreast of progress and delays in a timely manner.