Abrechner

English translation: billing clerk / billing agent

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German term or phrase:	Abrechner
English translation:	billing clerk / billing agent
Entered by:	Machiel van Veen (X)

16:52 Mar 15, 2016

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Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / Swiss employment

German term or phrase: Abrechner

This is used in a brochure of services for a Swiss recruitment company specialising in the construction and building trade.

The target audience is both native English and English as a second language speakers (i.e. job candidates both within Switzerland and from abroad).

Based on initial info supplied by the customer, I had translated this as a "technical billing officer", but they said that was too complicated and weren't sure it fit the job description. They have since sent me a short list of revised job duties I'm including here:

• Zeitnahe Dokumentation des Vergütungsanspruches
• Sicherung der rechtzeitigen und vollständigen Rechnungsstellung
• Mitwirkung bei der Kalkulation insbesondere bei Nachträgen
• Prüfung von Nachunternehmerabrechnungen

Can anyone suggest something shorter and more "understandable" in English?

Many thanks,

Will

Will Helton KudoZ activity Questions: 4 (none open) (1 without valid answers) Answers: 1
Local time: 14:31

billing clerk / billing agent

Explanation:
Synonym for billng officer.

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Machiel van Veen (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 15:31

Grading comment

Thanks to everyone who contributed. After speaking with the customer, they have decided to use "billing agent".
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +1

billing clerk / billing agent

Machiel van Veen (X)

Contract Manager

Daniel Arnold (X)

settlement clerk

alfredweis

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10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

billing clerk / billing agent

Explanation:
Synonym for billng officer.

https://search.avira.net/#web/result?source=omnibar&q=billing+officer

Machiel van Veen (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 15:31
Native speaker of:

Dutch
PRO pts in category: 15

Grading comment

Thanks to everyone who contributed. After speaking with the customer, they have decided to use "billing agent".

4 hrs confidence:

Contract Manager

Explanation:
Bases on the info you provided I would like to suggest the role of a Contract Manager to be equivalent. It ssems your "Abrechner" is the central interface in processing a contracted service or performance.

Reference: http://commitmentmatters.com/2008/08/11/the-role-of-a-contra...

Daniel Arnold (X)
Australia
Local time: 15:31
Works in field
Native speaker of:

German,

English
PRO pts in category: 24

1 day 3 hrs confidence:

settlement clerk

Explanation:
It seems that his duties really consist of making financial settlements rather than billing someone. It seems that settlement clerk would fitter better than billing clerk or agent.

Example sentence(s):

daily settlement tägliche Abrechnung {f}

Reference: http://www.dict.cc/?s=Abrechner
https://www.dict.cc/?s=Abrechnung

alfredweis
Germany
Local time: 15:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

German

Notes to answerer

Asker: Hi Alfred. Thanks for your suggestion. It's really up to the customer. They (as non-native speakers) wanted something they could easily understand and that their customers/candidates (also non-native speakers) could also easily understand.

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