Staff Accountant

Responsible for the invoice preparation and timely collection of Accounts Receivable balances, filing and payments of Sales and Use and various other tax payments, assistance with Capital Expenditure monitoring and recording, and General Ledger account reconciliations & analysis.

Professional Qualifications

Education

• Bachelors Degree in Accounting.

Experience

• Previous accounts receivable experience is preferred.
• Previous Fixed Assets experience is preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite - including Word, Excel, and Outlook.

General

• Exceptional customer service skills - including the ability to listen, think critically, negotiate, and problem solve.
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills are essential.

Position Responsibilities

• Prepare, verify, and process invoices for sales or services rendered.
• Enter data on invoices; ensure proper coding on documents.
• Collect on accounts by sending invoice reminders and communication with customers via phone, email, fax, or mail.
• Verify the validity of account discrepancies by obtaining and investigating information from sales, trade promotions, customer service departments and customers.
• Resolve collections by examining customer payment plans, payment history, credit line
• Generate reports detailing paid and unpaid invoices and other accounts receivable activity.
• Prepare various state Sales & Use Tax filings and payments, and other various tax payments
• Preparation of various reconciliations of general ledger accounts to supporting sub-ledgers or other supporting documentation on a monthly basis.
• Administer the fixed asset system and supporting schedule of construction in progress
• Prepare and record monthly journal entries to ensure general ledger accounts, for which this position is responsible, are properly reflected in preparation for the monthly financial statements.
• Prepare supporting schedules that accompany our monthly financial statements and ensure that these supporting schedules provide additional information for understanding our monthly results.
• Prepare certain supporting schedules for our annual audit of our year-end financial statements by our external auditors.
• Prepare and subsequently maintain work instructions for various functions affecting the recording of transactions for areas for which this position is responsible.
• Provide back-up support for the processing of accounts payable and other accounting duties as needed
• Other duties as assigned.