Employer: Planet Professional
Accounting Operations Associate
- Energetic, detail oriented and conscientious, strong data entry and reporting skills.
- Understands the billing cycle, cash application and account reconciliations.
- Willing to be an all-around team player and help where needed within the accounting operations team.
Essential Functions:
- Assist with Cash Applications
- Establishes and maintains extensive customer contact with regard to assigned accounts.
- Assists outside customers, sales, and other financial services departments in credit & collection matters.
- Responsible for maintaining, updating, filing computerized records and customer/company account files.
- Keeping sales staff advised of account status
- Provides reports and information as requested by publishing team, sales team and A/R Manager.
- Review, research, and identify problem accounts
- Assists with accounting and sales teams to correctly process orders and foreign currency transactions through to creating invoices, completes billing revisions and maintains billing records.
- Performs other duties as assigned by the Accounting Operations Manager.
Skills Required:
- Strong organizational, written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
- Must be able to work in a dynamic, deadline-driven environment with little supervision.
- This position requires an individual who is detail-oriented and conscientious.
- Must have strong Excel skills.
- Must be customer service oriented and a team player.
Education and/or Experience:
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Capability to prioritize workflow and ensure follow up
- Strong working knowledge of personal computers and automated billing systems.
- At least 1-3 years of experience in an accounting or financial services department.
- Accounting degree preferred