Temporary Junior Accountant
Description
This is a 14-month temporary opportunity with the potential to transition into a permanent role. The position is benefits-eligible, offering medical, dental, and vision insurance, PTO accrual, paid holidays, and more. Schedule is Monday–Friday, 7:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Responsibilities
1. Manage accounts payable for all vendors, including: Verifying vendor invoices through purchase order system, and entering payment.
- Proposing solutions for A/P automation and streamlining.
- Coordinating payment of vendor invoices.
- Assisting with cash flow management.
- Maintaining vendor information files.
- Manage the receipt of goods in accounting package.
2. Manage accounts receivable, including:
- Research, reconciliation, and adjustments.
- Process and post daily cash receipts, including wire, ACH, and check payments.
- Monitor, analyze and collect past due accounts utilizing phone and email.
- Update CRM Systems (Salesforce, Liaison Messenger and Customer Maintenance Cards), list of deductions and portal information consistently and accurately.
- Research open credits and reconcile for accurate aging.
- Review account holds and update appropriate Sales team members for reconciliation.
- Review, research and reconciles fines and selling expenses within 1-day window.
- Dispute inaccurate fines, deductions and penalties.
- Monitors EDI transmission of orders and invoices for proper submission and researches any discrepancies.
3. Assist with month-end and year-end functions (provide A/P, A/R, and Inventory).
4. Collaborate with Customer Service, Sales and Finance team members.
Qualifications
1. Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required.
2. 1-3 years’ customer service experience preferred.
3. Previous office experience required.
4. Intermediate to advanced level of proficiency with Microsoft Excel.
5. Experience in a small to mid-sized company is preferred.
6. Experience using an ERP system, Great Plains preferred.
Brownmed, Inc.
Spirit Lake, IA, IA 51360
US
