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Expert AP/AR Accountant
Remote in Central Time Zone
2 Year Contract to Hire
Our Fortune 90 leading global agribusiness client is owned by farmers, ranchers and cooperatives across the United States that provides grain, food and energy resources to businesses and consumers around the world. They serve agriculture customers and consumers across the United States and around the world. As a global organization, most of their 10,000 employees are in the United States, with additional employees in 19 countries. As the Cash Applications team moves forward in their SAP testing and integration mapping, they have added an opening for an Expert AP/AR Accountant to their team. If you are an excellent communicator with strong business accumen, come with a background in accounts AP/AR and Cash Applications, and enjoy reconciliation and entry investigation, please apply below!
Responsibilities:
- Ability to keep multiple business lines, including various company codes, GL accounts and Profit Centers separate & discern whether requests received for entries make sense or not.
- Support with journal entries in multiple business lines, customer account clean up across multiple business lines, month end entries and audit support.
- Ensure timely and accurate invoicing and collection of money due to the company, and banking deposits.
- Maintain accurate and complete client files/filing and make recommendations to improve the quality of invoicing and collection procedures.
- Monitor processing of invoices and ensure timely payments.
- Review client documentation to ensure proper systems set up and ensure compliance with correct accounting procedures.
- Train and provide guidance to Accounts Receivable/Payable employees, supervise assigned tasks and provide assistance as needed.
- Maintain a process for tracking receipt of data and source documents.
- Prepare and sort source documents and interpret data to be entered.
- Contact preparers of source documents to resolve questions, inconsistencies or missing data.
- Perform data entry in the Accounts Payable/Account Receivable System from source documents, complete necessary coding, confirm accuracy of data, and make necessary corrections.
- Perform other duties and responsibilities as needed or assigned.
Minimum Qualifications (required)
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Economics.
- 5+ years of experience in cash applications or other related field.
- Excellent communication, organizational, inter-personal, problem-solving skills. Detail oriented, professional attitude, reliable.
- Demonstrated analytical capabilities, including report writing, requirements gathering and system knowledge.
- Change-oriented continuous improvement process skills.
- Thorough knowledge of applicable accounts receivable/general ledger systems and procedures, financial chart of accounts and corporate procedures.
- Ability to work independently and with a team in a fast-paced and high-volume environment with emphasis on accuracy and timeliness
- Experience with SAP ERP experience
Additional Qualifications
- Comfortable working in a remote setting
- Ability to work cross functionally across various teams in an independent way
- Excellent communication and leadership skills
Calculated Hire provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, citizenship, disability, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
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