Accountant

Accountant
Entry Level Temp to Hire with advancement potential to become Accounting Supervisor with the proper education and
experience.

Hours: 8am to 4:30pm, which includes ½ hour lunch and two 10-minute breaks. Currently this is a three position Accounting
department.

Education Required: High School Diploma
Education Requested: College level Accounting Courses for AR, AP, Corporate Financial Statements

Requesting at least one-year previous experience with Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable and general
accounting tasks.Proven competency using Microsoft Outlook and Excel. Sage accounting software experience a plus,
any Accounting software experience is helpful. Paperless office system / workflow system experience a plus.

Tasks include but are not limited to General bookkeeping tasks, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable:

• Daily reconciliation of bank statements for operating accounts. Cash management.
• Daily review of SO, PO, AR, AP and some Warehouse information to be alert for any significant changes.
• Assist staff with analysis of inventory movement and create corrections to entries if needed.
• Monthly- quarterly- year end closings including journal entries (reports are submitted quarterly to outside Accountants)
• along with Financial statement analysis and review.
• Weekly and Monthly commission processing using Crystal Reports and intermediate Excel, includes analysis of activity to
• be certain costs flowed through properly for commission purposes.
• Provide sales tax documents to vendors to relieve sales tax. Includes research for current limitations by state.
• Assist IT Manager with issues for PCs in house relating to software updates, questions relating to Sage processes.
• Create sales, inventory and other reporting for Management as needed using Crystal Reports, Sage and/or Excel.
• Monthly Sales Tax report for Illinois, quarterly for Wisconsin.

• Process Purchase Order vendor invoices 3- or 4-way match (SO to PO to Invoice, to SO Invoice). Volume varies.
• Process Customer invoices for drop ship Vendor invoices.
• Expense invoices coding and posting, reconciliation of Credit Card statements. Volume varies.
• Reconcile Vendor statements.
• When needed, assist the Purchasing Department with vendor contacts regarding missing product, damaged product and
• other follow-up for replacements and credits.
• Research credits owed by vendors for customer returns.

• Phone contact with customers answering customer questions relating to billing, includes accepting credit card payments
• over the phone.
• Review shipping invoices to customers; update and submit invoices to customers via USPS, email, portal entry.
• Post payments from customers (ACH, check, credit cards).
• Contact customers regarding past-due accounts, strong follow-up skills relating to those contacts.
• Review of orders to determine if it can be released when account past-due.
• Review of credit applications and credit reports for new accounts, and review of existing accounts when credit increase
• requested.

Applications currently used for this position:
Sage 100 Advanced 2020 (Version 6.20.6.0) and Crystal Reports; Microsoft Office Outlook and Excel; Altec DocLink
Paperless Office Workflow