Accountant Specialist

The Accounting Specialist will be responsible for general accounting responsibilities.

Responsibilities

This position is primarily responsible to:

• Responsible for Accounts Receivable invoicing, cash receipts application and collections of overdue accounts to include reformatting invoices and reconciliation to PO’s if required by customer.
• Responsible for Accounts Payable entry for PO and Non-PO invoices, credit memos, accruing Texas Use Tax where applicable, compiling wires with support and proposing weekly check run for approval.
• Responsible for review and proposed changes to coding for credit card transactions for departments and general ledger.
• Review and book daily bank transactions review and update to Lockbox reporting in Teams and clearing entries for checks presented.
• Validation and creation of credit memos.
• Assist with month-end, semi-annual and year-end closing and producing related reports.
• Assist as needed on periodic audits.
• Process weekly check runs for Accounts Payable.
• Filing, Scanning and upkeep of vendor files to include support for Balance Sheet Reconciliations.
• Other tasks, duties and responsibilities may be assigned by the Finance & Accounting Manager.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Required: High school diploma or equivalent.
• Required: Experience with D365 (formerly Microsoft Dynamics AX)
• Preferred: Associates or BBA Degree (or equivalent) in accounting preferred but not required.
• 2 to 5 years general accounting experience with a focus on accounts receivable and payable processes, light journal entries, and reconciliations. Experience with an ERP system is preferred.
• Intermediate level of Excel experience to include basic formulas.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret financial reports, and legal documents. Ability to respond to respond to common inquiries and/or common inquiries and/or complaints from customers regulatory agencies, or members of the management.
• Ability to work with fundamentals of Accounting and General Business Acumen.  Ability to respond to common inquiries and/or complaints from vendors, regulatory agencies; or members of the management.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Must have experience using ERP software and a demonstrated understanding of the MS Office Suite of productivity tools.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• This position requires an onsite presence to perform the essential duties.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, use hands to touch, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk; sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.  The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 5 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.  

Work Environment/Conditions 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• This position will require working 10% outdoors and 90% indoors in a smoke-free office and manufacturing facility.
• On-Site presence is required.

Candidates are required to be authorized to work in the United States. All employees must be able to comply with the company Drug and Alcohol Policy, which includes participation in Company random drug testing. Employment is subject to background checks appropriate to the position.