Revenue Specialist/Staff Accountant

The Revenue Specialist/Staff Accountant is primarily responsible for all elements of revenue collection. Accounts receivable management, sales tax processing, and month-end account reconciliation of all related account balances are key to this role. As Staff Accountant other general accounting duties and month end account reconciliation activities will also be part of the role.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Complete and manage the entire customer billing process. This will entail external communication with customers regularly to set up new customers (including understanding nexus, exemption certificates and tax status), issue quotes/estimates and collect POs as required, invoice customers based on their specified interval and ultimately timely collect related payments.

· Determine customer status, collect, remit and report all elements of sales Tax, GST or other international taxes, and GSA fees paying attention to affirm Company is compliant with reporting and assuring accurate remittance of collected taxes and fees.

· Responsible for AR aging and timely collection of outstanding balances.

· Reconciliation of monthly recurring revenue and deferred revenue for corporate GAAP reporting.

· Assist with the monthly, quarterly and year-end close process to meet internal reporting timelines.

· Maintain and track company contracts with customers, from initial RFP phase through on-going billing over life of contract.

· Assist with the other month-end and year-end reconciliations and reporting processes as requested;

· Engages in critical and confidential aspects of accounting;

· Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

This individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, education, and/or ability required.

Required Technical Skills:

· Significant and strong understanding of QuickBooks;

· Understanding of various vendor management systems such as Ariba

· Understanding of sales tax collection and rules including exemption certificates

· Understanding of various revenue invoicing systems

· Microsoft Excel

· Microsoft Word

Other Desirable Skills:

· Financial management

· Organizational skills

· Time Management

· Ethical conduct

· Maintain confidentiality when dealing with sensitive business/employee information

· Thoroughness and accuracy

· Effective communication, both verbal and written

Leadership Skills:

· Problem solving

· Analytical skills

· Prioritization skills

EXPERIENCE:

Minimum of 4 – 7 years relevant experience in accounting with specific emphasis on experience related to invoicing and collections. Individual must have working knowledge of general accepted accounting principles (GAAP).

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

This position will not supervise others in the department.

PHYSICAL DEMAND:

The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The employee is required to sit, stand, walk, communicate with other employees, and work with computers. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust and focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

This position does require office hours as needed. A mix of remote work from home and office hours is typical in a week.

OTHER DUTIES:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.