Staff Accountant

Accentuate Staffing is seeking a Staff Accountant for our well established and reputable client located in Cary, NC 27511. We are looking for an individual who is team-oriented and a self-starter who can handle multiple accounting functions including accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing, recording monthly journal entries and intercompany entries, preparing month end account reconciliations as well as other monthly close tasks.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as primary point of contact for sales team support.
• Coordinate with sales team to obtain necessary documents for new account customer setups.
• Monitor customer accounts to identify overdue payments and investigate historical data for customer accounts to assist Account Executives with collection efforts
• Initiate and approve customer refunds
• Recommend account write-offs, as needed
• Independently review customer credit applications. Submit to third party to obtain reference checks. Once received, responsible for evaluating reference checks and customer account to determine customer credit terms based on credit policy.
• Record Sales Journal Adjustments on monthly basis.
• Create credit card payment links for clients as needed.
• Prepare journal entries for cash entries daily.
• Prepare monthly intercompany transactions revenue and expense items as needed.
• Prepare monthly journal entries
• Assist in preparing monthly reconciliations of balance sheet accounts, including Cash and Accounts Receivable.
• Perform monthly invoicing.
• Regularly offer to help other team members complete their responsibilities, to both help the team and further develop your personal skill and experience level.
• Adopt a continuous improvement mindset to identify and implement opportunities to streamline or improve accounting processes

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or similar field desired; Minimum of an Associate’s Degree required
• 2+ years of Accounting experience required
• Detail oriented and organized with an ability to manage multiple priorities & deadlines.
• Experience with accounting for multiple divisions in a mid-sized or large public or PE-backed organization a plus
• ERP experience a plus
• Advanced level of proficiency with Excel required
• Should be proactive, positive, and results oriented.
• Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with all levels of employees, management and external parties.