Finance Associate

Job Description

Job Description

The Finance Associate is responsible for general duties in support of the OpCo (operating company) operations and works in collaboration with SBS (Sysco Business Services) to assist in resolving exceptions and issues. Specific duties will including, handling of local payments, deposits, managing petty cash, will call transactions, scanning of supporting documentation, and local regulatory compliance. This Finance role is responsible for performing selected Finance and accounting duties that are transactional or administrative. 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Performing deposits of all cash/manual payments that come directly to the OpCo (operating company).
• Scanning of back up support for checks, remittances, and other customer documents.
• Responsible for managing petty cash fund and replenishments
• Responsible for scanning invoices and receiving packets at the OpCo.
• Responsible for reporting issues within quality control and providing documentation to the SBS processing teams. 
• Work closely with the quality control teams to ensure claims are submitted to obtain supplier credits.
• Responsible for maintaining and reporting regulatory compliance (i.e. USDA, food safety documentation, etc.).
• Responsible for handling will call transactions involving payments from customers and employees. Includes processing of employee purchases.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:

• High School diploma required.

Experience:

• 2+ years of finance and/or administration experience focused on document flow and handling transactional processing with deposit processing experience preferred.

Professional Skills:

• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. 
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or associates of an organization.
• Must have exemplary listening skills to facilitate effective two-way communication.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Excel proficient.

Physical Demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk and use hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, and telephone to talk and hear.
• The employee is frequently required to sit and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.