Staff Accountant

Job Description

Job Description

We are looking for a detail-oriented Staff Accountant to support accounts receivable and core accounting activities for our team in Maple Lake, Minnesota. This position plays an important role in maintaining accurate customer billing, tracking incoming payments, and assisting with month-end financial tasks. The ideal candidate brings strong organizational skills, sound judgment when resolving account issues, and a solid foundation in general ledger and reconciliation work.

Responsibilities:
• Process and record incoming customer payments accurately, ensuring receivable transactions are posted and validated in a timely manner.
• Prepare customer invoices in line with company billing standards and distribute them to clients with appropriate supporting details.
• Maintain account records by updating customer information such as business name changes, mailing contacts, and other profile revisions.
• Compile account status reports and provide timely updates on receivables activity when requested by leadership or internal stakeholders.
• Investigate payment discrepancies, overdue balances, and billing concerns in coordination with collections and accounting team members.
• Support monthly invoicing activities by helping generate billing statements using general ledger information.
• Assist with monthly reconciliation of revenue-related accounts to help ensure financial records are complete and accurate.
• Organize, file, and retrieve accounts receivable documentation to support daily operations, audit readiness, and internal recordkeeping.
• Communicate account or customer record changes to relevant employees so downstream processes remain accurate and up to date.• Experience in staff accounting, accounts receivable, or a similar accounting support role.
• Working knowledge of general ledger activity, journal entries, and account reconciliation processes.
• Familiarity with billing operations, invoice coding, and maintaining accurate financial documentation.
• Understanding of corporate tax, sales tax, or related compliance-focused accounting responsibilities.
• Ability to research account issues, resolve discrepancies, and manage B2B collection follow-up professionally.
• Proficiency in preparing financial reports and supporting month-end close activities.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational ability, and accuracy when handling customer and financial records.