Finance Specialist
hace 26 días
Ballston Spa
Job Description Overview Performs accounting and administrative tasks to ensure efficient processing of financial transactions. Responsibilities • Review and verify vendor invoices and check requests, • Ensure that accounts payable are paid in a timely manner, • Ensure all reasonable discounts are taken on accounts payable, • Sort, code, and match invoices, • Set vendors up for payment, • Enter invoices into system, • Prepare and process electronic transfers and payments, • Prepare and perform check runs, when applicable, • Reconcile accounts payable transactions to ensure vendor accounts are current, • Monitor vendor accounts to ensure payments are up to date, • Research and resolve invoice discrepancies and issues, • Application of customer payments accurately and timely, • Perform tax corrections, • Perform approved adjustments to receivables, • Reconcile unapplied credits, review, and approved adjustments to receivables, • Perform daily customer payment deposits, • Support branch Admin’s dunning efforts, • Maintain the corporate Accounts Receivable/Collection policy, • Maintain customer files, • Handle customer account inquiries, • Provide on-going assistance to sales staff, • Execute monthly statement billing - may require weekends, • Apply credit and debit memos to customer accounts, • Work to resolve customer disputes, chargebacks and short payments, • Maintain the corporate credit policy, • Recommend changes in the credit policy to AR/Credit Supervisor, • Maintain customer files, paper and electronic (credit website), • Perform periodic credit reviews of existing customers, • Process credit applications and give recommendations for credit limit and terms, involving AR/Credit Supervisor for approval., • Collection of past due accounts, • Handle customer account inquiries and make credit decisions appropriate for this position, • Provide on-going assistance to sales staff, • Authorize account overrides, • Review daily/monthly credit reports, i.e. override, 60-day, etc., • Coordinate with AR/Credit Supervisor on legal matters and communicate with attorneys to handle credit issues, • Work with AR/Credit Supervisor to maintain bad debt/check tracking spreadsheets, • Other duties may be assigned Qualifications • Associates degree in accounting or finance preferred but not required. 1 - 3 years of clerical experience with basic accounting procedures and processes, • Proficient in computation of sales/use tax and quarterly filing process, • Advanced math ability, • Proficient keyboard and computer skills