Accountant Accounts Receivable / Payable

Job Summary

The accountant works with the San Marcos Accounting/Finance group and focuses on monthly tasks, account reconciliations, transaction journal entries, expense report processing and ad hoc projects.

Key Responsibilities And Accountabilities

• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual journal entries to be entered into the general ledger.
• Other duties and special projects as requested by management.
• Work with accounting team to meet monthly, quarterly, and annual close schedule.
• This position serves as backup for the Credit Analyst.
• Responsible for processing sales rep commissions and submitting for payment timely.
• Reconcile intercompany AR & AP and related in transit entries.
• Perform Sox Controls as necessary.
• Prepare supporting documents for quarterly and annual audit.
• AR/AP adjustments and journal entries as needed.
• Free text invoices to intercompany subsidiaries as needed.
• Reconcile retention based on end date of projects to determine short- or long-term retention.
• Reconcile accounts, including sub-ledger and general ledger accounts.

Key Characteristics, Competences And Skills

Champions Integrity and Trust:

Is widely trusted; is seen as a direct, truthful individual; can present the unvarnished truth in an appropriate and helpful manner; keeps confidences; admits mistakes; doesn't misrepresent him/herself for personal gain.

Intellectual Horsepower

Able to grasp complex issues and understand the essence of the challenges at hand. Assimilates new information quickly and does not get overwhelmed when needing to move quickly from one topic to another.

Customer Focus

Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.

Drive For Results

Is high energy, action oriented and focused on producing good outcomes. Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others forward to the goal.

• Decision Quality:

Makes good, timely decisions based upon a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment; most of his/her solutions and suggestions turn out to be correct and accurate when judged over time; sought out by others for advice and solutions. Able to move forward without all of the data.

• Collaboration:

Is able to develop strong relationships with leaders and employees at all levels and areas of responsibility within the company and is able to work effectively across functional boundaries in a matrix environment.

• Problem Solver:

Steps up to conflicts, seeing them as opportunities; reads situations quickly; good at focused listening; can hammer out tough agreements and settle disputes equitably; can find common ground and get cooperation with minimum noise. Deals fairly with non-performance and is unafraid to deliver tough messages when necessary.

Knowledge And Experience

• 5+ years of experience in accounting/finance
• Great attention to detail, self-driven
• 3+ years of general ledger accounting experience
• Ability to identify problems and solve them or propose opportunities, particularly around process enhancements.
• Strong competency in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Organizational and time management skills
• Ability to research, understand and apply accounting guidance and regulations with little to no supervision.
• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance required from an accredited university.
• Working knowledge of large ERP package, general ledger, fixed asset, and other modules, plus reporting (AX12 is a plus)