Staff Accountant I Urbandale, IA

Staff Accountant I

Full Time • Urbandale, IA
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Job Title:  Staff Accountant I 
Location:  Urbandale, IA
Hybrid

  • Contract to hire: Contract role 
  • Remote or Onsite: Onsite everyday for training (1-2 weeks depending on candidate); Onsite 6 times a month after training
  • Interview process: Zoom interview
  • Education: Bachelor's Degree preferred but not required
  • Experience: 1-3 years' experience
Must have:
  •  1-3 years of collections, finance, or related experience
  • Strong communication and teamwork skills
  • Intermediate proficiency with MS Excel
Additional information:
  • Previous AR experience
  • Cash receipts
  • Mostly emails day-to-day
  • Meetings with the Mercer business
  • No task list
  • Jump in each day
  • Maximum collections for the month
  • Responsible for invoicing for the central market
  • Team of 3 that work in the US
  • Ironing out your day and how you can make the biggest impact in AR
  • Investing payments that maybe misapplied or missing
  • Self directed work
  • Supporting offices in the midwest
  • Invoice load is 500 - 700 invoices a month (offshore team who works on aged invoices)
  • Phone call percentage about 2%; Emails about 98%
  • Heavy workload
Accounts Receivable - A/R

What can you expect?
· You will, under general supervision, work with the client team and clients to collect on past due invoices.
· Opportunity to collaborate with Cash Application and offshore Collections teams
· Opportunity to add value as a key contributor to the team
We will count on you to:
· Assist with the development, implementation, and documentation of procedures and process improvements for general collections and reporting functions.
· Assist in the collection of outstanding invoices while maintaining client relationships
· Provide feedback and guidance for offshore Collections team members
· Perform analysis and reporting on past due client trends and identify level of risk and root cause of non-payment
· Collaborate with other onshore team members to develop process efficiencies.
· Ensure compliance with corporate policies and SOX procedures
What you need to have:
· 1-3 years of collections, finance, or related experience
· Strong communication and teamwork skills
· Intermediate proficiency with MS Excel
What makes you stand out?
· Bachelor’s Degree
· Prior reporting and project work experience
· Attention to detail
Compensation: $24.00 per hour




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