Staff Accountant - Client Accounting Specialist
Rise Interactive (http://www.riseinteractive.com), a rapidly growing full service interactive advertising agency, is looking to hire a Staff Accountant – Client Accounting Specialist to support the Controller. We are looking for a detail-oriented, highly motivated and tenacious individual that is excited about getting involved in an entrepreneurial company with an expanding Fortune 500 client base.
Summary and Scope
The Staff Accountant – Client Accounting Specialist will be primarily responsible for all client invoice related items. That includes preparing client invoices, monitoring AR aging, and recording client payments. The ideal candidate will possess a degree in Accounting or Finance along with 2 years relevant work experience in full cycle accounts receivable processes.
Key Success Measures
- Owns accounts receivable process and client payments cycle
- Prepares service invoices on a monthly basis within tight deadlines
- Prepares media invoices on an as needed
- Monitors clients media funds balances
- Manages approval process for service and media invoices
- Emails service and media invoices to client contact for payment
- Understands the Statements of Work and the appropriate client invoice calculations
- Reconciles service invoices with billings forecast
- Works with account service team to resolve client invoice issues
- Enters client payments into the accounting system daily
- Prepares client payments for bank deposit daily
- Organizes and maintains client invoice and payment records
- Monitors AR aging weekly and proactively initiates collections communication
- Continuously reviews client invoice process for improvement
- Assists internal team with any client billing related questions
- Performs accounting projects as requested by management
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Knowledge of the accounts receivable function and the effects on the general ledger
- Ability to logically review a statement of work and determine the correct amount to invoice
- Experience with billing time, expenses and costs
- Highly detail oriented with the ability to handle multiple tasks in a fast paced deadline driven environment
- Strong service orientation and ability to deal professionally and courteously with internal and external clients
- Demonstrates professional and well developed written and oral communication skills.
- Skilled in use of Microsoft software suite
- Extensive experience with Excel manipulating creating spreadsheets with pivot tables and lookups
- Ability to prioritize and manage processes, while ensuring all deadlines are met
- Flawless execution – Timely, complete and accurate
- Energy and Enthusiasm – Consistently maintains high levels of productivity
- Initiative - Proactive problem solving
- Takes personal accountability for results
- Intellectually curious, analytical, dependable, never settles, trustworthy