Company Overview

Intrapreneurship is defined as creating from within, starting something from nothing. And it is at the heart of the people at Rightpoint. We are a values-led intrapreneurial organization. We’re driven by innovation, rooted in technology and relentlessly curious. We love the creativity involved in taking a blank screen and blinking cursor and making it something amazing. With intrapreneurship in our DNA, we’re able to move quickly to build unique, innovative customer experiences that evolve the way our clients do business. .

Are you someone who wants to create change in the way business is done? Do you want to work with inspired and like-minded intrapreneurs? Us too! We take our work very seriously, but we have fun doing it. And we’re searching for passionate, talented people to join the Rightpoint team.

Rightpoint is the largest independent customer experience agency with technology at our core, and 450 employees across 10 offices. We create seamless digital experiences driven by insight, strategy, technology and design -- and expanded mobile innovation and emerging technologies via Raizlabs. We serve more than 250 Fortune 1,000 companies with strategy, site design and development, content, CRM, commerce, BI and cloud infrastructure.

And the industry is taking notice:

• Crain's Chicago Fast Fifty of “Fastest Growing Companies,” 2014 - 2017
• "Top 100 Workplaces in Chicago" by the Chicago Tribune, 2014-2017
• EY Entrepreneur of The Year® Award, Co-founders Ross Freedman & Brad Schneider: 2015 Midwest Dual Finalists
• One of the "Most Promising Companies in America" by Forbes in 2014

WATCH THIS to learn more about Rightpoint and our culture:

https://www.rightpoint.com/careers

Job Description

The Senior Staff Accountant's key areas of responsibility involve ensuring the seamless operation of our: Invoicing, Accounts Payable and Receivable, and Expense Processing.  If you are detail oriented and love numbers, this is the role for you! Within this growing company, you’ll have an opportunity to play a crucial role on our Operations Team. Ensuring that Rightpointers are paid, and our clients are invoiced (and pay) for the awesome work we do for them.  But wait, there’s more! You get to pay our bills too. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a passion for supporting the accounting processes with a strong eye for detail.

Sample Responsibilities

• Help keep the financial operations running smoothly by supporting Financial Reporting
• Assist with the month-end closing process, including completing journal entries and performing monthly reconciliations and analyses on receivables and payable accounts
• Performing analysis, performance monitoring, capacity planning and operating system utilities related to Financial needs
• Managing Accounts Receivable & Accounts Payable
• Ensure clients are accurately invoiced in a timely manner for the work we did for them and for expenses that our team members incurred.  This includes closely monitoring any accounts that are nearing or past their payment terms and ensuring we collect on any “aging” invoices
• Work with employees to submit time reports in timely manner
• Review all timesheets to ensure accurate processing and client billing
• Work closely with project managers to modify invoices, and set up projects
• Team up with other Rightpoint business units to facilitate billing & communication
• Support assigned accounts in pulling data and creating reports for presentations
• Reconcile incoming payments with outstanding client invoices, keeping a close watch on any possible irregularities or issues (troubleshoot up and down the system pipeline)
• Entering vendor invoices into Netsuite and ensuring invoices are paid within vendor terms, and so that we have an accurate view of our cash flow
• Review and process reimbursement of Rightpointer expenses
• Serve as the primary point of contact for vendors and staff with questions about expenses and payables
• Suggest cost savings and revenue generating ideas, and developing plans to implement them
• Perform operational Ad-Hoc reporting and analysis
• Review and clear any integration errors - of our financial data from Open Air to Netsuite
• Stay apprised of Netsuite quarterly changes and updates – implement necessary changes and/or improvements across the systems

Required Education

Bachelor of Science in Business/Accounting or related field –OR- 5+ years in professional services firm responsible for billing and collections.

Required Skills and Abilities

• Must have 2+ years’ of accounting or related experience.
• Fantastic customer-facing skills, with a focus on WOWing our clients and people at every turn
• Experience in a client services type industry (Consulting or Agency Environment), as well as system knowledge (including OpenAir and Netsuite), a plus!
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• Proactive problem solver
• Detail oriented working style – obsessed with ensuring that everything ticks and ties
• Superior organization and multi-tasking skills
• Ability to prioritize workload and know when to ask help from other operations team members as needed
• Strong work ethic with flexible approach to meet changing responsibilities and priorities
• Be able to communicate technical problems in a simple manner
• Must be team player

Benefits and Perks at Rightpoint:

• PTO + Paid Holidays
• Casual Dress (when in the office; when at a client site, we need to mirror their dress code)
• Flexible Work Schedule
• Great Health Coverage
  • Medical – 4 plans to choose from!
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Life/AD&D/Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending (Dependent & Healthcare)
• Transportation/Parking Pre-Tax Benefits
• 401k with Company Matching
• Weekly Peapod Snack/Drink delivery
• Regular Happy Hours and social events including: Volunteering, Game Nights, Basketball, 5K runs, golf outings, team sports, etc.
• Catered Lunches Every Other Friday
• Open Office Environment
• Continuous Training, Certifications, and Learning Opportunities 

This is a full time, salaried position. For more information, visit www.rightpoint.com. Rightpoint is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, military status, or national origin or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or applicable local law.

Rightpoint is an E-Verify employer.  E-Verify is an Internet-based system operated by the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that allows Rightpoint to verify the employment eligibility of our employees.  Based on the information provided by you on your Form I-9, Rightpoint will input that information into E-Verify which will confirm your information in DHS and Social Security Administration (SSA) databases.  Your continued employment with Rightpoint is contingent upon an “Employment Authorized” result for you from the E-Verify system

APPLICANTS MUST BE PERMANENTLY AUTHORIZED TO WORK IN THE U.S.. WE ARE UNABLE TO OFFER SPONSORSHIP AT THIS TIME.