Accounting Associate (AR) - Provo, UT

About the Role

Assists with all responsibilities of the Accounts Receivable and/or general administrative responsibilities of the Accounting function.

Responsibilities

• Process information used in financials
• Reconcile accounts and reports
• Enter journal entries
• Process and print financials and other financial reports as assigned
• Maintain accounting records such as commissions
• Research, file, and assist in other accounting areas as needed
• Assist controller to resolve problems with customers
• Maintain inventory of supplies for the office and breakroom

Accounts Receivable

• Generate invoices
• Process credit applications
• Negotiate with customers to collect past due amounts and resolve problems
• Issue credit memos and adjust customer accounts as required
• Receive payments and post amount paid to customer accounts
• Assist with financials in areas relating to accounts receivable and sales

Requirements

• Associate's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business; and/or six months of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• College-level accounting classes are preferred

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to prioritize, organize, and manage multiple tasks
• Exhibits honest and ethical behavior
• Effective communicator
• Demonstrated computer skills including MS Word, Excel, and data entry
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos
• Ability to write simple correspondence
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations

Physical Demands

• Frequently required to talk or listen
• Regularly required to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel
• Occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, and lift up to 10 pounds
• Works in moderate noise levels
• No travel required