Accounting Analyst I

Transport Enterprise Leasing•Chattanooga, TN

About The Position

Join us as an Accounting Analyst where you’ll play a key role in supporting our team and driving operational excellence. This position is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, values collaboration, and is eager to grow professionally. You will be a key contributor to the accounting function providing support in the day-to-day responsibilities of accounts receivable, sales deal posting, and assigned balance sheet reconciliations. Additionally, this role will aid in daily cash reporting that supports the month-end reconciliation. This role reports directly to the Senior Accountant.

Requirements

Working knowledge of accounting and financial principles
Highly organized with keen attention to detail
Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving Skills
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Experience working in a fast-paced environment
Positive, can-do attitude, and a true team player mentality
Demonstrated initiative and ability to foster continuous process improvement
Highly adaptable to various levels of complexities of people, processes, and system
BA/BS degree in accounting, other related field, or related equal industry experience.
1 to 2+ years of relevant experience
Strong Microsoft Office skills, including basic to intermediate Excel skills
Sales tax experience a plus
Aptitude for developing and maintaining a thorough working knowledge of accounting software and systems: Karmak, Salesforce, and Tableau experience is preferred

Nice To Haves

Karmak, Salesforce, and Tableau experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

Ownership of cash function: daily cash reporting to team members and management, journal entries for cash payments outside of the AP/AR functions, period end bank reconciliation.
Assist with the daily accounts receivable tasks in conjunction with the Accounts Receivable Specialist II including payment processing/posting, customer reconciliations, daily ACH Pull, meeting with executives for status check on subsets of customers, and all other AR related duties.
Serve as primary back-up to the Accounts Receivable Specialist II
Serve as expert in the accounting and processing of sales deals in conjunction with sales teams, track down variances, resolve issues with processing existing and new deal types, and maintenance of all flow through GL accounts related to sales deals.
Support period-end process through preparation of journal entries recording necessary accruals and the reconciliation of assigned balance sheet accounts.
Prepare audit schedules for areas of responsibility with assistance of the Senior Accountant.
Assist with ad-hoc projects as assigned
Continuously learn, share and implement improvements in all processes and responsibilities as needed to enhance effectiveness of providing world class service and support.