Accounts Receivable Specialist
Tampa JCC Federation•Tampa, FL
•Hybrid
About The Position
The Accounts Receivable Specialist performs deposit processing, donor and customer account activity, reconciliations, invoicing, and other accounting functions for Tampa Jewish Community Centers and Federation. The role works with the organization’s Federation development, JCC operational, and accounting programs, and responds to customer inquiries and past-due account matters. The position offers a hybrid office/remote schedule after training and reports directly to the Controller. It has no employee supervision responsibilities.
Requirements
- At least three years of accounts receivable experience is preferred.
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or business.
- Intermediate or advanced knowledge of multiple computer programs, or willingness and ability to learn them.
- Knowledge of spreadsheets, with proficiency in Microsoft Excel, word processing, and other programs used to create pivot tables and dashboards.
- Ability to work independently or with others and manage multiple tasks with minimal supervision.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to communicate clearly, professionally, concisely, and respectfully.
- Problem-solving, critical-thinking, and sound decision-making abilities.
- Professional appearance and demeanor.
- Excellent time-management, organizational, and prioritization skills.
Nice To Haves
- Dynamics 365 (CRM) experience is strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Process deposits, including checks, ACH, and credit cards, in the applicable software program.
- Record donor pledge payments in the Federation development program.
- Research unrecorded deposits and record the appropriate journal entries.
- Provide general ledger account information for new designations in the Federation development program.
- Reconcile monthly and year-to-date campaign results from the Federation development program to the general ledger.
- Import operational results from the Federation development and JCC operational programs into the accounting program.
- Review daily operating results reported in the Federation development and JCC operational programs for reasonableness.
- Process monthly donor statements.
- Process withdrawals and account adjustments in the JCC operational program.
- Prepare, record, and distribute monthly invoices to applicable vendors.
- Record intercompany charges and related month-end journal entries.
- Respond to customer inquiries and resolve issues in a timely manner.
- Collect receivables, including communicating with families about past-due accounts.
- Prepare and record journal entries in accordance with not-for-profit accounting standards.
- Convert operational results into pivot tables and import the results into the accounting program.
- Review monthly childcare revenues for reasonableness.
- Update the childcare census worksheet at month-end using JCC operational reports.
- Reconcile certain balance sheet accounts to the general ledger at month-end.
- Investigate and resolve unposted cash transactions with the accounting department.
- Serve as backup for the Accounts Payable Specialist.
Benefits
- Health insurance for full-time staff; the organization contributes toward employees’ health insurance.
- Dental insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- Life insurance for full-time staff; the organization contributes toward employees’ life insurance.
- Access to an earned-wage advance program.
- Free employee membership to the Shanna & Bryan Glazer Family JCC.
- Employee discounts on preschool, aftercare, and summer camp enrollment at the organization’s facilities.
- Discounts at the Shanna & Bryan Glazer Family JCC Event Center.
