Bookkeeper (McLeansboro, IL)

Bunge•McLeansboro, IL

48d•Onsite

About The Position

The Bookkeeper will perform a variety of accounting transactions and/or financial support functions, such as compiling, sorting, and preparing documents and reports, issuing bills and invoices, creating tickets and applying to contracts, and posting transactions to appropriate accounts. Ensure the appropriate filing and maintenance of accounting records, input data into financial systems and ensure reconciliation of reports.

Requirements

High school diploma / GED
Detail oriented and high attention to detail
Flexible working overtime based on business demands

Nice To Haves

2-5 years of experience in related field is preferred
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc) is preferred

Responsibilities

Coordinate and communicate with commercial team and customers to efficiently record and apply truck/barge/rail shipments to the appropriate contract, along with prepare and assemble necessary documents for settlement/invoicing.
Create tickets, apply to contracts, settle/invoice truck/barge/rail customers and vendors, and interface truck/barge/rail tickets to/from the terminals.
Perform daily controls required for balancing and ensuring proper general ledger postings, prepare miscellaneous journal entries and conduct month end bushel balancing.
Manage dispute management cases and work with the customer to resolve the differences in a timely fashion.
Ensure reconciliation of recorded purchase and sales transactions for interoffice partners.
Analyze and propose process improvements to support continuous improvement environment, compare accounting results to commercial estimates, communicate and analyze any differences, and identify gaps in controls and recommend corrective actions.
Work on more complex accounting assignments as assigned.
Purchases grain as needed.