Finance Specialist

Curtis Lumber Co Inc. • Ballston Spa, NY

2d • $21 - $23 • Onsite

About The Position

Curtis Lumber’s Corporate Office is seeking an experienced professional to perform accounting and administrative tasks that support efficient processing of financial transactions. This position supports a variety of finance functions rather than serving as the sole owner of any one area, including accounts receivable, credit support, accounts payable, and accounting. The schedule is full-time, 40+ hours per week, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The starting hourly rate is $21–$23 depending on experience, with annual performance-based raises.

Requirements

• An associate degree in Accounting or Finance is preferred but not required.
• The posting seeks an experienced professional; no specific number of years of experience is stated.

Nice To Haves

• Associate degree in Accounting or Finance.

Responsibilities

• Apply customer payments accurately and promptly; perform tax corrections and approved receivables adjustments; reconcile unapplied credits; and make daily customer payment deposits.
• Support branch administrators’ dunning efforts, maintain the corporate accounts receivable and collection policy, maintain customer files, respond to customer account inquiries, and assist sales staff.
• Execute monthly statement billing, which may require weekend work.
• Apply credit and debit memos; help resolve customer disputes, chargebacks, and short payments; maintain the corporate credit policy and recommend policy changes to the AR/Credit Supervisor.
• Maintain paper and electronic customer files; perform periodic credit reviews; process credit applications and recommend credit limits and terms for AR/Credit Supervisor approval.
• Collect past-due accounts, respond to customer account inquiries, make credit decisions appropriate to the position, authorize account overrides, and review daily and monthly credit reports.
• Coordinate legal matters with the AR/Credit Supervisor and communicate with attorneys about credit issues; help maintain bad debt and check-tracking spreadsheets.
• Review and verify vendor invoices and check requests; ensure timely payment and take reasonable available discounts; sort, code, and match invoices; set vendors up for payment; and enter invoices into the system.
• Prepare and process electronic transfers and payments and perform check runs when applicable; reconcile accounts payable transactions, monitor vendor accounts, and research and resolve invoice discrepancies.
• Comply with local, state, and federal sales tax reporting requirements.
• Perform monthly vendor account analysis, adjustments, and reconciliations.

Benefits

• Competitive wages and annual performance-based raises
• Discretionary profit sharing after one year of employment
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Six paid holidays and paid time off available immediately
• Bereavement pay
• 529 college savings
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Boot reimbursement
• Employee discount
• Community events
• Employee referral program
• Ideal retail hours

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree