Staff Accountant

Gates Air, Inc.•Quincy, IL

About The Position

Kickstart your accounting career in a role where you'll gain hands-on experience in a dynamic environment, develop core financial skills, and build a strong foundation for your future in accounting. The Staff Accountant will be responsible for customer order review/approvals, customer invoices, AR customer accounts, and sales tax for GatesAir. This role will deal directly with customers and order administration to resolve invoice discrepancies and will interact with individuals at all levels of the organization. This position offers room for growth in a department that supports a worldwide organization.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Associates degree in accounting
Demonstrate efficiency and flexibility in performing detailed tasks
Experience with customer service
Proficient in Excel
Strong attention to detail and a passion for accuracy
Problem solving skills
Eagerness to learn and grow within a collaborative team environment
Solid organizational and time-management skills

Responsibilities

Review and process customer invoices ensuring deposits and credit memos have been applied
Customer collections; ensure timely resolution of invoice discrepancies
Customer maintenance / new customer setup
Review customer credit applications
Review / release customer orders for booking and shipment
Sales tax including review of exemption certificates, reconciliation, submitting monthly reports to 3rd party consultant, and submitting payment request
Notes receivable maintenance / new
Month-end close including journal entries, account reconciliations, and reporting
Support the implementation of a new ERP system.
May participate in special projects such as continuous improvement initiatives, audits and financial analysis initiatives.