Staff Accountant I

Staff Accountant I

Location: Urbandale, IA Hybrid

Contract to hire: Contract role

Remote or Onsite: Onsite everyday for training (1-2 weeks depending on candidate); Onsite 6 times a month after training

Interview process: Zoom interview

Education: Bachelor's Degree preferred but not required

Experience: 1-3 years' experience

Must have:

• 1-3 years of collections, finance, or related experience
• Strong communication and teamwork skills
• Intermediate proficiency with MS Excel

Additional information:

• Previous AR experience
• Cash receipts
• Mostly emails day-to-day
• Meetings with the Mercer business
• No task list
• Jump in each day
• Maximum collections for the month
• Responsible for invoicing for the central market
• Team of 3 that work in the US
• Ironing out your day and how you can make the biggest impact in AR
• Investing payments that maybe misapplied or missing
• Self directed work
• Supporting offices in the midwest
• Invoice load is 500 - 700 invoices a month (offshore team who works on aged invoices)
• Phone call percentage about 2%; Emails about 98%
• Heavy workload

Accounts Receivable - A/R

What can you expect?

· You will, under general supervision, work with the client team and clients to collect on past due invoices. · Opportunity to collaborate with Cash Application and offshore Collections teams · Opportunity to add value as a key contributor to the team

We will count on you to:

· Assist with the development, implementation, and documentation of procedures and process improvements for general collections and reporting functions. · Assist in the collection of outstanding invoices while maintaining client relationships · Provide feedback and guidance for offshore Collections team members · Perform analysis and reporting on past due client trends and identify level of risk and root cause of non-payment · Collaborate with other onshore team members to develop process efficiencies. · Ensure compliance with corporate policies and SOX procedures

What you need to have:

· 1-3 years of collections, finance, or related experience · Strong communication and teamwork skills · Intermediate proficiency with MS Excel

What makes you stand out?

· Bachelor's Degree · Prior reporting and project work experience · Attention to detail Compensation: $24.00 per hour