Brilliant Financial Staffing has been engaged in the search for a Junior Accountant. Our manufacturing client located in Eagan, Minnesota is looking to bring on a Junior Accountant on a contract basis and for 20-30 hours per week. The Junior Accountant will be responsible for AP invoices, cash receipts, and performing account reconciliations. This position is 100% onsite, and the ideal candidate should be able to start immediately. 
Junior Accountant Responsibilities: 

• Ensures transactions are recorded promptly and accurately in accordance with internal accounting policies.
• Creates and distributes invoices to customers and verifies, records, and posts payments received.
• Reviews purchase orders, statements, and invoices to verify amounts owed and records and processes payments for debts owed by the organization.
• Responding to customer or vendor inquiries regarding payments or billing and research and resolves discrepancies.
• Maintains and reconciles accounts payable and receivable ledger accounts.
• Customer interaction with billing/invoice inquires and adding to correct individual, connecting with sales team
• Managed AR balances and invoices
• Cash receipts, bank transactions, gathering remote checks and applying to system, ACH payments
• Performing account reconciliations, inventory posting, month end, booking journal entries (Controller does JE) which can be time consuming
• Balance schedules, fundamental accounting skills, basic transactions, AP/AR, invoicing
• Other accounting duties as assigned by the Controller.

Junior Accountant Qualifications: 

• 2 years AP/AR experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to multitask, comfortable in a fast-paced environment.
• Intermediate Excel skills
• Degree is a plus
• Manufacturing experience is a plus