What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accounting Clerk - Warrensville Heights, OH position at Great Lakes Petroleum?
Description
The Accounting Clerk secures revenue by verifying and posting receipts, resolving discrepancies and performing a variety of accounting, bookkeeping and financial tasks.
Primary Responsibilities
- Retrieve online bank reports and remittance advice daily.
- Process customer payments timely by recording lockbox deposits and electronic payments.
- Process and post customer credit card payments
- Verify validity of account discrepancies by obtaining and investigating information from credit, billing, sales, customer service departments, and customers.
- Maintain department reports, including account analysis and reconciliation.
- Process payments received via mail by way of desk top deposits.
- Process over the phone customer payments and on-line via bank software and apply to customer account.
- Process EFT payments
- Create and post adjusting entries for returned items.
- Answer inquiries from internal and external customers via phone and e-mail.
- Perform additional AR, customer service and finance functions as directed by supervisor.
- Complete general ledger accounting duties including financial statement analysis, general journal entry preparation, analyzing and maintaining account reconciliations, compliance tax work assistance, and assistance with annual financial audit.
- Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential.
Requirements
- College degree in Business related field
- Accuracy and attention to detail.
- Must be able to respect confidentiality and use discretion when necessary regarding private and/or personal data.
- Exceptional organization and time management skills.
- A high level of self-awareness, receptivity to change, and integrity.
- Proficient in data entry.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office applications and document conversion.
- Keen analytical skills
- Ability to perform filing and record keeping tasks.