Job Description
Job Description
ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT
Currently seeking an Accounting Assistant with Accounts Receivable, Sales Tax, and general accounting experience to join our team.
The candidate will assist the Cost Accountant / Credit Manager in various departmental functions. This position will participate in credit evaluations for accounts, sales tax reporting and analysis, and shipping quotes for customer orders.
This position will have substantial exposure to foreign operations and costing of products.
Duties / Responsibilities :
- Organize credit requests and information from new customers for management review
- Research credit, sales, and payment history of existing customers to assist in evaluating credit limits
- Document information and notes related to credit evaluations and decisions
- Communicate with the Sales group on customer account status
- Sales and Use Tax calculation and submissions
- Enter Resale Certificates into Sales Tax software
- Research sales tax questions / issues as they pertain to different states and jurisdictions
- Review daily invoicing and commit to Sales Tax software for payment
- Month-end reporting, journal entries, and documentation for Sales Tax activities
- Build files for costing of products
- Track revenues on products sales and shipping rates
- Request shipping / freight quotes from various domestic and international carriers
- Special projects as assigned
Experience Requirements :
- 4 years of Credit and general accounting experience
- Experience with Sales Taxes and state regulations
- Experience working with international shipping
- Strong organizational and time management skills with a high attention to detail
- Strong analytical skills, ability to recognize trends
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Self-motivator and team player
- Ability to transition quickly between multiple assignments / projects as needed
- Proficient with QuickBooks and Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel and Word
- Experience with tax reporting software programs
- Positive, customer service type attitude for both internal and external stakeholders
28 days ago