Staff Accountant I

Role Overview

• Prepare, process and post journal entries timely and accurately.
• Assure that financial accounts are reconciled timely and accurately.
• Support timely and efficient month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes.
• Perform account analysis to identify and explain variances.
• Maintaining proper documentation and filing of supporting documents, including approvals.
• Assist with internal and external audit requests.
• Liaise with the bank and other parties as required.
• Perform backup duties within the department as required.
• Prepare, process, and reconcile daily and monthly accounts receivable journal entries.
• Process daily accounts receivable pending (suspense and unidentified payment) items ensuring appropriate application to policies and unapplied funds are returned to customers timely.
• Review, recommend and process accounts receivable items for collections per FAIR Plan policies.
• Assists with the design, testing and implementation of billing processes that ensure timely and accurate billing of customers.
• Perform user acceptance testing of billing functionality for system releases using pre-defined test plans and scripts to identify defects. Follows uniform testing procedures. Documents results and uses designated systems and tools to track and communicate outcomes. Performs follow-up rounds of testing as needed.
• Investigates and resolves billing system discrepancies and errors.
• Collaborate and communicate with other departments to ensure billing accuracy.
• Ensures that invoices accurately reflect terms and conditions agreed to by the organization and comply with Department of Insurance rules and regulations.
• Identify and recommend opportunities for improvements to billing policies and procedures.
• Prepare and present analytical reports to identify trends, inefficiencies, delinquent accounts, and other relevant metrics.
• Monitor billing invoices and forms generation cycles and alert management of failures.
• Responsible for ad hoc customer billing and responding to customer inquiries regarding bills.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Accounting or related field.
• 0 to 3 years of relevant work experience. (Staff Accountant I).
• Knowledge of systems and processes related to treasury and financial management.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to operate with a high degree of accuracy.
• Strong initiative, organizational skills and ability to self-manage while remaining flexible to changing tasks and priorities.
• Excellent Typing skills and 10 Key by touch.
• Microsoft Office suite experience required; strong Excel skills preferred.
• Microsoft Dynamics GP experience preferred.
• Insurance background a plus.