Creative Financial Staffing

AR Accountant

Creative Financial Staffing, Denver, CO, United States

AR Accountant

Why you're excited about the AR Accountant opportunity:

Be part of a family-oriented team that values your contribution and encourages professional growth.

Work in a modern, ergonomically designed office space that enhances your work experience.

Enjoy the stability of a well-established company with a rich history and a bright future.

Benefit from flexible working hours that support work-life balance.

Operational Skills for AR Accountant: (skills to get the job done)

Responsible for collecting money on-time, with the key metric being past due amount as a % of total A/R.
Prepare weekly update of collection effort with controller and director of finance, bringing visibility to successes and roadblocks.
Generate ideas on how to overcome roadblocks, including the creation of new processes.
Provide incoming cash forecast weekly to support treasury management.
Become proficient in navigating customer portals to support above efforts.
Ability to prioritize and organize work to generate the best return for the time spent.
Clearly communicate with inside and outside customers.
Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel (Pivot tables, vlookups, etc.) along with a high degree computer literacy.
Work with sales to create new customers in our ERP system & Salesforce
Actively monitor credit holds and look for improvements within the process.
Monitor the A/R email box, responding to customers' needs.
While working in the details, be able to communicate the "big idea" or major takeaway.
Month End Close Responsibilities including ownership of aging, AR Balance Sheet Reconciliations and accruals as needed.

Relational for AR Accountant: (skills to connect and relate with fellow team members)

Build relationships with Sales and Customer Service, who are your key internal customers.
Strive to live clients relational values of truth, trust, care, forgiveness and respect.
Maintain healthy working relationships with your immediate team members, helping each other get our collective job done.

Aspirational for AR Accountant: (skills to grow personally and professionally)

Understand how daily transactions translate to the financial statements.
Learning the processes of Sales, Shipping and Customer Service to bolster your knowledge of the steps in front of your process.
Immerse yourself every now and then with production. Remember there is no need for our jobs if we don't have what the production area does for clients.

Lean Thinking: (skills to foster continuous improvement)

Maintain Accounting best practices.
Develop new or improve current processes to drive key operational metrics, always on the lookout for the next improvement.
Not afraid to question existing processes with the intention of making improvements and bringing efficiencies.

Supervisory Duties for AR Accountant:

Required Education and Work Experience