The Role:
Reporting to the Junior Accountant in India, the position will be responsible for a variety of accounting activities, with an initial focus on billing and collections. You will work as part of a growing team at a well-funded growth-stage tech company, will have direct communications with clients, and will have a significant opportunity to advance your career as the company scales.
Responsibilities:
Deal directly with customers AP departments: completing forms, registering with portals, responding to other vendor setup requests
Work with the sales reps to ensure that finance receives set-up documents, special requests and other requirements in a timely fashion
Generate invoices within the billing system and ensure they are delivered successfully to clients (and meet client requirements)
Answering invoice questions from clients and routing requests internally as needed
Monitor collections including responding to individual customer requests and billing processes
Contact customers with overdue invoices in order to expedite collections
Apply cash payments made by customers against outstanding invoices
Enter vendor bills into accounting system to ensure the completeness of payables
Review and approve expense reports to ensure they meet company expense policy
Special projects as needed.
Requirements:
Strong customer service skills
AA or BA in accounting or related field (or commensurate experience)
Fluent in English
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Proficiency MS Office is required
Experience in using accounting software (Sage Intacct a plus, but not required)