Accounting Associate- Part-Time

Accounting Associate- Part Time

Houston, TX location

Kerridge Commercial Systems (KCS) provides specialist software; services and support to deliver fully integrated trading and business management solutions to companies in the distributive trade – wherever they are in the world. With a unique depth of knowledge and experience in the distributive trades, KCS has a wide range of clients includes wholesalers, distributors, merchants and retailers from small traders to multinational enterprises. KCS has offices in the UK, Ireland, The Netherlands, South Africa and North America.

Our mission is simple: to design and deliver high performance, integrated ERP solutions that enable our distributive trade customers to source effectively, stock efficiently, sell profitably and service competitively.

The Accounting Associate provides support to the Controller and the North American Finance Team. This is a part time, non-exempt, position that is expected to work 20 hours per week.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

The Accounting Associateresponsibilities include:

• Collections:

• Contact customers concerning discrepancies with their payments.
• Answer customer questions concerning their account balances, etc.
• Monitor customer accounts and collect on past due accounts according to specific deadlines.
• Accountable for reducing delinquency on accounts.
• Communicate and follow-up effectively with management regarding customer accounts. * Expense Reports and Corporate Credit Cards:

• Track expenses and process expense reports based on company travel policy.
• Follow-up with employees to ensure timely submission of expense reports.
• Assist employees with expense inquiries and new user set-ups.
• Reconcile and code corporate credit cards * Other Accounting Duties:

• Assist with month end closing activities for A/R and A/P
• Filing

Experience and/or Qualifications Required:

Minimum:

• Associates Degree in accounting or 4 years applicable Accounting experience
• 2 years of Accounts Receivable experience
• 1 year experience using an expense management system (Concur, Expensify, etc.)
• 1 year of business to business collections experience
• Intermediate experience using Microsoft Office products – (formulas, tracking, pivot tables a plus)

Preferred:

• Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable management

Other knowledge, skills & abilities:

• Communication – must be a strong communicator in both verbal and written forms
• Self-starter – must be able to manage themselves, develop a task list and work through it
• Strong interpersonal skills – ability to develop excellent relationships both internally and with clients
• Able to thrive in a fast paced, growth filled environment

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work: Some flexibility in hours is allowed, but the employee must be available during the “core” work hours of 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Travel: No travel is expected for this position.

Job Type: Part-time