Public Accounting Senior in Chicago

Date Posted: Monday, June 9, 2025

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Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Process billing of invoices to customer based on customer shipments.
  • Ensure accurate and balanced posting to ledgers and logs
  • Review AR aging and contact customers for collections
  • Setup and maintain Customer files
  • Research, log and reconcile customer complaints due to shipping and billing errors
  • Set up customer credit applications and provides basis for credit extension to customer
  • Verify customer terms for discounts, wire, credit card and other payment methods
  • Establish credit lines & monitor for compliance
  • Manages foreign customer documentation including proforma and related wire documentation
  • Process customer payments including check, wire and credit card charges
  • Process commission reporting and payment; analyzing and correcting discrepancies
  • Process customer RMA and identifies and records type of credit to proper systems and accounts
  • Maintain RMA database
  • Review accounts payable batches for accuracy and accurate account classification.
  • Work closely with our suppliers as well as our buyers to reconcile goods received on purchase orders to invoices not yet paid to suppliers.
  • Other duties assigned by Manager

 

Reporting

  • Constructs daily/monthly shipping report
  • Facilitate and complete monthly close procedures
  • Assist with monthly account reconciliations
  • Assist with financial and tax audits
  • Assist in documentation and monitoring of internal controls
  • Perform credit analysis & reporting on customers
  • Keeps and maintains support documentation files

Qualifications

  • Minimum Bachelor of Science in accounting or Finance or CPA certification.
  • Should have 5-10 years' experience in all aspects of accounting.
  • Exceptional communication skills.
  • Proficient knowledge of latest computer technology- working in connection with all of the company's programs and systems including: Epicor, Microsoft: Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, age, color, sex (including pregnancy), religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, military status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable laws or regulations.

 

GPAC (Growing People and Companies) is an award-winning search firm specializing in placing quality professionals within multiple industries across the United States since 1990. We are extremely competitive, client-focused and realize that our value is in our ability to deliver the right solutions at the right time.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Process billing of invoices to customer based on customer shipments.
Ensure accurate and balanced posting to ledgers and logs
Review AR aging and contact customers for collections
Setup and maintain Customer files
Research, log and reconcile customer complaints due to shipping and billing errors
Set up customer credit applications and provides basis for credit extension to customer
Verify customer terms for discounts, wire, credit card and other payment methods
Establish credit lines & monitor for compliance
Manages foreign customer documentation including proforma and related wire documentation
Process customer payments including check, wire and credit card charges
Process commission reporting and payment; analyzing and correcting discrepancies
Process customer RMA and identifies and records type of credit to proper systems and accounts
Maintain RMA database
Review accounts payable batches for accuracy and accurate account classification.
Work closely with our suppliers as well as our buyers to reconcile goods received on purchase orders to invoices not yet paid to suppliers.
Other duties assigned by Manager


Reporting

Constructs daily/monthly shipping report
Facilitate and complete monthly close procedures
Assist with monthly account reconciliations
Assist with financial and tax audits
Assist in documentation and monitoring of internal controls
Perform credit analysis & reporting on customers
Keeps and maintains support documentation files
Qualifications

Minimum Bachelor of Science in accounting or Finance or CPA certification.
Should have 5-10 years' experience in all aspects of accounting.
Exceptional communication skills.
Proficient knowledge of latest computer technology- working in connection with all of the company's programs and systems including: Epicor, Microsoft: Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, age, color, sex (including pregnancy), religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, military status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable laws or regulations. GPAC (Growing People and Companies) is an award-winning search firm specializing in placing quality professionals within multiple industries across the United States since 1990. We are extremely competitive, client-focused and realize that our value is in our ability to deliver the right solutions at the right time.