Accounting Technician II

Role Name:
Accounting Technician II

Location:

Columbia, SC 29229
Work Environment:
Onsite
Schedule:
Mon - Fri, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
Contract length: 3 months assignment with possible conversion

Job Summary:
Duties/About the role:
Under general supervision, performs a variety of routine to moderately complex clerical/accounting functions such as inventory balancing, reconciliations, generating refund request letters, processing disbursements and deposits, keying journal entries and logging items in accordance with standard procedures in one or more of the following areas; general accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable or related financial area. May complete special projects.

• 30% Prepares various financial data associated with refunds, invoices, recoupments, adjustments, cash disbursements, deposits, check voids and reissues, disputes, correspondence, or other data in support of the finance or accounting function. Ensures data is complete, accurate, and organized for processing. Provides supervisor with daily, weekly, and/or monthly summary reports of accounting activities for the position.
• 25% Completes moderately difficult research using financial reporting systems, files, and other means to identify errors such as over payments or misapplication of funds. Resolves routine questions and problems, referring complex issues to higher levels.
• 20% Performs calculations on financial documents to ensure accuracy of bank deposits, receipts, disbursements, refunds, or other accounting-related items.
• 20% Provides other support duties related to the accounting/finance function that may include monitoring financial systems, keying journal entries, tracking funds, balancing accounts, maintaining inventory and receiving cash funds from customers, etc. May assists less experienced accounting clerks as needed.
• 5% Determines, prepares, and distributes correspondence regarding monies due or erroneously received. Issues refunds as appropriate.

Day to Day:

• On a typical day, the Accounting Technician can expect to key Billing Adjustments into our PFAB system, prepare and email weekly adjustment Backup documentation and review and load Financial Contracts into our PFAB system.

Team Info: Our Billing team currently handles weekly Billing to include reviewing invoices, keying adjustments, preparing/sending adjustment back up documentation and answering Billing questions. In addition, our team is responsible to loading the Financial Parameters for our Major Groups and ensuring they are invoiced correctly. On our team there is 1 other Accounting Technician and an Accountant III.
Any extra/additional job info: NA

Job Requirements:
Required Education: Associate degree in Accounting/Finance. or 2 years of experience supporting accounting or financial operations.
Required Work Experience: See Education.

Nice to have/Preferred skills: Billing experience, Microsoft experience, Excel knowledge