Finance Staff | Bookkeeping|Administration

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Benefits
Compensation: 44-4+k + 15% of salary ($6-7K per year) retirement plan, employer paid health coverage, family friendly paid time off plan, highly professional and respectful environment
Responsibilities
Assist with accounts payable, including coding expenses, entering in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, and mailing checks
Record wire transfers and cash disbursements to ERP software
Assist with annual sponsor invoice process and monthly reconciliation
Monitor and record sponsor payments and billing adjustments into ERP software and back-office system
Prepare and process scholarship check mailings
Monitor banking activity daily and perform monthly reconciliations
Process stop-payment requests from colleges and universities
Answer telephone calls and emails from sponsors, colleges and universities, and Scholars regarding invoices and scholarship payments
Job description
Looking for a highly rofessional environment where you can show off your bookkeeping, AP, AR, and superb attention to detail? Want to make a long term commitment with an organization that will provide you with a lucrative pension/retirement plan? Both very hard to find...but you just did.

Our client is a well-respected and nationally recognized not-for-profit corporation that conducts scholarship programs for identifying and honoring academically talented U.S. high school students who have exceptional abilities and show great promise for future academic success. You'll report directly to the Assistant Controller of the corporation and work closely with the Controller and Finance Coordinator in the Finance department.

The work location is 100% onsite in Evanston, IL.

Responsibilities
• Assist with accounts payable, including coding expenses, entering in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, and mailing checks
• Record wire transfers and cash disbursements to ERP software
• Assist with annual sponsor invoice process and monthly reconciliation
• Monitor and record sponsor payments and billing adjustments into ERP software and back-office system
• Prepare and process scholarship check mailings
• Monitor banking activity daily and perform monthly reconciliations
• Process stop-payment requests from colleges and universities
• Answer telephone calls and emails from sponsors, colleges and universities, and Scholars regarding invoices and scholarship payments

Desired Background
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or a related finance major is required; advanced degree is a plus
• Experience in bookkeeping or accounting in an academic or business setting is highly desired
• Must be very detail-oriented, organized, and self-motivated The ideal candidate is a strong team player who can work independently, and with limited supervision
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact with a diverse group of managers, staff, scholarship sponsors, and colleges/universities in a very detail-oriented professional organization with extremely high standards
• Thorough knowledge and experience working with Word, Excel, Outlook, and Adobe Acrobat is required

Compensation: 44-4+k + 15% of salary ($6-7K per year) retirement plan, employer paid health coverage, family friendly paid time off plan, highly professional and respectful environment.

United States
Illinois
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