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Job Description
Join us to perform the responsibilities as a staff accountant for the Accounts Receivable Team within the Office of the CFO. Provides general accounting, financial reporting, research, and analysis of accounting and financial reporting issues, and provides additional support to the Accounts Receivable Team. Ensures compliance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), federal accounting standards (SFFAS), applicable laws, regulations, DOE contractual requirements, and NREL and Alliance policies and procedures. This position reports to the Accounts Receivable Manager. .

Duties

• Reviews and analyzes customer contracts and cost plans.
• Completes SPP Oracle Project Set up, including ensuring proper set up for accounting, reporting, and A123 compliance.
• Monitors and analyzes monthly project costs in conjunction with maintaining sufficient customer advances.
• Finds solutions to accounting problems and customer issues.
• Collaborate with the other teams in the lab to ensure timely and accurate customer service on all AR related issues an ongoing basis, including but not limited to project reconciliations, aging issues, billing items, reports.
• Responsible for the accounting, invoicing, review, and aging management of receivables.
• Prepares routine and complex customer invoices and provides adequate supporting documentation based on individual customer needs.
• Performs and conducts analysis of balance sheet and other account reconciliations and supporting schedules, reports on discrepancies and assists in monthly account resolutions.
• Communicates with customers and Principal Investigators both verbally and in writing, as needed.
• Conducts accounting research and analyses, including account and variance analyses.
• Finalizes month end close and transaction reconciliation to ensure all transactions are recorded and accounted for properly.
• Prepares manual journal entries and supporting documentation.
• Provides testing and migration support of solutions through Oracle and other financial software applications to ensure results.
• Prepares, reviews, and modifies accounting desk procedures.
• Ensures compliance with financial operations policies and procedures, and ensure adequate controls are in place and operating effectively.
• Assists staff in adoption and implementation of new techniques and processes.
• Support for Cash management duties including daily review of banking activity.
• Other accounting and financial operations duties as assigned.

The successful candidate will be a continuous learner, thinks critically, takes initiative and has a commitment to quality and detail. We are looking for someone who can join our organization growing with it and is eager to progress in their career throughout the finance department.

Basic Qualifications
Relevant Bachelor's Degree or equivalent relevant education/experience.

• Must meet educational requirements prior to employment start date.
  
  

Additional Required Qualifications

• Limited use and/or application of technical principles, theories and concepts.
• Limited knowledge of industry practices and standards.
• Basic knowledge of laws, regulations, principles, procedures and practices related to specific field.
• Good analytical and problem solving skills. Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to use various computer software programs.

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