Accounting Specialist - A/R

Who We Are:

Mid-States Distributing ("Mid-States") is the leading Farm, Ranch, and Home Retail Cooperative. Our company is owned by 34 independent Farm, Ranch & Home retailers (“Members”) who operate over 800 stores in 34 states and 9 Canadian provinces with combined annual sales of over 7.5 billion dollars.  Our member-owners retail items such as agriculture parts & supplies, petroleum products, hardware & tools, pet food, lawn & garden, animal health supplies, apparel & footwear, sporting goods, and a variety of other products for the Farm, Ranch, and Home.

We are looking for competitive people who like to win big and have fun doing it.  We place tremendous emphasis on creating a unique and positive company culture.  Most of our employees will tell you this is the best place they’ve ever worked.  We value high-energy people who like to work hard and play hard.  Our consumers are primarily rural people raising “kids, cows, and quarter horses,” so traditional values like God, family, and patriotism are essential virtues around here.  So, if you are enthusiastic and competitive, have a great attitude, have good communication skills, are good at building relationships, love to win, and you like ice cream – Mid-States is the place for you!  If you are not, please apply with our competitors! 

Position Summary: Service-oriented professional devoted to cultivating strong customer relationships, processing customer invoices and cash applications, reconciling accounts, and facilitating rapid closure of disputed items and claims.  Perform general accounting functions for the accounts receivable, cash posting, and claims group.

Essential Functions:

• Prepare Customer Invoices
• Apply remittances to customer accounts
• Contact customers for resolution of disputed items and variances on receipts and past due items on account
• Communicate and interact with our customers, vendors, and co-workers in the accounting department to resolve questions, process invoices, and credit memos
• Compile and distribute past due reports and monthly statements to customers
• Become familiar with vendor-master program pages and learn the data contained on those pages
• Assist customers in filing credits/claims, including submitting claims to vendors and processing vendor-issued credits
• Assist with Billing and Collection of Tradeshow invoices
• Perform routine bookkeeping tasks and manipulation of spreadsheet data as directed
• Communicate clearly and effectively on the phone, in email, and face-to-face
• Organize job duties, time, office files, and space for maximum efficiency
• Perform special projects/reports and other duties as assigned

Competencies:

• Promote positive, respectful working relationships and a working environment
• Organized, detail oriented, and motivated to succeed
• A “hands-on” team player with a positive attitude, customer service focus, and high level of energy
• Great communication and listening skills
• Proficient computer skills using Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook and Word)
• Proficient 10-key and keyboard aptitude, data entry accuracy and speed
• Strong attention to detail
• Proficient with the use of office equipment (label machines, copiers, fax, scanners, and printers)
• Language and reasoning skills that provide the ability to read and comprehend short correspondence and memos as well as common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form
• Mathematical skills that include the ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide into all units of measure
• Must possess the ability to recognize and appropriately handle confidential materials

Required Education and Experience:

• Associate in Accounting Degree/Certificate  or Some College level course work in Accounting
• Minimum 1-2 years of Accounts Receivable Experience

Supervisory Responsibility: This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Physical Demands and Work Environment: Generally, the job requires 80% sitting, 10% walking, and 10% standing. This job is performed in a generally clean environment.  The usual and customary methods of performing the job's functions require the following physical demands: some lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling, some stooping and significant fine finger dexterity.

Travel: There is no travel required for this position.

Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, obligations, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Reasonable accommodations may enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Mid-States Distributing provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.