AR Analyst
Company Overview:
Reinventing out-of-home planning and placement for the performance age. billups is the leading independent out-of-home (OOH) specialist in North America and is continuing to grow in the EMEA and APAC regions. Delivering OOH managed services globally, helping advertisers and agencies strengthen media performance through our patented analytics and measurement platform. Our mission is to transform the power of places to connect brands with their consumers.
Role Summary:
As part of our Finance function, the AR Analyst will compute, classify, record, and verify financial data to support accurate and timely financial reporting.
Core Role Duties:
Learn full cycle Accounting, including mastery of either accounts payable or accounts receivable.
Prepare month-end balance sheet reconciliations and assist with month-end reporting.
Assist with the accounts receivable and/or accounts payable.
Review, investigate, and resolve accounting discrepancies (with guidance from management) in cooperation with internal and external stakeholders, maturely and professionally.
Daily processing of cash deposits and competent on the use of basic Treasury reporting systems.
Maintain customer and vendor data.
Match invoices and receiving documents to purchase orders.
Assist in weekly payments and check disbursements.
Assist with month-end and year-end close.
Maintains relationships with vendors and internal business partners.
Essential Skills:
Excellent organizational skills.
Multitasking skills with the ability to balance competing demands.
Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to maintain high levels of accuracy in complex tasks.
Reasoning: the ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. The ability to analyze data in order to identify and present meaningful observations and recommendations.
Must showcase strong time management skills.
Adaptability and flexible to keep up with a fast-paced environment.
Ability to manage multiple deadlines while maintaining high-quality standards.
Experience in taking initiative and exercising sound judgment in decision-making.
Required Interpersonal Skills:
Expressing ideas and thoughts clearly, both orally and in written form.
Exceptional attention to detail with proven ability to maintain high levels of accuracy in complex tasks.
Strong ability to receive and apply constructive feedback to achieve improved outcomes.
Exhibiting good listening, comprehension, and engagement.
Good relationship management skills, including the ability to communicate with senior directors and peers—both internally and externally—and establish and maintain excellent rapport.
Demonstrating tact and diplomacy in communicating with clients/agencies and media suppliers, as well as with colleagues internally.
Exhibiting billups’ values (particularly under pressure) and inspiring others to do the same.
Collaborating and contributing to the establishment of a positive team spirit. Being proactive and a team player, with the ability to engage others.
Qualifications:
Ability to perform essential job duties with or without reasonable accommodation and without posing a direct threat to safety or health of employee or others. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential duties.
Education & Required Experience:
2-5+ years’ experience in accounting, bookkeeping, and related financial services background.
Associate or bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Oracle experience a plus.
Experience using various applications including database, spreadsheet, report writing, project management, word processing, and email communication.
Language Skills
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format. Ability to effectively present information to clients.
Mathematical Skills
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, and percentages. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
Computer Skills
Job requires specialized computer skills. Must be adept at using various applications including database, spreadsheet, report writing, project management, graphics, word processing, presentation creation and editing, communicate by email and use scheduling software. Specific knowledge and use of all media planning and buying tools and business software that Billups utilizes; for example, eTelmar, Geopath/ADS, Billups platform, Carto, ESRI.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.