Job Description
The Sales Accountant is responsible to Secure sales recording and updating customer accounts by verifying and posting invoices, receipts and adjusting memos; resolving discrepancies and doing reconciliation
Updating customer Accounts:
• Posts sales transactions and customer payments by recording cash, checks transactions.
• Updates receivables by totaling unpaid due and undue invoices.
• Maintains records by updating invoices, debits, and credits.
• Summarizes receivables by maintaining invoice accounts; coordinating monthly transfer to accounts receivable account; verifying totals; preparing report.
• Reports updated reconciliation to the supervisor
Customer Account Follow ups:
• Verifies validity of account discrepancies by obtaining and investigating information from sales, trade promotions, sales departments, and from customers;
• Resolves valid or authorized deductions by entering or adjusting entries.
• Resolves invalid or unauthorized deductions by following pending deductions procedures.
• Resolves collections by examining customer payment plans, payment history, credit line; coordinating contact with collections department.
Financial Reporting:
• Produces a range of reports to develop customer paying profiles in order to best set terms and conditions based on customer credibility Oversees the production of regular and adhoc financial and activity reports to meet statutory and management requirements.
• Prepares necessary daily, weekly and monthly reports.
Reporting to: Accounting Manager