Staff Accountant I – Accounts Receivable Focus

Job Description

Staff Accountant I | Mfused

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Mfused, located in Seattle, WA. Mfused is a growing company in the cannabis industry, seeking to expand its finance team. This position is vital for optimizing financial processes, ensuring accurate financial records, and maintaining banking compliance, directly supporting key financial operations. The company values diverse perspectives, creativity, integrity, and continuous improvement, aiming to create an environment where everyone can thrive while making a positive impact.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person, Seattle, WA

• Team: Finance team, works closely with senior accountants
• Mission: Optimize financial processes, oversee accounts payable and accounts receivable, and ensure banking compliance to maintain financial integrity.
• Tech Stack: QuickBooks Online, MS Office applications, Excel, NetSuite, SAP

What You’ll Actually Do
• Accounts Receivable Management: Optimize financial transactions by performing reconciliation of payments, accurately recording all customer sales, and applying customer payments. You will maintain records of cash and check payments, coordinate secure pickups, monitor accounts receivable aging, and prepare customer balance reports for management.
• Accounts Payable Management: Process payables for all Mfused entities, ensuring accurate recording in the accounting system. This includes reviewing and verifying invoices, maintaining vendor records with W-9s and banking details, reconciling vendor statements, and assisting with month-end close processes.
• Financial Integrity & Compliance: Exercise integrity and confidentiality in financial reporting by ensuring compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), national and local financial requirements, and internal controls. You will also ensure proper revenue and expense recognition.
• Cash & Corporate Card Operations: Manage daily cash, check, and ACH inflows, including recording bank deposits and posting payments to the accounts receivable sub-ledger. You will also monitor corporate card activity to ensure business-related, authorized, and compliant transactions, enforcing expense policies and resolving discrepancies.
• Client Communication & Discrepancy Resolution: Strengthen client relationships by communicating with customers regarding past-due accounts, working collaboratively to resolve outstanding balances, and identifying slow-paying customers for collection efforts. You will also assist in streamlining AR processes by identifying areas for improvement.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related field, with a strong foundation in accounting principles.
• Experience: At least 1 year of experience in accounts receivable, account collections, or a related accounting role.
• Skills: Proficiency with accounting systems (QuickBooks Online, NetSuite, SAP) and advanced MS Excel skills. Expertise in financial reconciliation, accounts receivable management, accounts payable management, and cash management. Strong verbal and written communication abilities, coupled with exceptional attention to detail, accuracy in financial record-keeping, and strong organizational and time management skills.
• Bonus: Experience with month-end and year-end closings.