Staff Accountant – Accounts Receivable

Job Description

Staff Accountant | Robert Half

The Tone:
This is a Staff Accountant role for Robert Half, located in Maple Lake, Minnesota. Robert Half is the world’s first and largest specialized talent solutions firm, connecting highly qualified job seekers to opportunities at great companies. This position is vital for maintaining accurate customer billing, efficiently tracking incoming payments, and supporting crucial month-end financial tasks. The Staff Accountant plays an important role in ensuring the integrity of financial records and accurate customer accounts.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Contract/Temporary
• Location: In-person, Maple Lake, MN

• Team: Part of the accounting team, collaborating with collections and other stakeholders.
• Mission: Maintain accurate customer billing, track incoming payments, and assist with month-end financial tasks to ensure complete and accurate financial records.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Payment Processing: Process and accurately record all incoming customer payments, validating receivable transactions and posting them in a timely manner.
• Invoice Generation: Prepare customer invoices according to company billing standards and distribute them to clients with all necessary supporting documentation.
• Account Maintenance: Maintain and update customer account records, including changes to business names, mailing contacts, and other profile revisions.
• Discrepancy Resolution: Investigate payment discrepancies, overdue balances, and customer billing concerns in collaboration with collections and accounting team members.
• Financial Reconciliation: Assist with the monthly reconciliation of revenue-related accounts to ensure financial records are complete and accurate.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Early-Career professional with experience in staff accounting, accounts receivable, or a similar accounting support role. A solid foundation in general ledger and reconciliation work is required.
• Experience: Working knowledge of general ledger activity, journal entries, and account reconciliation processes. Familiarity with billing operations, invoice coding, and maintaining accurate financial documentation. Ability to research account issues, resolve discrepancies, and manage B2B collection follow-up professionally.
• Skills: Strong attention to detail, organizational ability, and accuracy when handling customer and financial records. Proficiency in preparing financial reports and supporting month-end close activities. Sound judgment when resolving account issues.
• Bonus: Understanding of corporate tax, sales tax, or related compliance-focused accounting responsibilities.