Do you have the passion to deliver outstanding service to customers and ready to join an exceptional service organization?
Morrison Express is looking for a Staff Accountant to join our Finance and Accounting team in El Segundo, CA.
Location: 2000 S Hughes Way, El Segundo, CA 90245
Schedule: Full-Time, Non-Exempt Position working Monday – Friday within normal business hours.
Salary Range: $26 – $30
As the Staff Accountant, you will perform complex general professional and technical accounting work. You will hold responsibility for completing payables and receivables, expense management, vendor reconciliation, billing and customer support, and supporting month-end and year-end processes.
We are looking for someone with proven experience in accounts payables, receivables, and transactions and with strong knowledge of accounting principles, financial regulations, and compliance. You will need to have strong organizational and time management skills to handle multiple tasks and priorities effectively, and be an exceptional communicator with strong interpersonal skills.
Who We Are and What We Offer
Benefits- Employees are eligible to participate in benefits on the 1st of the month following their start date.
Health, vision, dental insurance, flexible spending account
401K with employer match
Generous paid time off
Paid Disability Insurance, Life Insurance, AD&D, and Voluntary Life and AD&D
Biannual Bonus / Competitive Commission Structure
What You Will Be Doing in Your Day to Day:
Completes payments and controls expenses by receiving, processing, verifying, and reconciling invoices.
Pays vendors by monitoring payment schedules, preparing checks, and resolving purchase order, invoice, or payment discrepancies and documentation.
Ensures credit is received for outstanding memos.
Responsible for issuing stop-payments.
Assist with Ad-Hoc task requested by managers or directors.
Verifies vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions.
Reconciles processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances.
Charges expenses to accounts and cost centers by analyzing invoice/expense reports; recording entries
Perform day to day financial transactions, including verifying, classifying, computing accounts receivables data.
Reconcile the accounts receivable ledger to ensure that all payments are accounted for and properly posted.
Send weekly AR aging to account owners, DMs, and customers.
Knowledge of customer contracts to ensure correct and accurate billing.
Working closely with the AO’s, OM’s and DM’s to make sure customer invoices are sent on time and past due invoices are collected in timely manner
Supporting Month End, Year- End and audit processing by posting journal entries and pulling out supporting documents.
Other duties as assigned by management.
What We Look for in Our Teammates:
Bachelor’s degree in accounting preferred.
1-3 years of experience as a staff accountant.
Ability to work independently and prioritize tasks.
High degree of attention to detail and accuracy.
Time management and organizational skills.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills with proven ability to interact with various levels.
Highly proficient with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
Highly motivated individual with ability to multitask in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
Excellent written and communication skills.
Ability to work effectively both independently and as a team member.
Firsthand experience with a major ERP system.
A STRONG FAMILY
Established in 1972, Morrison Express began as a regional air freight specialist. Fifty years later, we have grown to become a leading global provider of freight forwarding and logistics services with a network of more than 300 company and agent offices across five continents.
We serve an expanding list of multinational businesses, managing their air, ocean and ground freight forwarding and logistics needs on a global basis. Our success as a global service provider is and will continue to be driven by our team of highly dedicated and hard working individuals. Their commitment and passion to their jobs are the backbone on which we have built our organization, and this will continue to be a source of passion with which we serve our clients.
AT MORRISON EXPRESS, OUR VISION IS TO BECOME AN EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION – ONE THAT’S BUILT ON AN UNWAVERING AND UNENDING FOCUS ON OUR CLIENTS
In achieving our vision, we recognize that our people are our most important asset. We are committed to creating an environment where our people can learn, succeed, and grow. We will continually invest in innovative processes, technology, training, and other tools to support our people. In so doing, we aim to instill in the hearts of our people the passion to deliver outstanding service, equaled by none.
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Notices to Applicants
This position requires that you must be authorized to work for any employer in the US.
No relocation assistance is provided.
We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment, celebrate diversity, and prohibit discrimination or harassment for all employees, contractors, partners, vendors, and customers.
Notice to Recruiters and Staffing Agencies
Morrison Express (“MEC”) has an internal recruiting team but may from time-to-time supplement that internal capability with the assistance from temporary staffing agencies, placement services, and professional recruiters (“Agency”). Agencies are hereby specifically directed NOT to contact any MEC employee directly to present candidates. Agencies must obtain advanced written approval from MEC’s recruiting or HR team to submit resumes and have a fully executed contract for service in place. MEC’s recruiting or HR team must present ALL candidates to hiring managers.
To protect the interests of all parties, MEC will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. MEC will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Further, MEC will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees.