Branch Accounting Clerk I (De Smet)
Description

Summary: 


This position is responsible for processing payment receipts, recording payments to proper accounts, providing customer service functions, providing support to the Accounts Receivable team, and carrying out a variety of accounting duties according to company procedures for a branch location of the Accounting Department of Goodville Mutual Insurance Group.


Functions:

  • Receive, process, and deposit all payments to the company; reconcile credit card payments and EFT transactions to daily batch and daily reports.
  • Review and prepare for mailing: notices of cancellation, lapse notices, payment acknowledgments, replacement bills and underpayment notices.
  • Provide excellent customer service to members and agents regarding billing inquiries and issues.
  • Scan supporting documents for receipts and payables to the imaging system.
  • Physically take the daily deposit to the bank or perform the remote deposit.
  • Maintain daily claims disbursements register and reconcile to monthly claims report.
  • Assist in processing ACH payments and ACH returns.
  • Prepare miscellaneous and claims cash receipts for deposit.
  • Review policy bills and process billing statements.
  • Process core system interface transactions to the reporting systems.
  • Backup claims check printing.
  • Assist with accounts payable communications with agents, policyholders, vendors, and co- workers.
  • Ensure security and reporting of accounts payable check issuances.
  • Provide backup to processing payments to vendors as needed, maintaining documentation and recordkeeping for accounts payable transactions, and work directly with the Accounting Supervisor to fill the payables cycle. 
  • Perform other duties as assigned.


Requirements

Qualifications:

  • High School education required.
  • Associate Degree or Bachelor’s Degree in accounting or business preferred.
  • Ability to complete detailed work accurately and on a timely basis required.
  • Knowledge of bookkeeping principles and procedures preferred.
  • Effective interpersonal and communication skills required.
  • Accurate keyboarding and calculator skills required.
  • Ability to work effectively with company computer systems required.
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Windows, Word, and Excel preferred.
  • Ability to multitask with efficiency and accuracy and to meet time schedules required.
  • Ability to work with and maintain important company information in strict confidence required.
  • Ability to work flexible hours, travel to all organization offices (including Pennsylvania, Ohio, and South Dakota) and travel to vendor work sites required.
  • Ability to work in an office environment with moderate noise level, remain in a stationary position and operate a computer a majority of the time required.
  • Ability to move throughout the office to access work materials and to move work materials weighing up to ten pounds daily required.
  • Ability to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation required.