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Senior Accounting Analyst
Accounting Analyst
Senior Accounting Analyst role at First American, focusing on financial analysis, accounting, and data analysis with expertise in Excel, financial modeling, and SQL.
About the role
Who We Are
What We Do
What You'll Do:
- Perform complex Accounts Receivable invoicing activities, including processing invoice uploads, adjustments, and credit memo applications in Oracle
- Manage and prioritize work from Shared Inbox, ensuring timely processing, proper documentation, and adherence to SLAs
- Research and resolve invoice discrepancies, customer issues, and reconciliation variances across multiple systems
- Load and process billing files and ensure successful interface into Oracle, including review of interface reports and follow-up on exceptions
- Perform and review credit memo applications, invoice adjustments, and manual billing corrections to ensure accurate account balances
- Support monthly and periodic processes such as small balance write-offs and aging-related activities, including preparation, validation, and approvals
- Analyze clarification trends and develop reporting to identify training and process improvement opportunities
- Review and maintain customer account data, including Internal vs. External classifications, collector assignments, and account setups, ensuring accuracy, data integrity, and alignment with organizational guidelines
- Actively pursue process improvements and drive automation, standardization, and efficiency initiatives
- Partner with cross-functional teams (Customer Service, Operations, IT, and Accounting) to resolve issues and enhance invoicing processes
- Support audit and SOX compliance activities by maintaining documentation, responding to audit requests, and ensuring processes align with internal control requirements
What You'll Bring:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
- 3+ years of related accounting or financial analysis experience, preferably in Accounts Receivable, invoicing, or revenue operations
- Works under minimal supervision
- Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals
- Exercises a high degree of creativity and latitude in problem-solving and decision-making
- Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
- Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions
- Demonstrates a conceptual understanding of accounting and finance principals and the ability to apply them to the duties described above
- Strong computer skills including all applications in Microsoft Office
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to work cross-functionally
- Ability to diagnose and analyze problems and identify and drive appropriate solutions
- Experience facilitating meetings with high leve