Branch Accounting Clerk I (De Smet) in De Smet, South Dakota at Goodville Mutual Casualty Company

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.

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.