Staff Accountant

Position Title: Staff Accountant

Location: Remote

Department: Accounting

Reports To: Director – Central Processing

Installation Made Easy (“IME”) provides software and process management that enables retailers, manufacturers, and contractors (providers) to offer installed home improvements to homeowners in a convenient, consistent, and affordable manner. IME senior management has over 100 years of retail management and home improvement industry experience.

The Staff Accountant will assist the Director – Central Processing with processing exception transactions that are outside of the normal flow within our operating system and determining the downstream impacts of those exceptions to accounting and to information sent to partners via APIs. The role will also include reconciling our operating system to various platforms, both internal and external, and testing new software enhancements prior to their release.

The ideal candidate will be deadline driven and can work independently. The candidate should take ownership in their responsibilities and initiative to understand the who, what, why and how of processes from beginning to end.

The Staff Accountant will work closely with many departments within the company, including Project Management, Software Development, Call Center, Customer Solutions, and Accounting.

Essential Functions:

·       Responsible for daily review of Retail Partner accounting transactions between operating system and retail partner accounting system. Responsible for drafting correcting entries for accounting to ensure all jobs are accounted for correctly and the affiliate is paid the correct amount.

·       Review daily exception issues such as new promos for accounting corrections.

·       Review and process daily API exceptions to Retail Partners.

·       Troubleshooting exceptions that are outside of the normal process flow of our operating system.

·       Daily reconciliations of transactions per operating system to transactions that are transmitted to Affiliate Contractors and Retail Partners;

·       Research of reconciling items to determine root cause and submission of development tickets to fix root issue in our operating system;

·       Testing of accounting and payment related system development enhancements.

Minimum Qualifications: 

·       Bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in accounting.

·       Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel.

·       3+ year experience in bookkeeping, banking, finance, or accounting role.

·       Professional demeanor;

·       Sound judgment and strong problem solving ability.

·       Computer literate with strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel, and ability to adapt to various software packages;

·       Excellent communication skills, both written and oral;

·       Ability to interact effectively with all levels of the organization;

·       Efficient and detail-oriented;

·       Exceptional organization skills;

·       Ability to adapt to changing or multiple priorities.

·       Positive attitude and able to adapt to change easily

Physical Requirements:

·       Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

Benefits to working with IME: 

·       100% remote work environment

·       Employer provided equipment

·       Medical, dental, and vision insurance

o   Health savings plan includes employer contribution to health savings account

·       Medical and dental flexible spending accounts

·       Company paid basic life, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance

·       401K plan with employer match

o   Company matches 100% of the first 4% of salary deferrals

o   All contributions, including employer contributions, are 100% vested immediately

·       Employee discount program for Electronics, Groceries, Travel, Entertainment, and more

·       Employee assistance program

·       Pay on demand

·       Critical illness, hospital indemnity, group accident, and legal insurance

·       Paid time off

·       And more!

We are an Equal Opportunity and Drug-Free Workplace.

The Job Description is not an exhaustive statement of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications of the job, nor is it intended to limit opportunities for necessary modifications. The Job Description does not constitute an employment contract of any kind.