Accountant I - Revenue AR
Company: Kings Island
Location: Mason
Posted on: April 16, 2024
Job Description:
Overview:Cedar Fair is seeking an Accountant I - Revenue /
Accounts Receivable (AR). This role will be part of a team
responsible for ensuring all functions of Revenue and AR are
completed timely, consistently, and accurately.This full-time
position will report directly to the Manager or Supervisor
responsible for their primary role. This associate will become an
integral component of the Shared Accounting Services environment.
-Cedar Fair, a leader in the amusement park and hospitality
business, offers challenging and rewarding career opportunities.
Joining our Shared Accounting Services (SAS) team not only offers
the unique opportunity to become part of a well-respected,
financially stable entertainment industry leader with a 150-year
heritage of creating lifelong memories, but also presents you with
a chance to advance your career in the exciting consumer services
sector! Cedar Fair offers competitive compensation packages that
include bonus programs and comprehensive benefit plans with
healthcare/dental/vision, paid vacation/sick time, paid holidays,
401k program, and complimentary season passes to create your own
memories at all parks owned and operated by Cedar Fair.
Responsibilities:Expected daily duties (including weekends and
select holidays) to be completed in a timely manner:
- Import sales/receipt figures into our Till Management System
(TMS) to compile an over/short report to beused to research
theft/training issues.
- Receive, reconcile, and enter all non-system related revenues
and receipts including lockers, intercard,photo booths,
waterblasters, haystack dryers, etc.
- Receive, review, and book all picnic revenue into TMS.
- Import this same information into our Daily Operational
Reporting System (DORS) to report and provideoperational metrics to
the management team via email each day.
- Enter key information into the DORS system.
- Reconcile daily credit card activity per systems to the
reporting provided by Treasury team.
- Review Sales Tax percentage by location to isolate and fix
possible system setup issues.
- Complete the weekly concessionaire payback workbook.
- Participate in the reconciliation of all assigned balance sheet
accounts.
- Work with the supervisor in developing consistent and efficient
procedures.
- Perform the upload of data into the AR system and reconcile the
information on a daily/weekly basis.
- Run system-generated invoices and create necessary manual
invoices on demand as needed. Disburseinvoices via both mail and
email.
- Work as the lead in collection of payments and collaborate with
Group Sales in times of delinquencies.
- Receive payment by both check and electronic payment
(ACH/credit card) and apply the payments to theappropriate
customer.
- Remote deposit all checks received. Create & properly code a
journal entry to post to the general ledger.
- Return tickets in the system to appropriately apply credit to
the correct customer.
- Collect and track all Group Sales deposits for events into a
holding account and apply payment after theevent has occurred.
- Balance the AR aging report to the AR Trade GL account
weekly.
- Enter any approved write-offs or adjustments to each customer
account.
- Create reports used to track events and due dates of
invoices.
- Responsibilities may occasionally require an adjusted work
schedule to meet certain deadlines. This mayinclude mandatory
overtime and/or evening/weekend hours except where prohibited by
law.
- Adhere to and enforce all Cedar Fair policies and procedures,
including safety, attendance and EEO policies,and will demonstrate
commitment to Cedar Fair core values and Cedar Fair
cornerstones.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance from an accredited
four-year college or university and/or a minimum of four years
combined accounting and/or industry related experience.
- Understanding of dependent upstream and downstream activities
that impact and are impacted by Revenue Accounting and Accounts
Receivable.
- Experience with Hyperion, JD Edwards are strongly
preferred.
- Proficient in Excel, Word, Power Point, Outlook (MicroSoft
Suite) and pdf (Adobe Acrobat).
- Excellent written, interpersonal, and verbal communication
skills and able to work effectively, independently and
collaboratively in a team setting.
- Excellent problem-solving skills, analytical skills, and time
management skills.
- Confidence to ask questions and get clarification, display a
positive attitude, and have a strong work ethic.
- Highly organized and detail-oriented with the capability to
multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
- Dependable, honest and exhibits integrity.Must be able to pass
a mandatory (or random) drug test and background check, which may
include, but is not limited to credit, criminal, DMV, previous
employment, education, and personal references, per Company
policy.
Keywords: Kings Island, Middletown , Accountant I - Revenue AR, Other , Mason, Ohio
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