Accountant - CEMEX

Company Overview

Founded in 1906, over the last 110+ years' CEMEX has grown into a global building materials company that provides high quality products and reliable service to customers and communities throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.  Here at CEMEX we offer our employees competitive wages, career growth, excellent benefits including health, dental & vision plans, vacation or paid time off,  employee assistance program and retirement plan options, along with over a century of stability to build your next career on! To learn more about our company culture and why you should join us, visit us at www.cemexusa.com/careers. For direct access to CEMEX Career Opportunities, visit us at https://jobs.cemex.com/.

Job Summary

The Staff Accountant is responsible for working with the GES Transport Team ad Operations to ensure timely and accurate processing of billing, invoices, payments, and monitoring accounts to ensure payments are up to date. 
The Staff Accountant will report directly to the Transactional Services Team Lead.

Job Responsibilities

• Record day-to-day financial transactions and maintain accurate accounting records.
• Process invoices/payable for all Transport Line of Businesses, including processing of order billing, collection of invoices, AP processing, and allocating charges amongst the division.
• Work with vendors and purchasing personnel to ensure invoices are processed in a timely manner and expenses are recorded in the period they are incurred. Perform vendor reconciliation as deemed necessary and resolve invoice discrepancies and issues.
• Calculate journal entries and accrual monthly.
• Reconcile assigned general ledger accounts. 
• Support terminal personnel with purchasing contacts, applications for new vendors, compliance with certificate insurance and payment terms reviews.
• Work with operations personnel to comply with annual document retention policies of the company.
• Assist with the timely completion of the daily and monthly deliverables surrounding the reconciliation of deliveries, sales, and invoicing.
• Assist Managers with analysis, ad-hoc reporting and other support as requested.
   

Qualifications

• Education Associate Degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 1+ years of AR, AP and/or accounting experience. Industry experience helpful. 
   

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Computer literate, in Load Master, SAP and PC based applications. Strong Excel skills. 
• Ability to understand the principles and procedures of bookkeeping and record-keeping.
   

Working Conditions

• Able to work with standard office/computer Equipment
• Capable of working in an open office environment
• Capable of working in very close quarters

Physical Requirements

• Requires walking, sitting, lifting, pushing, pulling, and climbing to a significant degree
• Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently  
• Job involves sitting most of the time, but also involves walking or standing for brief periods of time
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear, in order to communicate to employees/visitors 

Legal Notices

CEMEX is an EEO/AA (equal opportunity/affirmative action) institution and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital or familial status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by under federal, state or local law in the programs or activities which it operates.

CEMEX will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all local, state and federal laws.

CEMEX is an E-Verify participating employer.

Arizona Smoke-Free Act.  CEMEX complies with the State of Arizona’s Smoke-Free Act (Arizona Revised Statutes § 36-601.01). Smoking and/or the use of tobacco or related products is prohibited in and on CEMEX property as well as any building and/or vehicle owned or leased by CEMEX.

CEMEX offers both competitive pay and benefits. Benefits applicable to this position may include, but are not limited to, medical, dental, vision, 401(k), Paid Time Off, and Holiday Pay, as well as a comprehensive wellness program to help keep employees and their families healthy and well. You can learn more about CEMEX Benefits by visiting the CEMEX USA Benefits and Well-Being page. (https://www.cemexusa.com/careers/life-at-cemex/benefits-well-being).

EEO Statement - En Español

CEMEX es una institución EEO/AA (igualdad de oportunidad/acción afirmativa) y no discrimina en base al sexo, edad, raza, color, religión, discapacidad física o mental, credo, origen nacional, estatus veterano, orientación sexual, infomación genética, identidad de género, o expresión de género en los programas o actividades los cuales opera.