Accounts Receivable and Procurement Specialist - Omaha Airport Authority

Are you looking for a job or a career!  We have excellent opportunities for you to shine!  Manage the accounts receivable process including invoicing clients and initiating collections.  Protect the budget by being an integral part of the purchasing process including deciphering and understanding vendor contracts.  Support the accounting department by reconciling monthly general ledger accounts and leveraging technology when problem solving. 

Accounts Receivable/General Accounting

• Update monthly tenant gross receipts reports, airline landing and apron fee reports and airline traffic statistics reports.   Accurately invoice clients for monthly activity and reconcile to the general ledger.
• Maintain and analyze accounts receivable including assessing finance charges and collections.
• Complete various month end reconciliations and journal entries.
• Prepare year-end accrual journal entries, create year-end audit work papers and assist with the annual audit. 
• Assist with monthly financial statement preparation.

Procurement (with Properties & Procurement Manager’s oversight)

• Coordinate the procurement process; understand market conditions that may impact purchasing decisions and negotiates best pricing for products and services to meet the organization’s needs, reviews departmental requisitions to validate general ledger coding and approvals, assigns purchase order numbers; and ensures product delivery schedules are met.
• Prepare new vendor packets including Form 13 and W-9 distribution.  Verifies 1099 status. 
• Set-up new vendor accounts in software and maintains vendor master file. 

Other

• Maintain a secure workstation, confidentiality and create backups as needed.    
• Perform other duties as assigned and necessary including backup duties related to receptionist area functions.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:

• Working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Working knowledge of procurement or willingness to learn best practices.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Detail oriented and maintains highest level of confidentiality.
• Convey a pleasant, cheerful, positive and professional image to applicants, employees, Board Members and visitors.
• Team player who collaborates effectively with the team.
• Demonstrate initiative and solve problems.
• Work independently, set priorities, manage your time and meet deadlines.
• Adapts to a wide variety of work activities and changing environments.
• Experience with or ability to learn JD Edwards Enterprise One software.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business.
• Equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• A proponent for technological solutions. 
• An advanced user of Excel, or has the desire to become one.