Accounts Receivable Specialist (Temporary) - Suterra

Join our dynamic Finance and Accounting team at Suterra, where you'll be at the forefront of transforming the agricultural industry with cutting-edge pheromone-based innovations. In this role, you'll collaborate closely with our Customer Experience team to invoice customers and work with customers to collect payments and direct account inquires.

This is a temporary position with an anticipated duration of mid-December through mid-May (or beyond). This position is based at our Bend, Oregon headquarters.

At Suterra, we are innovators by nature and for nature. From our founding in 1984, we have been driven by one goal: to protect the future of the food supply in partnership with sustainable growers. Driven by Science, we have patented technology designed for all growing conditions, that are applied on more than 1 million acres worldwide in all major specialty crops on 5 continents.

The Accounts Receivable Specialist will work off the already maintained Standard Operating Procedures of the current Staff Accountant role to ensure timely and practical support of the Finance and Accounting team for Accounts Receivable. This will include invoicing customer sales orders during the peak timing of the cyclical sales year, performing some balance sheet reconciliations for month end closing activities, and directing and answering customer inquiries regarding invoicing and collections. 

This is an exciting opportunity for a new accountant, bookkeeper, or recent graduate that wants to be a part of a team, learn the ropes, or apply your long-standing bookkeeping skills to play a rolein an organization thatis fundamentally changing the nature of the global food supply. We're looking for those who can spend some time training with our current Staff Accountant and hit the ground running when it’s time to go solo (with the support of the F&A team). A collaborative spirit and a desire to work amongst our many teams will help the candidate thrive at Suterra.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Customer invoicing according to our Standard Operating Procedures.
• Customer collections – work toward expedient resolution of customer collections, maintaining notes and files on all collections activities. Escalating when necessary.
• Customer inquiries – assist with standard inquiries from distributors and growers regarding sales order invoices and collections. Redirect to appropriate parties as necessary.
• Monthly reconciliations – Assist the Finance and Accounting team on month end closing activities to primarily include balance sheet reconciliations.
• Filing/scanning project to convert paper files to centrally maintained electronic files.
• Other duties as time permits.

• At least a two-year degree in accounting, finance, economics, or related field. Degree requirement may be substituted for certifications, current school, or work experience.
• Previous Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) experience strongly desired.
• Familiarity with accounting terminology and/or previous hands-on experience with month end closing activities strongly desired.
• Willingness to learn, and to work within a dedicated team of Finance and Accounting professionals, while working collaboratively with other internal teams. 

Suterra is wholly owned by The Wonderful Company

The Wonderful Company, headquartered in Los Angeles, is a privately held $6 billion global agribusiness company with consumer brands including Wonderful® Pistachios, Wonderful® Halos®, POM Wonderful®, FIJI® Water, JUSTIN® and Landmark® wines, as well as the Teleflora® flower delivery service.

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The Wonderful Company is an Equality Opportunity Employer that provides opportunities for advancement. We are committed to creating a diverse workforce that embodies a deep culture of acceptance, equity, and inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, region, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories.

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