Clerk Accounting - 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 Accounting clerk must be a team player and be able to perform weekly billing to our customers as well as settlements to our drivers/owner operators. Must be a self-started professional, constantly looking for opportunities for process improvement. This individual must have the ability to interact with other CEMEX divisions, third-party customers, company drivers, owner operators and vendors.

Job Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with all Company safety polices at the facility. Practice and promote safe behavior and wellbeing to all employees and visitors to the facility
• Adhere to CEMEX policies and procedures 
• Be mindful, always, of employee/owner operators’ information privacy
• Must always keep in mind the main goal of the team is to ensure the correct and timely payment of our employees, owner operators and vendors as well as the correct and timely invoicing to our customers.
• Maintain at least 99% accuracy on invoicing to our customers. Immediately address issues and work diligently with Credit, Dispatching and Management and other departments to resolve these issues prior to reaching our customers, raise concerns timely as needed
• Maintain at least 99% accuracy on payments to employees and owner operators. Immediately address issues and work diligently with HRIS, Dispatching and Management and other departments to resolve and avoid any adverse effect on the payments to our employees/contractors, raise concerns as needed
• Work diligently to ensure all PODs are imaged timely and according to CEMEX standards
• Interact with other departments in order to maintain the correctness and accuracy of the orders in the system
• Perform reconciliations with other CEMEX divisions for services provided, providing backup or additional information as requested
• Perform cash application of customer payments and detect discrepancies (rates, weight, fuel charges, etc.) 
• Work closely with our credit department to clear disputes from our customers
• Resolve any inquiries and issues from customers, drivers, owner operators and vendors
• Request to add or update vendor information in our system(s), keep key information related to vendors/owner operators on file as required
• Support on the printing/mailing of invoices and statements to our customers
• Support on the printing/mailing of settlement/deductions reports and 1099s to our owner operators.
• Prepare and provide backup information to auditors as needed
• Support the rest of the team with ad-hoc projects 
   

Qualifications

• Associates or Bachelor’s in Business or Accounting
• 2+ years of experience 
   

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Reliable and able to meet deadlines in a dynamic environment
• Strong analytics and research skills
• AR & AP experience
• Ability to participate on different projects simultaneously
• Microsoft Office intermediate level
• SAP experience preferred
• Load Master experience preferred
• Willingness to establish and maintain effective working relationships
   

Working Conditions

• Normal office environment

Physical Requirements

• Frequent sitting, standing, and walking

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 institució n EEO/AA (igualdad de oportunidad/acció n afirmativa) y no discrimina en base al sexo, edad, raza, color, religión, discapacidad física o mental, credo, origen nacional, estatus veterano, orientació n sexual, infomació n genética, identidad de género, o expresió n de género en los programas o actividades los cuales opera.