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Accounting Contractor to assist with a variety of accounting functions. This role will be 6+ weeks with the potential of turning long term for the right candidate.

Pay rate:

$80/HR The successful candidate will play a key role in cleaning up the general ledger, resolving AP/AR issues, completing reconciliations, and accelerating the month-end close process. Key Responsibilities Navigate and work efficiently within a legacy Epicor Vista 4 ERP environment , extracting information and managing accounting transactions within an older system architecture. Organize and manage paper-based accounting records, including invoices, vendor statements, bank statements, and supporting documentation. Quickly address and clear a backlog of bank, credit card, and merchant account reconciliations, ensuring transactions agree with the general ledger. Review and clean up accounts payable, including aged vendor discrepancies, unapplied receipts, outstanding invoices, and aging reports. Reconcile accounts receivable balances and research historical customer payments and outstanding balances. Reconstruct and update prepaid expense schedules, bringing deferred expenses current and posting required monthly amortization entries. Calculate and post accrual journal entries to properly recognize lagging monthly revenue and expenses. Help bring the accounting function current by working through backlogged month-end closes and establishing a consistent, timely closing process. Identify discrepancies, research missing information, and develop practical solutions to resolve historical accounting issues. Document accounting processes, system workarounds, and data workflows to support a smooth transition and knowledge transfer to the permanent accounting team.

Ideal Candidate Legacy ERP Experience:

Proven experience cleaning up accounting data and processes within older or outdated ERP environments. Experience with older versions of Epicor, AS400, or similar legacy systems is highly valuable.

Accounting Cleanup Experience:

Strong background in reconciliations, AP/AR cleanup, journal entries, accruals, prepaid expenses, and month-end close.

Manual & Paper-Based Workflow Experience:

Comfortable working with physical invoices, bank statements, vendor records, and manual tracking systems.

ERP Adaptability:

You do not need to be an Epicor Vista 4 expert, but you should be technically comfortable learning older systems, extracting information, and finding efficient ways to work within system limitations.

Strong Problem-Solving Skills:

Able to independently research discrepancies, trace transactions, identify missing information, and determine practical solutions.

Detail-Oriented:

Highly organized and accurate, with the ability to work through large volumes of historical financial data.

Self-Directed:

Comfortable taking ownership of cleanup projects and making steady progress with limited day-to-day direction.

Process-Minded:

Able to document processes and workarounds so the permanent accounting team can maintain the improvements after the project is complete. Midwest Staffing Group & KeyStaff Professionals prohibits discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, national origin, ancestry, marital status, familial status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, and any other characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and/or local laws. IND2

Pay:

From $80.00 per hour

Benefits:

Flexible schedule

Location:

Monticello, MN 55563 (Required)

Work Location:

In person