Investopedia is seeking a seasoned contract news editor to assign and edit breaking business news stories during specific early morning hours EDT. You will exercise excellent news judgment as you comb through corporate and government news and competitor coverage, and monitor the market response to that news. The stories you tell will help active investors make unbiased and smart financial decisions about publicly traded companies and alternative investments, understand the regulatory landscape, and take action on market trends. You will work with freelance writers and editors to assign, edit, and publish that news.
About Your Contributions:
Availability Monday – Friday from 2 a.m. to 10 a.m. EDT (6 a.m. – 2 p.m. GMT)
Identifying and assigning market-moving business news to be written for a quick turnaround
Recruit and manage freelance writers and editors to work during the same hours
Proofing and publishing articles in the CMS with limited oversight
Programming the homepage
Handoff in-progress news to the U.S. East Coast editorial team
About You:
Three to five years of daily news editing experience, business and finance news preferred,
An undeniable passion for fast-paced breaking news
An understanding of financial markets, how they work, and what moves them
Extreme attention to detail and nimble organizational skills, including the ability to prioritize important tasks and/or stories
Technical familiarity and comfort working within various systems such as a CMS, project management programs, and social media monitoring systems
Self-motivated editor capable of working independently with excellent editing, fact-checking, and people management skills
Remote and/or international acceptable, including candidates based in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Europe, or Asia
Out & Equal Workplace Advocates is the world’s premier nonprofit organization dedicated to achieving lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender workplace equality. We partner with Fortune 1000 companies and government agencies to provide executive leadership development, comprehensive training and consultation, and professional networking opportunities that build inclusive and welcoming work environments.
Since 1996, we have worked with executives, human resources professionals, Employee Resource Groups and individuals to provide leadership and professional development, education, and research to create workplaces free of discrimination. Out & Equal hosts the annual Workplace Summit where employees and experts from around the world gather to share strategies and best practices to create diverse and inclusive workplaces that foster belonging for LGBTQ people around the world.
Title: Sr. Associate, Accounts Receivable
Position Summary
Out & Equal seeks a Sr. Associate, Accounts Receivable to support the Finance team and facilitate a service-based approach to the timely payment of invoices. The ideal candidate is tactful, technologically-adept, organized, and has a solid accounting background. The Sr. Associate, Accounts Receivable position is a wonderful opportunity for a junior accountant with a strong desire to learn nonprofit accounting in a mission-based organization. Interest in LGBTQ+ advocacy and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) a plus.
Reports to: Accounting Manager
Management Role: No
Job Competencies:
Client Focus: Provides service excellence to internal and/or external clients by responding quickly, appropriately, and accurately to communications. Facilitates answers; Uses appropriate language; De-escalates tense situations; Provides regular updates when an answer is not immediately available.
Reconciliation and Analysis: Reconciling and analyzing financial information to inform decision-making in the organization.
Processing and Recording Financial Transactions: Processes financial transactions to ensure the effective recording and tracking of revenues and expenditures.
Accounting and Reporting: Applying an understanding of accounting and reporting concepts and methodologies.
Leverages Technology Effectively:Aligns to expected norms and behaviors in the use of technology. Utilizes all appropriate elements of technological tools available in a way that is efficient and logical. Maintains a current understanding of technological capabilities and proposes adaptation as needed.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Accounts Receivable: 60%
Monitor and collect accounts receivable by contacting clients via telephone, email, and mail.
Develop service-based approach to payment resolution.
Negotiate and resolve payment discrepancies.
Record and reconcile payment information in Salesforce, Netsuite, and other financial software.
Maintain accounts receivable records to ensure aging is up to date, credits and collections are applied, uncollectible amounts are accounted for, and miscellaneous differences are cleared.
Update and verify primary and secondary contact information on a regular basis.
Report on, and escalate, payment issues internally for additional support as needed.
Accounting Support: 30%
Assist with audits, tax filings, and other accounting projects as needed.
Assist with Credit Card reconciliation reminders and follow up.
Assist with payroll processing.
Serve as a back-up for Accounting Manager, and support accounts payable as needed.
Operations: 10%
Serve as contract point for coworking space needs and manage relationship with Industrious.
Manage corporate account for airline miles, and make purchases on behalf of Out & Equal.
Other duties as assigned
Preferred Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other Characteristics (KSAOs):
Experience in nonprofit accounting
Effective collaborator across teams
Lifelong learner who is comfortable with independent learning
Interest in and commitment to using intersectional approaches to promote Out & Equal’s mission of workplace inclusion;
Detail-oriented and quality-focused
Experience with LGBTQ issues and communities
Experience handling sensitive and confidential information
Adaptive and willing to take on a variety of new assignments
Ability to successfully prioritize, manage, and execute multiple projects with accuracy
Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team;
Ability to produce results despite changing or ambiguous circumstances
Required Technology
Office 365, including strong command of Excel
Preferred Technology:
Salesforce
Netsuite
Asana
Slack
Zoom
Language(s): English
Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or business; degree may be substituted for an equivalent amount of experience.
Working with KinderCare Learning Companies means using your outstanding talents to help set the foundation for lifelong learners, where you can collaborate with colleagues, grow and learn, and positively impact the families we serve.
With over 50 years of experience, 30,000+ employees, and more than 2,000 early learning center programs, we are the most accredited leaders in early childhood education. Together, we create environments where kids grow and thrive. As one of only four companies to receive the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award six times, we’re confident that you can grow and thrive here, too. We can’t wait to meet you.
KinderCare has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Billing Accounts Receivable Specialist. In this role, you will be the key administrator that supports KinderCare’s collections vendor(s) and work with our centers to resolve account disputes.
Responsibilities:
Receive, create, modify and retain reports on balances to be collected.
Create and maintain the files used to place accounts with collections vendor(s).
Use the Center Management System (CMS) to provide account documentation to collections vendor.
Appropriately handle high volume email from the Collections email inbox.
Work with center staff to obtain parent account documentation.
Review and follow-up on assigned dispute accounts.
Help the collections vendor(s) reconcile parent accounts.
Receive collections payments and prepare transmittal for Bank Reconciliation to account for deposit.
Post collection payments to parent accounts and collections vendor file.
Review collections vendor(s) invoices for accuracy and process for payment. Reconcile collection payments against vendor records.
Prepare check transmittals
Connect with collections vendor regarding recoveries, reversals, bankruptcies, etc. as needed.
Prepare collections accounts for placement with third party collections vendor.
Qualifications:
A high school diploma is required.
Associates degree or equivalent work experience in accounting or banking is preferred.
2 – 4 years of prior customer service and collections experience is required.
Ability to work in a fast paced, professional office environment with extended periods of sitting, working on a computer and telephone usage.
Partner with other team members.
Maintain a confirmed understanding of collections standard processes and consumer collections laws.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Excellent customer service skills.
High attention to detail, including ability to clearly document work performed and status.
Microsoft Office required, Access and SQL preferred. Extensive knowledge of Excel, including Macros.
Ability to multi-task, problem-solve and work independently.
Our benefits meet you where you are. We’re here to help our employees navigate the integration of work and life:
Know your whole family is supported with discounted child care benefits.
Breathe easy with medical, dental, and vision benefits for your family (and pets, too!).
Feel supported in your mental health and personal growth with employee assistance programs.
Feel great and thrive with access to health and wellness programs, generous paid time off and discounts for work necessities, such as cell phones.
… and much more.
At KinderCare Learning Companies you’ll use your skills and expertise to help craft and contribute to our shared mission of supporting communities and encouraging lifelong learners. From our teachers to our cooks to our financial analysts, we are all passionate about crafting a world of learning, happiness and adventure for more than 150,000 children every day.
As the first national early childcare education provider to achieve the WELL Health-Safety Rating from the International WELL Building Institute, we continue to follow the latest science-backed and evidence-based strategies for maintaining a safe and worry-free workplace.
US LBM is one of the leading and fastest-growing distributors of specialty building materials in the United States, with a team of over 15,000 employees nationwide. Since our founding in 2009, we have acquired over 60 companies and have expanded to more than 400 locations serving 37 states. US LBM is a progressive organization that promotes a unique culture that focuses on the value of its customers and associates. Developing our people is critical to our strategy and fostering our culture of empowerment.
This position is a fully remote role.
Things you should know about working at US LBM:
We are all about teamwork! All positions are hands-on, and we band together when necessary.
We support each other. We have local and corporate team members to help you along the way and partner on projects as appropriate.
We are in a relaxed atmosphere; this is not a suit-and-tie environment.
We work hard. We are a continuous improvement-driven organization, and we are focused on keeping organized and on task.
How you will spend your days as an Accounts Payable Associate:
Process accounts payables invoices and prepares vendor payables
Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual journal entries as needed
Perform account analysis and reconciliations, as well as assist in audit preparation
Maintain accounting policies and procedures and maintain accounting records
Provide quality clerical and administrative support to Management
Maintain organized, accurate, and up-to-date files and data
Performs other duties and participates in special projects and accounting research as needed and assigned
Complies with Company’s attendance policy by maintaining regular and predictable attendance
Special projects and other clerical duties as assigned
We offer…
Health care benefits, starting the first of the month after 30 days of employment
Monday – Friday schedule
401(k) with company match
Closed holidays
Paid time off
Employee discount
Relocation
We’ll support your educational and career goals with our continuing education programs
We want you to join the team if you can check these boxes:
An Associates Degree in Accounting is preferred
Previous experience in an accounting role is highly preferred
Knowledge of Microsoft Office, with strong Excel skills
Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
Must be comfortable working in an evolving, entrepreneurial environment
Groupon is an experiences marketplace that brings people more ways to get the most out of their city or wherever they may be. By enabling real-time mobile commerce across local businesses, live events and travel destinations, Groupon helps people find and discover experiences––big and small, new and familiar––that make for a full, fun and rewarding life. Groupon helps local businesses grow and strengthen customer relationships––resulting in strong, vibrant communities. Even with thousands of employees spread across multiple continents, we still maintain a culture that inspires innovation, rewards risk-taking and celebrates success.
The Merchandising Content Editor will focus on concepting, writing, and editing short- and long form creative content for the merchandising content program, which includes but is not limited to the Groupon Guide, social media, and content marketing materials. Those in this role will be expected to innovate and provide creative ideas for ongoing and seasonal tentpole content and campaigns that align to cross-functional business goals. The Merchandising Content Editor will report to the Global Merchandising Strategy Director.
We’re a “best of both worlds” kind of company. We’re big enough to have resources and scale, but small enough that a single person has a surprising amount of autonomy and can make a meaningful impact. We’re curious, fun, a little intense, and kind of obsessed with helping local businesses thrive. Does that sound like a great way to grow your career? Let’s get into the details:
You’ll spend time on the following:
Concept, pitch, and develop seasonal and ongoing content campaign themes and content to align to cross-functional business goals
Write and edit informative, engaging, compelling, accurate, and entertaining copy to increase business value of Groupon merchandising content program
Collaborate with cross-functional business partners, and use consumer and competitive research and analysis to develop and elevate merchandising content
Propose new, forward-thinking ideas that improve merchandising content’s value, style, approach, or efficiency
Ensure Groupon’s brand voice, writing, and transparency standards are met in all written copy while meeting deadlines
Work with brand marketing and social media teams to build and execute our marketing content strategy through competitive research, platform determination, messaging, and audience identification
Ensure longform content is SEO optimized in line with current best practices
Ensure correct punctuation, spelling, and grammar, defaulting to Chicago Manual of Style or American Heritage Dictionary unless stated in the Groupon Style Guides
Work in multiple content management systems to write, edit, and publish content to Groupon’s website and social media platforms
Other duties as assigned
We’re excited about you if you have:
At least 3 years of professional writing, editing, and basic project management experience, with some emphasis on content marketing, blog, and social media content
Professional writing and editing experience for the Groupon Guide and social media as a Groupon Editor preferred
Proactive and highly organized multitasker with to meet deadlines while proposing, writing, and editing a high volume of content
Ability to learn quickly, take direction, and be proactive in proposing new ideas or solutions
Must be comfortable giving, receiving, and independently acting on feedback
Fluency across all major social media platforms preferred
Basic knowledge of SEO best practices preferred
Ability to work in a fast-paced, open-office environment
Four-year college degree, preferably in journalism, English, or communications
Knowledge of Mac computers
Familiarity working within content management systems
Excellent typing skills, and computer and Web savviness
Applying
3 writing samples will be required after the Recruiter Interview stage.
Groupon’s purpose is to build strong communities through thriving small businesses.
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