Accounting Associate

Accounting Clerk Job Description

We are a growing company in an interesting and challenging segment of the insurance industry and we are always looking for talented individuals to join our team.

This is a summary and is intended to help a candidate understand the general concepts and responsibilities required for this position. Tasks and responsibilities may be added, deleted or changed as our business changes.

Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities:

Accept the responsibilities and deliver outstanding customer service in the execution of:

• Entering customer daily receipts, including scanning checks to bank or taking deposit to bank if needed
• Managing customer online payments, including daily upload to bank
• Reconciling and entering credit card and ACH payments from customers and finance companies
• Monitoring unapplied cash receipts
• Processing physical and ACH payments to customers and finance companies for commissions and credits
• Answering customer phone and email inquiries, coordinating adjustments as needed
• Managing vendor payables
• Reconciling company credit card expense payments
• Send out first notices for collections and handle responses
• Backing up team members and other related duties as assigned

Job Skills, Competencies & Qualifications:

• Excellent customer service skills – oral and written communication.
• Mathematical skills; the ability to calculate figures and amounts such as interest, commissions, pro-rata, and percentages.
• Ability to apply concepts of insurance in relation to accounting functions.
• Efficient in Microsoft Office.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Align with our customer service expectations.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of customer information.
• Manage various tasks at one time and maintain company service standards.
• Use critical and analytical thinking to provide solutions for customers
• Demonstrate decisiveness
• Maintain a high level of accuracy.
• Ability to work independently in a fast paced environment.
• Collaborate with team members and build positive working relationships, both internally and externally.
• Some accounting experience preferred.
• Willingness to take external accounting courses to further accounting knowledge.

Benefits:

• Paid vacation & personal/sick time
• Paid holidays
• Medical, Dental and Vision benefits after 90 days of employment
• Short-term disability, Long-term disability and life insurance after 90 days of employment
• Profit Sharing available after 1 year of employment
• On-site daycare available after 1 year of employment, if space is available
• 401K Contributions after 1 year of employment

About Tuscano:

For 50 years the Tuscano Agency has provided insurance solutions exclusively to our customer, the retail agent and broker.

Tuscano is located in Greensburg PA, approximately 45 miles SE of Pittsburgh. We have been recognized as a Top Workplace in the Pittsburgh region each year since 2011. We are a growing company with 100 employees, most of who work from our Greensburg office with teleworking options available.

As an insurance wholesaler, we work with independent insurance producers in 20 states. Our work is fast-paced with a focus on professional knowledge of the products we sell and a commitment to excellence in customer service. We are passionate about giving back to our community and believe in taking an active role in the broader insurance community.

At the Tuscano Agency, we face challenges and every day we rise to face those challenges together. Every day we learn something new. Every day we will have fun together and care for each other.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Physical setting:

• Office

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Work Location: One location

Salary : $23,300 - $29,500