Accounting Clerk

FRONTIER COOPERATIVE is an agriculture leader in Nebraska providing grain, agronomy, feed and energy products and services to our customers. At Frontier, we have a long-standing tradition of successful partnerships with our customers by managing our business with the highest integrity and quality while being responsible stewards in our communities.

Frontier Cooperative is seeking an Accounting Clerk at our Elmwood, NE location. This position is being offered as full-time with benefits.

Essential duties:  

• Monitoring accounts payables to ensure payments are accurate and timely; reconciles processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances.
• Pays vendors while monitoring discount opportunities; verifying federal id numbers; checking invoices against purchase orders, researches discrepancies, resolves purchase order issues and ensuring credits are received.
• Investigates problems that vendors have with obtaining payment for bills.
• Researches and processes returns, refunds, freight charges, cost of lost or damaged goods, and similar items; audits freight bills against freight manifests.
• Pays employees by receiving and verifying employee expense reports.
• Maintains historical records by using imaging filing system.
• Promptly answers office phone calls for all divisions, pages on intercom system for requested individual or division; takes hand messages; forwards calls to voice mail or transfers calls to other appropriate individuals.
• Safety is the #1 priority of every Frontier employee and this position will follow the safety guidelines and programs established by our Safety Department at all times.  

Job skills and requirements:

• This position must have knowledge, skills and abilities in organization, time management, accounting, data entry, general math, financial software, analyzing information, attention to detail, and verbal communication.
• Read, write, and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos; effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to vendors, customers and other employees.
• Perform basic math computations correctly. Such as; add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers.  Able to determine discounts, interest, and percentages, ability to perform these operations using units of American money, and able to develop spreadsheets.
• Ability to operate safely and efficiently office equipment, such as; desktop computers, printers, photocopiers and scanners, phone and voice mail systems, postage machine; accounting, and energy software systems; Microsoft office, imaging and adobe products.
• Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or electronic form.
• Resolve problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Able to identify and find ways to help people and provide customer service.
• Bachelor’s Degree in related field preferred, or equivalent combination of education and training.

Benefits available to all full-time employees:

Cooperative retirement plan (PAYCHECK FOR LIFE) 

401(K) retirement (traditional and Roth) 

Medical, dental and vision insurance, plus other supplemental insurances available

FSA/HSA spending accounts

Vacation and sick leave 

Yearly uniform and boot allowances

360 wellness program with incentives

Sign-on bonus and employee referral bonuses

And more!

EXPERIENCE THE DIFFERENCE AT FR0NTIER COOPERATIVE!