Consultant, General Accounting & Lockbox Support

Mercedes-Benz
Atlanta, GA
Category Accounting
Job Description
Role Overview

This role supports both general accounting activities and lockbox operations, ensuring accurate financial reporting, cash application, and reconciliation of incoming payments. The position requires strong accounting fundamentals combined with hands-on involvement in bank reconciliations, lockbox balancing, payment issue resolution, and internal controls compliance.

What You Will Do

Perform account analysis, and month-end close activities, balance daily lockbox transmissions to bank deposits and resolve discrepancies, perform bank reconciliations and account analysis across portfolios, investigate and resolve payment discrepancies, returns, and misapplied funds.

Why It Might Be a Fit

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, ability to manage high-volume transactional environments with deadlines, attention to detail and accuracy, ability to work cross-functionally and independently, strong communication and organization skills.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field
  • 3– years of relevant experience in General Accounting / GL, Bank reconciliations / cash accounting, Lockbox or payment processing
  • Strong knowledge of GL accounting and reconciliations, Bank and cash processes, Internal controls
  • Experience with SAP / ALFA / similar systems, Advanced Excel skills

Benefits

  • Equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all qualified applicants and employees
  • Inclusive environment that appreciates and leverages the diversity of the team
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