Accounting Specialist

Join Us and Reach New Heights!

We are looking for an ACCOUNTING SPECIALIST in AUSTIN to support core responsibilities related to general ledger, accounts receivable, and/or accounts payable. This role will work closely with both internal teams and external partners to help achieve organizational goals, including month-end closing activities, managing receivables collections, and/or processing payables assuring smooth operations and high-quality results.

Key Responsibilities:

• Interact with business partners, management, and other stakeholders while ensuring timely and accurate transactions.
• Perform month-end close duties including completing journal entries with appropriate documentation, performing in depth analysis of account balances, preparing account reconciliations, ensuring intercompany accounting reconciles, etc.
• Process vendor invoices and employee expense reports while ensuring costs are recorded to the appropriate accounting period and proper general ledger account.
• Reconcile service charges to booked (estimated) costs to ensure completeness and accuracy of billing.
• Review electronically submitted travel and entertainment expense reports to ensure proper documentation and compliance with corporate policy.
• Facilitate payment of vendor invoices and employee expense reports via various means (check, credit card, escrow, wires, ACH, etc.) and record payments within the ERP system in a timely and accurate manner.

Qualifications:

• 4-year college degree in Accounting; Advanced degree and/or active CPA license preferred.
• 1+ years of experience in Operational or Financial Accounting (AR, AP, etc.)
• Introductory knowledge in operational accounting.
• Working knowledge of applicable local and regional taxes.
• Computer literate: experience with complex ERP systems preferred.

Why Join Us:

At Velocity Electronics, our core values—Be Amazing Today, Demonstrate Mutual Respect and Trust, Act Courageously, and Own Your Outcomes—drive our success. Are you someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is driven to exceed goals? At Velocity, you’ll be empowered to take ownership of your success, build meaningful relationships, and drive growth through innovative solutions.  

Join a top independent electronic components distributor serving the world’s leading contract manufacturers and OEMs!