Why you?

You are someone who brings your life experience to create products that truly make a difference in the lives of moms, dads and allies. You use data to inform roadmaps, but you also know when you have enough information for action. You love the challenge of prioritizing user needs amongst multiple business objectives. You enjoy growing from diverse perspectives and coworkers while collaborating with others in a cross-functional team, and across departments.

You are looking for something more from your job. Maybe a bigger problem to solve with both immediate and long term impact, or perhaps you just need a mission you can believe in every day. You are scrappy and collaborative while looking to join an inclusive and supportive culture with a bias for action. You dig a balanced startup life and can wrestle challenges with grace. You love big, interesting problems and bringing solutions to the masses while making sure it feels personal, authentic, and connected. If this sounds like you, we'd like to talk.

Why us?

The Mom Project is a pioneering, remote-first venture-backed startup with roots in Chicago. We are backed by some of the best investors in the world and are lucky to be surrounded by an incredible team of advisors, including Serena Williams.

The Mom Project is a platform and community leading a cultural movement that matches companies with diverse talent. To date, our platform has unlocked over $300M in earning potential by connecting our 650,000+ moms, dads and allies with opportunities at world class brands like Apple, Accenture, Etsy and Nike… and we are just getting started!

Our team is growing as we push to rewrite the narrative for working women at every stage of life. We believe women should be able to choose both a successful family life AND career aspirations without sacrificing one over the other. Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity, and experience drives us and our mission forward every day. We strive towards inclusion and that means everyone is comfortable bringing their authentic and best self to work every day.

About the Role:

We are looking for a candidate, who is detail-oriented, exhibits strong written and verbal communications skills, is a hard-working team player and proficient using Excel functions, with client billing experience in a high-volume environment to immediately fill a role on our Finance team to support our rapid growth.

All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be legally authorized to work in the United States and are required to have US residency at the time of application

Responsibilities:

-Review accounts receivable aging reports and contact customers (via phone and email) for payment

-Accelerate company cash flows by identifying process and system improvements to streamline collections and reduce days sales outstanding

-Monitor aging reports, follow up on delinquent accounts and send monthly account statements

-Proactively reach out to new customers upon sending first invoice to ensure proper set-up

-Work closely with the Sales team on delinquent customer accounts

-Assist in applying cash receipts for customer payments

The skills and qualities you’ll need to succeed:

-1-3 years work experience in accounting department

-+1 year of experience in Collections

-Superior attention to detail

-Strong organizational skills

-Strong written and verbal communications skills

-Excellent computer skills, self-starter in picking up new and complex systems

-Strong knowledge of Google Apps (Sheets, Docs, Gmail, etc)

-Experience using QuickBooks Online a plus

We're just getting started. Join us in building the future of work.