[Dan]

I work for a union funds office where we manage a multi-employer pension and welfare fund. My title is “collections coordinator” where I enforce the collections policies set by our Board of Trustees. I make sure that the companies pay contributions on time for their employee’s pension and health insurance. Then I send delinquency letters and work with our attorneys to collect money owed to us. My other duties consist of bookkeeping, where I post contribution payments and I also send information to our auditors (collective bargaining agreements and remittance reports) Primary I work with our attorneys to assess withdrawal liabilities and implement law suits. If a company fails to pay on a member due to bankruptcy, we try to collect what we can to cover the insurance eligibility.

I’ve been doing this job for 2 years, and now I’m in a grad accounting program and will be taking the CPA in a year. I will have 3 years experience at this current job. Does this count for accounting experience? I am in the accounting department at my job, but I am not sure if I need to be doing actual auditing or other duties for the experience to fall under “accounting”

Any ideas how firms would view this?

[Missy]

It is, accounting experience but obviously not all accounting experience is the same. Firms usually consider someone who has done auditing to be an experienced hire, you would likely be considered entry level especially without journal entry or financial statements experience.

Licensed Massachusetts Non Reporting CPA since 2012
Finance/Admin/HR Manager

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