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Location: Akron, OH
Company: Advanced Elastomer Systems
Experience: Entry-level
Highest Level of Education: MBA



Job Responsibilities
Payroll - 4 days a month Accounts Payable - 7 days a month Reconciliations - 2 days a month Asset Management - 2 days a month General Closing & Ballance Sheet - 2 days a month (however we are going through a buyout by Exxon and rule changes are slowing the processes down)
Job Requirements
Well, I received my MBA with a concentration in e-Business, right about the time the bubble burst. The tumblers did not fall into place at the right time for me to get placed within AES durring the take over of Exxon in an e-Business roll.
Uppers
The chance to learn a whole different side of the company. I started in Internal Sales, and spent 5 years there, while going to school. Now I'm on the financial side of the business, durring a transition - giving me a whole different view of the company.
Downers
I hate accounting. I do not know why anyone would want to do that for the rest of there lives. Although I'm not too bad at it, it's not my thing.
Lifestyle
I work 8-5... I could really use more hours in the day, and staying over is frouned upon (apparently only by my imidiate supervisor). I am non-exempt - so I do get overtime. The downside is that I am non-exempt - which is not considered a professional level at Exxon.
Compensation
Straight salary, 401K match up to 6%. I get 3 weeks vacation, because I've been there more than 5 years.
Advice to Jobseekers
There are a lot of changes going on. This is not the company that I got hired into 5 years ago. Exxon has very strict rules, and lots of them.

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