Job Description:

Are you passionate about travel, experienced in tour operations, and ready to lead a high-performing team? Join WorldStrides, the global leader in educational travel, and help us craft transformative experiences for universities and students worldwide. We're looking for a Team Lead, Program Management to support and inspire a team of Program Coordinators, while partnering cross-functionally to bring top-tier custom programs to life.This role blends your deep understanding of tour operations with the opportunity to mentor and grow a collaborative team, directly impacting our sales success and the student experience.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date documentation.
• Maintain knowledge of company policies and procedures so as to serve as an effective resource for staff.
• Support company policies and management decisions with a sense of urgency and professionalism.
• Foster communication within the department, with other departments, and with management.
• Seek out and participate in internal and external programs that facilitate personal and professional growth.
• Identify and discuss personal and professional growth goals with Manager, Senior Manager, or Director.
• Write and deliver performance appraisals on an annual basis.
• Attend and contribute to team meetings (Program Management/Product Delivery/Sales/etc.).
• Develop and maintain a culture of teamwork, positive communication, and fulfilling the WorldStrides mission.
• Support and manage a small team of Program Coordinators, using resources to monitor and develop team productivity
• Interview, develop, and mentor new Program Coordinators in coordination with Manager
• Work towards a smooth transition of the Program Development team to Product Delivery
• Support Manager, Senior Manager, and Director in other projects as needed

Program Development

• Assist Program Development team to research program destinations, develop itineraries, and produce proposals with a high attention to detail, while meeting client expectations.
• Review, develop, and audit tour requests, ensuring logistical feasibility and accuracy.
• Communicate with clients via phone conversations (proposal walkthrough calls) and emails as requested by Sales and Account Management, while maintain excellent customer service and understanding of client needs.
• Collaborate with Sales, Account Management, and Operations to optimize Program Development functions and ensure the appropriate processes, systems, and controls are in place to price and produce high-evaluated, top-quality custom program with healthy margins and quick turnaround times.
• Work closely with Manager to ensure assignment of assessments to the appropriate teammates.
• Assist the Manager on training Program Coordinators on all functions of the proposal building process.

Reporting & Development

• Maintain service-level agreements (SLA) set by division leadership and use discretion where necessary to maximize sales.
• Work closely with department colleagues, systems developers, and other internal staff to improve customer experience and reduce manual work. Continually collaborate with management to develop and implement new internal processes, rules, and procedures based on needs of the business.
• Look for opportunities within WorldStrides to share program development/proposal expertise, with the possibility of expanding services to other product lines.

Team Management

• Oversee a small team of Program Coordinators, assist with technical questions, and train on best practices.
• Provide frequent and consistent performance feedback to ensure a high-performing team.
• Host 1:1s to instill a culture of teamwork. Build connectivity to greater Program Management team and global Product Delivery teams.

Qualifications:

• Advanced English.
• Highly organized.
• Travel industry experience.
• Detail oriented.
• Team player

Work Perks:

• Fun & driven environment.
• Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage, life, accidental death and dismemberment, accident, critical illness, and disability insurance.
• +10% of gross salary as food stamps.
• 1 paid volunteer day & 25 PTO* days to start – accrue up to 28 over 3 years, 4 mental health days, and 5 bereavement days.
• Statutory Holidays by Mexican Federal Labor Law.
• Tuition reimbursement up to five thousand, two hundred fifty dollars annually or one thousand dollars towards professional certification annually.
•  Flexible work schedule providing on-site and hybrid opportunities.
• Encouraged participation in our Employee Resource Groups and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion council.
• Fitness opportunities.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Paid statutory parental leave.

Work Perks

• Fun & driven environment.
• Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage, life, accidental death and dismemberment, accident, critical illness, and disability insurance. 
• +10% of gross salary as food stamps. 
• 1 paid volunteer day & 25 PTO* days to start – accrue up to 28 over 3 years, 4 mental health days, and 5 bereavement days.
• Statutory Holidays by Mexican Federal Labor Law.
• Tuition reimbursement up to five thousand, two hundred fifty dollars annually or one thousand dollars towards professional certification annually.
• Flexible work schedule providing on-site and hybrid opportunities.
• Encouraged participation in our Employee Resource Groups and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion council.
• Fitness opportunities.

 Why Join Us?

At ISA & TEAN, you’ll be part of a collaborative, mission‑driven team that believes study abroad can be truly transformative. If you enjoy building relationships, problem‑solving, and helping students take confident steps toward global experiences, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today and help students discover where in the world they belong.

Job description:

Responsibilities:   

Daily Tasks

• Review and compile payment requests received via Higher Ed/invoices:
• Ensure each request includes the corresponding invoice.
• Verify that invoice amounts match the Payment Request Template.
• Confirm correct expense category assignment.
• Check that each request includes the appropriate Trip ID.
• Process manual bank payments (typically on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays; 2–3 times per week as needed).
• Send payment confirmation emails on payment days.
• Provide remittance details when requested.
• Send ISA priorities approval emails:
• Friday for Monday processing
• Tuesday for Wednesday processing
• Wednesday for Thursday processing

Weekly Tasks

• Process SG&A & COS check requests submitted via Higher Ed/invoices, including category assignment and submission via NetSuite.
• Send COS Totals reports from CP when requested.
• Create new vendor requests whenever a new vendor is needed, to ensure invoices can be uploaded to NetSuite by month-end.

 Monthly Tasks

• Monitor and control payments to ISA subsidiaries, ensuring invoices are not duplicated and match the intercompany balance
• Upload invoice payments made during the month (twice a month).
• Upload JE for ISA intercompany transfers.

Other tasks:

• Accurately reviews, processes and keys (or uploads) a large volume of invoices for multiple locations, to ensure timely and accurate This includes but is not limited to performing two-way match to purchase orders, processing non-po invoices and ensuring proper business unit and GL account coding, and/or appropriate approval has been obtained. 
• Process multi-currency Accounts Payable transactions for the Company’s International entities
• Process employee T&E reimbursement requests
• Complies with accounting and department policies, adapting to changes directed by AP Management, including system, policy and procedures. 
• Fields incoming questions and issues and ensures timely response and resolution. 
• Team player, work in a team environment helping as a backup to the other AP Associates when assistance is needed in the day-to-day department functions 
• Develops and maintains relations with internal and external parties by providing excellent customer service. 
• Performs vendor statement reconciliations.
• Supports month end processes.
• Create and maintain vendor profiles and may be involved in annual 1099/1042 process 
• Special projects and other duties may be assigned
• Reconcile processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances
• Charge expenses to accounts and cost centers by analyzing invoice/expense reports and recording entries
• Pay vendors by monitoring discount opportunities, verifying federal id numbers, scheduling and preparing checks, resolving purchase order, contract, invoice, or payment discrepancies and documentation; insuring credit is received for outstanding memos, issuing stop-payments or purchase order amendments 
• Pay employees by receiving and verifying expense reports for advances, preparing checks
• Verify credit card charges/ accounts by reconciling monthly statements. 
• Provide accurate and effective document preparation and records management relative to the AP function in accordance with records retention policies and procedures 
• Protect organization’s value by keeping information confidential
• Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities 

 Qualifications:  

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Three to five years of progressive A/P experience in an automated environment is preferred.
• Relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience is also acceptable. 
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite required (Excel and Word), Epicor or NetSuite AP system experience is a plus.
• Knowledge and understanding of finance, accountingand financial controls required. 

 Work Perks: 

• Fun & driven environment.
• Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage, life, accidental death and dismemberment, accident, critical illness, and disability insurance. 
• +10% of gross salary as food stamps. 
• 1 paid volunteer day & 25 PTO* days to start – accrue up to 28 over 3 years, 4 mental health days, and 5 bereavement days.
• Statutory Holidays by Mexican Federal Labor Law.
• Tuition reimbursement up to five thousand, two hundred fifty dollars annually or one thousand dollars towards professional certification annually.
• Flexible work schedule providing on-site and hybrid opportunities.
• Encouraged participation in our Employee Resource Groups and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion council.
• Fitness opportunities.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Paid statutory parental leave.

Job Description:

The Business Development Representative (BDR) / Lead Qualifier is responsible for generating new business opportunities through high-volume outbound calls and email outreach to schools and teachers across the U.S.

In this role, you will: Proactively prospect and engage educators to introduce WorldStrides programs, qualify leads by identifying teachers interested in organizing student travel experiences, consistently meet and exceed monthly targets for calls and qualified leads, and collaborate with the Sales team by passing high-quality opportunities for closing. 

This is a goal-driven, outbound sales role where success depends on your ability to handle rejection and stay motivated, build rapport quickly over the phone, maintain strong activity levels daily, and meet weekly and monthly goals in order to achieve additional compensation through a set commission structure. 

You’ll work with a wide range of educational travel programs (history, science, national parks, and more), giving you constant opportunities to connect with new prospects and refine your sales and communication skills.

Responsibilities:

• Make calls and leave messages for teachers nationwide and use talk tracks for live calls.
• Send follow-up emails.
• Work on special projects, including periodic competitive calls, calls to unassigned schools, specialty schools and other telemarketing efforts.

• Periodically research schools to help identify top prospects and maintain the database.
  Use templates to create and send flyers and update PowerPoint presentations.

 Qualifications:

• Desired work experience in sales, marketing, promotions or telemarketing.
• Proficiency in relevant computer applications including CRM.
• Desired knowledge of customer service/sales principles and practices.
• Six months or more experience in sales/lead creation/lead qualifying with Telephone sales experience preferred
• Good data entry/keyboard skills
• Familiar with office rules/office environment
• High school diploma or GED required
• Advanced (85%+) English level
• Desired knowledge of sales and marketing principles and strategies
• Proactive
• Organized

Work Perks:

• Fun & driven environment.
• Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage, life, accidental death and dismemberment, accident, critical illness, and disability insurance.
• +10% of gross salary as food stamps.
• 1 paid volunteer day & 25 PTO* days to start – accrue up to 28 over 3 years, 4 mental health days, and 5 bereavement days.
• Statutory Holidays by Mexican Federal Labor Law.
• Tuition reimbursement up to five thousand, two hundred fifty dollars annually or one thousand dollars towards professional certification annually.
• Flexible work schedule providing on-site and hybrid opportunities.
• Encouraged participation in our Employee Resource Groups and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion council.
• Fitness opportunities.
  Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Paid statutory parental leave.

Job Description:

The Business Development Representative (BDR) / Lead Qualifier is responsible for generating new business opportunities through high-volume outbound calls and email outreach to schools and teachers across the U.S.

In this role, you will: Proactively prospect and engage educators to introduce WorldStrides programs, qualify leads by identifying teachers interested in organizing student travel experiences, consistently meet and exceed monthly targets for calls and qualified leads, and collaborate with the Sales team by passing high-quality opportunities for closing. 

This is a goal-driven, outbound sales role where success depends on your ability to handle rejection and stay motivated, build rapport quickly over the phone, maintain strong activity levels daily, and meet weekly and monthly goals in order to achieve additional compensation through a set commission structure. 

You’ll work with a wide range of educational travel programs (history, science, national parks, and more), giving you constant opportunities to connect with new prospects and refine your sales and communication skills.

Responsibilities:

• Make calls and leave messages for teachers nationwide and use talk tracks for live calls.
• Send follow-up emails.
• Work on special projects, including periodic competitive calls, calls to unassigned schools, specialty schools and other telemarketing efforts.

• Periodically research schools to help identify top prospects and maintain the database.
  Use templates to create and send flyers and update PowerPoint presentations.

 Qualifications:

• Desired work experience in sales, marketing, promotions or telemarketing.
• Proficiency in relevant computer applications including CRM.
• Desired knowledge of customer service/sales principles and practices.
• Six months or more experience in sales/lead creation/lead qualifying with Telephone sales experience preferred
• Good data entry/keyboard skills
• Familiar with office rules/office environment
• High school diploma or GED required
• Advanced (85%+) English level
• Desired knowledge of sales and marketing principles and strategies
• Proactive
• Organized

Work Perks:

• Fun & driven environment.
• Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage, life, accidental death and dismemberment, accident, critical illness, and disability insurance.
• +10% of gross salary as food stamps.
• 1 paid volunteer day & 25 PTO* days to start – accrue up to 28 over 3 years, 4 mental health days, and 5 bereavement days.
• Statutory Holidays by Mexican Federal Labor Law.
• Tuition reimbursement up to five thousand, two hundred fifty dollars annually or one thousand dollars towards professional certification annually.
• Flexible work schedule providing on-site and hybrid opportunities.
• Encouraged participation in our Employee Resource Groups and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion council.
• Fitness opportunities.
  Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Paid statutory parental leave.

Job Description:

This is a support role on the Higher Ed team where we work closely with internal teammates to complete admin tasks. While we have standard tasks and standard processes, every trip is different, and each day is different. We can be building itineraries, creating registration sites, creating resources for our travelers in case of emergency, or any random task to support.

Responsibilities:

• The PSS will work closely with a team of Account Managers and Sales team members to support their responsibilities that include, but are not limited to:
• Provide excellent customer service to all program participants, clients, and internal teammates
• Assist with creating and maintaining online registration platforms
• Complete operational updates within GIS and other systems
• Organize and manage individual travel requests
• Assist in the collection of outstanding individual payments from program participants
• Develop template itineraries for various destinations including building out our online “app” itineraries
• Prepare all program related final documentation for distribution to travelers
• Create orientation and marketing materials for clients
• Disseminate travel related information to participants via email and phone
• Manage data from different registration portals and platforms
• Complete other general administrative tasks including, but not limited to phone calls and data entry projects
• Fulfill other projects as assigned by the management team

Qualifications:

• Fluent in English and Spanish
• Microsoft office proficiencies including Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint
• Strong teamwork skills; proactively seek out ways to add value
• Excellent written and oral communication skills - Advanced English
• Ability to multi-task and to prioritize to complete several projects
• Capacity to work independently in a fast-paced environment
• Strong attention to detail and organization details is a must
• Interest in global education with a basic knowledge of world markets, capital cities, languages spoken and currencies
• Bachelor’s Degree Desired

Work Perks:

• Fun & driven environment.
• Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage, life, accidental death and dismemberment, accident, critical illness, and disability insurance.
• +10% of gross salary as food stamps.
• 1 paid volunteer day & 25 PTO* days to start – accrue up to 28 over 3 years, 4 mental health days, and 5 bereavement days.
• Statutory Holidays by Mexican Federal Labor Law.
• Tuition reimbursement up to five thousand, two hundred fifty dollars annually or one thousand dollars towards professional certification annually.
• Flexible work schedule providing on-site and hybrid opportunities.
• Encouraged participation in our Employee Resource Groups and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion council.
• Fitness opportunities.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Paid statutory parental leave.

Job description:

Responsibilities:   

Daily Tasks

• Review and compile payment requests received via Higher Ed/invoices:
• Ensure each request includes the corresponding invoice.
• Verify that invoice amounts match the Payment Request Template.
• Confirm correct expense category assignment.
• Check that each request includes the appropriate Trip ID.
• Process manual bank payments (typically on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays; 2–3 times per week as needed).
• Send payment confirmation emails on payment days.
• Provide remittance details when requested.
• Send ISA priorities approval emails:
• Friday for Monday processing
• Tuesday for Wednesday processing
• Wednesday for Thursday processing

Weekly Tasks

• Process SG&A & COS check requests submitted via Higher Ed/invoices, including category assignment and submission via NetSuite.
• Send COS Totals reports from CP when requested.
• Create new vendor requests whenever a new vendor is needed, to ensure invoices can be uploaded to NetSuite by month-end.

 Monthly Tasks

• Monitor and control payments to ISA subsidiaries, ensuring invoices are not duplicated and match the intercompany balance
• Upload invoice payments made during the month (twice a month).
• Upload JE for ISA intercompany transfers.

Other tasks:

• Accurately reviews, processes and keys (or uploads) a large volume of invoices for multiple locations, to ensure timely and accurate This includes but is not limited to performing two-way match to purchase orders, processing non-po invoices and ensuring proper business unit and GL account coding, and/or appropriate approval has been obtained. 
• Process multi-currency Accounts Payable transactions for the Company’s International entities
• Process employee T&E reimbursement requests
• Complies with accounting and department policies, adapting to changes directed by AP Management, including system, policy and procedures. 
• Fields incoming questions and issues and ensures timely response and resolution. 
• Team player, work in a team environment helping as a backup to the other AP Associates when assistance is needed in the day-to-day department functions 
• Develops and maintains relations with internal and external parties by providing excellent customer service. 
• Performs vendor statement reconciliations.
• Supports month end processes.
• Create and maintain vendor profiles and may be involved in annual 1099/1042 process 
• Special projects and other duties may be assigned
• Reconcile processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances
• Charge expenses to accounts and cost centers by analyzing invoice/expense reports and recording entries
• Pay vendors by monitoring discount opportunities, verifying federal id numbers, scheduling and preparing checks, resolving purchase order, contract, invoice, or payment discrepancies and documentation; insuring credit is received for outstanding memos, issuing stop-payments or purchase order amendments 
• Pay employees by receiving and verifying expense reports for advances, preparing checks
• Verify credit card charges/ accounts by reconciling monthly statements. 
• Provide accurate and effective document preparation and records management relative to the AP function in accordance with records retention policies and procedures 
• Protect organization’s value by keeping information confidential
• Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities 

 Qualifications:  

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Three to five years of progressive A/P experience in an automated environment is preferred.
• Relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience is also acceptable. 
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite required (Excel and Word), Epicor or NetSuite AP system experience is a plus.
• Knowledge and understanding of finance, accountingand financial controls required. 

 Work Perks: 

• Fun & driven environment.
• Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage, life, accidental death and dismemberment, accident, critical illness, and disability insurance. 
• +10% of gross salary as food stamps. 
• 1 paid volunteer day & 25 PTO* days to start – accrue up to 28 over 3 years, 4 mental health days, and 5 bereavement days.
• Statutory Holidays by Mexican Federal Labor Law.
• Tuition reimbursement up to five thousand, two hundred fifty dollars annually or one thousand dollars towards professional certification annually.
• Flexible work schedule providing on-site and hybrid opportunities.
• Encouraged participation in our Employee Resource Groups and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion council.
• Fitness opportunities.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Paid statutory parental leave.

Job Description:

The Business Development Representative (BDR) / Lead Qualifier is responsible for generating new business opportunities through high-volume outbound calls and email outreach to schools and teachers across the U.S.

In this role, you will: Proactively prospect and engage educators to introduce WorldStrides programs, qualify leads by identifying teachers interested in organizing student travel experiences, consistently meet and exceed monthly targets for calls and qualified leads, and collaborate with the Sales team by passing high-quality opportunities for closing. 

This is a goal-driven, outbound sales role where success depends on your ability to handle rejection and stay motivated, build rapport quickly over the phone, maintain strong activity levels daily, and meet weekly and monthly goals in order to achieve additional compensation through a set commission structure. 

You’ll work with a wide range of educational travel programs (history, science, national parks, and more), giving you constant opportunities to connect with new prospects and refine your sales and communication skills.

Responsibilities:

• Make calls and leave messages for teachers nationwide and use talk tracks for live calls.
• Send follow-up emails.
• Work on special projects, including periodic competitive calls, calls to unassigned schools, specialty schools and other telemarketing efforts.

• Periodically research schools to help identify top prospects and maintain the database.
  Use templates to create and send flyers and update PowerPoint presentations.

 Qualifications:

• Desired work experience in sales, marketing, promotions or telemarketing.
• Proficiency in relevant computer applications including CRM.
• Desired knowledge of customer service/sales principles and practices.
• Six months or more experience in sales/lead creation/lead qualifying with Telephone sales experience preferred
• Good data entry/keyboard skills
• Familiar with office rules/office environment
• High school diploma or GED required
• Advanced (85%+) English level
• Desired knowledge of sales and marketing principles and strategies
• Proactive
• Organized
  
  

Work Perks:

• Fun & driven environment.
• Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage, life, accidental death and dismemberment, accident, critical illness, and disability insurance.
• +10% of gross salary as food stamps.
• 1 paid volunteer day & 25 PTO* days to start – accrue up to 28 over 3 years, 4 mental health days, and 5 bereavement days.
• Statutory Holidays by Mexican Federal Labor Law.
• Tuition reimbursement up to five thousand, two hundred fifty dollars annually or one thousand dollars towards professional certification annually.
• Flexible work schedule providing on-site and hybrid opportunities.
• Encouraged participation in our Employee Resource Groups and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion council.
• Fitness opportunities.
  Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Paid statutory parental leave.

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Job Description:

The Program Advisor position is tasked with moving students through our sales funnel to online application submission. The Program Advisor will work with all students who express interest in ISA & TEAN programs by helping them narrow down their program options based on the student's financial, academic, and extracurricular goals. They will utilize internal and external resources to properly advise students on protocols related to the specific needs of our host/home university partners and of those of ISA & TEAN. The Program Advisor will follow standards of best practices laid out by bodies that support education abroad.

Responsibilities

• Receive and manage inbound interest typically through phone, email, live chat, incomplete applications, and various information request forms
• Leads will be provided to conduct outbound communication (typically phone and email) to Students to answer questions and offer program recommendations
• Thoughtfully guide students through questions and scenarios to isolate and overcome objections leading them to an application for an ISA & TEAN program
• Collaborate with Program Managers and Regional Directors to identify students with specific needs or difficult situations, understand those needs, and work to find a better program option.
• Share responsibility with Program Managers for any large phone/email campaigns
• Provide occasional support for larger sales projects or initiatives as well as seasonal help with certain data entry projects.

Qualifications

• Sales Background, not necessary but preferred
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent working experience
• Experience studying, researching, teaching, or doing service-learning abroad
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Customer service experience
• Strong understanding of the International Education field
• Experience working on a U.S. college/university campus but not necessary

Work Perks

• Fun & driven environment.
• Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage, life, accidental death and dismemberment, accident, critical illness, and disability insurance. 
• +10% of gross salary as food stamps. 
• 1 paid volunteer day & 25 PTO* days to start – accrue up to 28 over 3 years, 4 mental health days, and 5 bereavement days.
• Statutory Holidays by Mexican Federal Labor Law.
• Tuition reimbursement up to five thousand, two hundred fifty dollars annually or one thousand dollars towards professional certification annually.
• Flexible work schedule providing on-site and hybrid opportunities.
• Encouraged participation in our Employee Resource Groups and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion council.
• Fitness opportunities.

Job description:

Responsibilities:   

Daily Tasks

• Review and compile payment requests received via Higher Ed/invoices:
• Ensure each request includes the corresponding invoice.
• Verify that invoice amounts match the Payment Request Template.
• Confirm correct expense category assignment.
• Check that each request includes the appropriate Trip ID.
• Process manual bank payments (typically on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays; 2–3 times per week as needed).
• Send payment confirmation emails on payment days.
• Provide remittance details when requested.
• Send ISA priorities approval emails:
• Friday for Monday processing
• Tuesday for Wednesday processing
• Wednesday for Thursday processing

Weekly Tasks

• Process SG&A & COS check requests submitted via Higher Ed/invoices, including category assignment and submission via NetSuite.
• Send COS Totals reports from CP when requested.
• Create new vendor requests whenever a new vendor is needed, to ensure invoices can be uploaded to NetSuite by month-end.

 Monthly Tasks

• Monitor and control payments to ISA subsidiaries, ensuring invoices are not duplicated and match the intercompany balance
• Upload invoice payments made during the month (twice a month).
• Upload JE for ISA intercompany transfers.

Other tasks:

• Accurately reviews, processes and keys (or uploads) a large volume of invoices for multiple locations, to ensure timely and accurate This includes but is not limited to performing two-way match to purchase orders, processing non-po invoices and ensuring proper business unit and GL account coding, and/or appropriate approval has been obtained. 
• Process multi-currency Accounts Payable transactions for the Company’s International entities
• Process employee T&E reimbursement requests
• Complies with accounting and department policies, adapting to changes directed by AP Management, including system, policy and procedures. 
• Fields incoming questions and issues and ensures timely response and resolution. 
• Team player, work in a team environment helping as a backup to the other AP Associates when assistance is needed in the day-to-day department functions 
• Develops and maintains relations with internal and external parties by providing excellent customer service. 
• Performs vendor statement reconciliations.
• Supports month end processes.
• Create and maintain vendor profiles and may be involved in annual 1099/1042 process 
• Special projects and other duties may be assigned
• Reconcile processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances
• Charge expenses to accounts and cost centers by analyzing invoice/expense reports and recording entries
• Pay vendors by monitoring discount opportunities, verifying federal id numbers, scheduling and preparing checks, resolving purchase order, contract, invoice, or payment discrepancies and documentation; insuring credit is received for outstanding memos, issuing stop-payments or purchase order amendments 
• Pay employees by receiving and verifying expense reports for advances, preparing checks
• Verify credit card charges/ accounts by reconciling monthly statements. 
• Provide accurate and effective document preparation and records management relative to the AP function in accordance with records retention policies and procedures 
• Protect organization’s value by keeping information confidential
• Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities 

 Qualifications:  

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Three to five years of progressive A/P experience in an automated environment is preferred.
• Relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience is also acceptable. 
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite required (Excel and Word), Epicor or NetSuite AP system experience is a plus.
• Knowledge and understanding of finance, accountingand financial controls required. 

 Work Perks: 

• Fun & driven environment.
• Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage, life, accidental death and dismemberment, accident, critical illness, and disability insurance. 
• +10% of gross salary as food stamps. 
• 1 paid volunteer day & 25 PTO* days to start – accrue up to 28 over 3 years, 4 mental health days, and 5 bereavement days.
• Statutory Holidays by Mexican Federal Labor Law.
• Tuition reimbursement up to five thousand, two hundred fifty dollars annually or one thousand dollars towards professional certification annually.
• Flexible work schedule providing on-site and hybrid opportunities.
• Encouraged participation in our Employee Resource Groups and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion council.
• Fitness opportunities.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Paid statutory parental leave.

Job Description:

The Business Development Representative (BDR) / Lead Qualifier is responsible for generating new business opportunities through high-volume outbound calls and email outreach to schools and teachers across the U.S.

In this role, you will: Proactively prospect and engage educators to introduce WorldStrides programs, qualify leads by identifying teachers interested in organizing student travel experiences, consistently meet and exceed monthly targets for calls and qualified leads, and collaborate with the Sales team by passing high-quality opportunities for closing. 

This is a goal-driven, outbound sales role where success depends on your ability to handle rejection and stay motivated, build rapport quickly over the phone, maintain strong activity levels daily, and meet weekly and monthly goals in order to achieve additional compensation through a set commission structure. 

You’ll work with a wide range of educational travel programs (history, science, national parks, and more), giving you constant opportunities to connect with new prospects and refine your sales and communication skills.

Responsibilities:

• Make calls and leave messages for teachers nationwide and use talk tracks for live calls.
• Send follow-up emails.
• Work on special projects, including periodic competitive calls, calls to unassigned schools, specialty schools and other telemarketing efforts.

• Periodically research schools to help identify top prospects and maintain the database.
  Use templates to create and send flyers and update PowerPoint presentations.

 Qualifications:

• Desired work experience in sales, marketing, promotions or telemarketing.
• Proficiency in relevant computer applications including CRM.
• Desired knowledge of customer service/sales principles and practices.
• Six months or more experience in sales/lead creation/lead qualifying with Telephone sales experience preferred
• Good data entry/keyboard skills
• Familiar with office rules/office environment
• High school diploma or GED required
• Advanced (85%+) English level
• Desired knowledge of sales and marketing principles and strategies
• Proactive
• Organized
  
  

Work Perks:

• Fun & driven environment.
• Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage, life, accidental death and dismemberment, accident, critical illness, and disability insurance.
• +10% of gross salary as food stamps.
• 1 paid volunteer day & 25 PTO* days to start – accrue up to 28 over 3 years, 4 mental health days, and 5 bereavement days.
• Statutory Holidays by Mexican Federal Labor Law.
• Tuition reimbursement up to five thousand, two hundred fifty dollars annually or one thousand dollars towards professional certification annually.
• Flexible work schedule providing on-site and hybrid opportunities.
• Encouraged participation in our Employee Resource Groups and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion council.
• Fitness opportunities.
  Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Paid statutory parental leave.

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