The Finance & Accounting Assistant, supports the Chief Financial Officer in completing bookkeeping, clerical and accounting tasks. Duties include preparing company budgets, building and assessing financial reports and managing payroll processes.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
The below statements are intended to describe the general nature and scope of work being performed by this position. This is not a complete listing of all responsibilities, duties, and/or skills required. Other duties may be assigned.
- Collaborate with Financial Managers and other team members to successfully execute various accounting tasks.
- Train employees on the use of the Paycom system. Provide one-on-one system training when appropriate.
- Maintain company ledgers and daily financial transactions.
- Ensure payroll is processed with 100% accuracy.
- Create financial documents such as bills, invoices, pay-orders, payables, receivables and purchase orders.
- Identify discrepancies in ledgers and accounts, tracking them to the source and correcting them.
- Manage payroll activities and release salaries.
- Coordinate and manage payment and billing details of external service providers, contractors and vendors.
- Verify payments and deposits made through the company account and coordinate with the bank.
- Create daily reports for management and team members.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
- A minimum of 3 years of accounting experience
- Extensive knowledge in financial systems such as Black Baud and MIP
- Knowledge and experience as a user of the Paycom system a plus
- Previous exposure to or experience in the education sector a plus.
- Previous experience in banking a plus
- Excellent Verbal and Written communication skills
- High proficiency in Microsoft Excel & Google Suite
- Experience utilizing excel for imports and exports of data with ability to perform moderately complex tasks, such as working with large data sets, pivot tables and completing formulas.
- Excellent organizational and prioritization skills with demonstrated ability to work well under tight deadlines without compromising quality.
- Actively demonstrates confidentiality, tact, and discretion in preparing, disclosing, and managing information of a confidential and/or sensitive nature.
BENEFITS
This position is an outstanding opportunity for a highly experienced and motivated Finance & Accounting Assistant to assume a pivotal role in a highly respected organization. As such, compensation for this role is competitive. The starting salary is $60,000 and up, commensurate with candidate's experience.
- Employer paid medical insurance, dental and vision insurance, long/short-term disability, and life insurance.
- Vacation, PTO, and holidays
- Matching 403(b)
- Educational assistance/reimbursement