Accounting Clerk

Position: Accounting Clerk

Department: Accounting / Payroll

Compensation: Hourly Wage BOE

Schedule: 8 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday. Starting as a Temporary position with the potential to grow into a Full Time role.
 

Primary Role: Accounting Clerk is responsible for keeping the company’s expenses and payables accurate, as well as processing the company’s payroll.
 

Supervisor: Accounting/Finance Manager
 

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum five years of relevant working experience in the field of accounting or bookkeeping.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Natural proficiency with math.
• Knowledge of basic financial, tax and accounting principles.
• Capable of making sound decisions based upon logic and reasoning.
• Familiar with accounting software principals and aptitude for learning new systems.
• Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Google programs.
• Ability to work with a team to achieve departmental goals.
• Capable to perform own duties independently with little to no supervision.  
• Able to stay calm and flexible in stressful or fluid working situations.
• Expert customer service skills.  Professional verbal, phone, and interpersonal aptitudes.
• Must be reliable, honest, and cooperative.  Expected to be discrete when handling sensitive or confidential information.

Job Responsibilities:

• Processing all daily expenses and vendor invoices to ensure precise accuracy on the Profit and Loss report.
• Reconciling monthly vendor statements.
• Payroll processing, including hourly, salaried, and commissioned employees.  
• Generating various payroll journal entries to ensure accurate payroll reporting.
• Reconciling monthly inventory reports.
• Perform all duties in accordance with company policies and procedures.
• Represent the company in a professional & ethical manner consistent with the company’s integrity and values.
• Assist owners and management team with producing weekly/monthly/yearly reports.
• Learn all software programs used to conduct business.
• Accurate, dependable, and consistent data entry.
• Assist Human Resources with obtaining new employee onboarding.
• Assist Accounts Receivable with debt collections.
• Other duties as assigned.