What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accountant/Accounts Payable position at Gesher Human Services?
DEPARTMENT: Accounting
SUPERVISOR: Supervisor, Accounting
Gesher Human Services is a bridge to hope and opportunity for people at work, at home, and in the community. Gesher’s workforce development, behavioral health, and inclusion programming serves all Metro Detroiters while meeting the needs of the Jewish community.
GENERAL JOB DESCRIPTION
Working as an integral member of the Accounting Department, the Accounts Payable Accountant ensures accurate and timely payment of expenses. Reports to the Accounting Supervisor and works closely with the Purchasing Coordinator, contributing to the integrity of financial reporting by carefully allocating expenses to various programs and departments. Communicating with Agency Management, ensures proper authorization of expenses, timely distribution of payments, and compliance with reporting requirements.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
- Associate’s degree in accounting or related field preferred.
Other:
- Five to seven years related experience in accounting or combination of education and work experience.
- Reasoning, math and language skills sufficient to accurately record expenses with numerical aptitude and detail-oriented characteristics.
- Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Excel required.
- Experience with an Automated Payables System preferred.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Process accounts payable invoices to include new vendor setup, verification, coding and input into accounting system payable module, and importing credit card transactions details. Identify checks selected for payment based on vendor terms, discounts, avoidance of late fees/penalites, customer requests, or employee reimbursement, balancing with cash available. Prepare and distribute checks. Maintain filing of documents. Prepare journal entries for reclassification of accounts payable entries as needed.
- Investigate and resolve accounts payable issues. Respond to inquiries from staff and vendors. Reconcile vendor statements.
- Respond to requests for credit applications.
- Ensures Agency allocation is updated and accurate in Accounts Payable distribution tables.
- Prepare and transmit Form 1099 and related forms to meet year-end tax requirements.
- Assist auditors by preparing quarterly audit schedules and monthly reconciliations as assigned. Monitor outstanding checks and void/reissue stale checks.
- Document procedures for critical functions.
- Serve on Agency committee(s) as appointed.
- Provide documentation to CEO Admin to support the expenses of the President/CEO travel, dining, gifts, events and other discretionary charges on a quarterly basis.
Supplemental Duties:
- Ensure security of all accounting records and payroll data to maintain confidentiality.
- Prepare and scan accounting records for permanent storage.
- Deliver and/or pick up documents to/from various locations using own vehicle.
WORKING CONDITIONS
Environmental conditions:
- Moderate noise (i.e., business office with computers, phone, and printers, light traffic).
- Ability to work in a confined area.
- Ability to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period.
Physical requirements:
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to, stand, sit; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard, reach, stoop, kneel to install computer equipment.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work.
- Light to moderate lifting in required.
Accommodation(s):
As appropriate and fiscally reasonable.
NON-EXEMPT
This position is non-exempt and eligible for overtime pay in accordance with the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
The above job description is for general informational purposes only and is not intended to be all inclusive or limiting as to specific duties. The Agency reserves the right to modify, interpret, or apply this job description in any way the Agency desires and in no way implies that these are the only duties, including essential duties, to be performed by the employee occupying the position. The described job requirements are subject to change to reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with a disability.
This job description is not an employment contract, implied or otherwise and any employment relationship remains “at-will.”
Gesher is proud to be an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. We celebrate diversity and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran or disability status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law.
