Accounting Assistant

Raw Seafoods has been at the forefront of the seafood industry for over two decades, innovating, inspiring, and breaking through industry norms; raising the bar of quality and service expectations for all we serve. We are a highly specialized family-owned and operated company that has a passion-driven connection with everything seafood. Our product assortment of superior fresh and value-added seafood is vast and unmatched.

At Raw Seafoods, we seek to inspire, educate, and support our customers with industry-leading specialty seafood solutions and innovations that positively impact menus and retail categories. While doing so, we have fun collaborating with our partners from the kitchen to the buying office on taking their seafood endeavors to the next level. From pier to plate, this is specialty seafood at its finest.

Position Overview

The Accounting Assistant is responsible for assisting the Accounting Supervisor with basic bookkeeping and accounting tasks.

Essential Duties

• Timely and accurate processing of vendor invoices.
• Timely and accurate processing of customer invoices.
• Efficiently resolve discrepancies with receiving and pricing, both internally and with Vendor.
• Post cash receipts to customer invoices.
• Pull invoices for weekly check run.
• Respond to vendors concerning payment status.
• File paid invoices.
• Match up receipts to credit card bills.
• Prepare weekly summary financial recap.
• Assist with answering phones – when needed.
• Various projects as assigned by the Controller.
• Additional tasks may be assigned to facilitate business, including back-up office staff support and business operations analysis.
  
  

Skills And Qualifications

• 2-5 years of experience in accounting.
• Associate degree in accounting or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Demonstrated experience and general knowledge of general accounting principles.
• Intermediate experience working with Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and QuickBooks.
• Ability to communicate with all levels of personnel.
• Strong attention to detail, ability to maintain focus with intermittent distractions.
• Strong organization and time management skills.
• Professionalism and mature sense of accountability.
• Team oriented person who can focus on the details.
• Problem Resolution.
• Able to work Independently.
• Must be solution oriented and possess a ‘teamwork’ attitude.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, learn quickly and maintain a positive attitude.
• Ability to communicate clearly in writing.
  
  

Physical characteristics

• Parts of this position will require occasionally sitting at a desk.
• Walking and standing are required regularly.
• Continuously requires vision, hearing, twisting, and talking. Frequently requires standing, fine dexterity, sitting, and handling.
• Occasionally requires walking, lifting, carrying, reaching, kneeling, pushing/pulling, bending, and crouching.
• Rarely requires climbing.
• This position will be utilizing machines, tools, equipment, and work Aids, including but not limited to: Telephone, calculator, printer, facsimile, copier, binding machine, and automobile.
• Computer Equipment and Software: Desktop computer; Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Internet.
  
  

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Benefits

• Paid Vacations.
• Sick time earned under the MA paid sick leave.
• Eligible to participate in the company's group health insurance after 30 days of employment.
• Paid company holidays.
• Eligible to participate in the company's 401K Safe Harbor plan after 30 days of employment, with a match of up to 4% of gross earnings.
  
  

Raw Seafoods, Inc. and its affiliates is and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, hire, assign and promote without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, disability, marital & veteran status or any legally recognized protect personal characteristics.