What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accounting Associate position at Morley?
Accounting Associate (Evansville)
Morley is seeking an accounting team member to perform bookkeeping and clerical duties including assistance with accounts payable, accounts receivable, account reconciliation, filing, data entry, and database management.
About You
You are detail oriented and have always been good with numbers. You see things in black and white and appreciate consistency and accuracy. You are computer savvy and embrace using technology to improve your skills and simplify your job. You follow the rules and do not mind enforcing others to do the same. You are a task manager and list maker and love the satisfaction of checking off your to-do list. You are a helper by nature and do not mind helping others to get a project or task completed. Organization is one of your key strengths and you put in the extra effort to ensure systems stay organized.
About Us
Morley is a 48-year strong architecture, engineering, and surveying firm built on family tradition and decades of experience. We value relationships, trust, and hard work. We are dedicated to our employees and to our clients. We seek to be the best in our industry and the one a client calls when they want it done right. We treat our clients and employees like family, and we expect you to do the same. We strive for excellence and want you to be the best at your job. We provide opportunities for team collaboration, skills development, training, and professional growth. We have offices in Evansville, IN, Nashville, TN, and Owensboro, KY. For more information visit www.morleycorp.com.
About the Work
You will be a part of a small but mighty accounting department at Morley. You will work behind the scenes providing accounting, bookkeeping and clerical assistance. Daily work may include data entry, maintaining account ledgers, filing, and performing database queries. Through your daily work, you will become an expert in the company’s enterprise resource planning software.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Apply Generally Accepted Accounting Principals (GAAP) to maintain account ledgers.
- Maintain the confidentiality, integrity, and security of the company financial data.
- Accounts Receivable
- Process monthly invoices and statements.
- Process client payments.
- Make collection calls, if necessary.
- Assist with resolving customer invoicing disputes and discrepancies.
- Payroll Processing
- Review timesheets for accuracy and resolve discrepancies.
- Process withholding and reimbursement adjustments.
- Process direct deposits and distribute earnings summaries.
- Process Federal, State, and Local tax withholding payments.
- Process and reconcile credit card expenses.
- Assist with accounts payable processing.
- Assist with employee benefits enrollment.
- Assist with monthly reconciliations.
- Answer phone calls and handle routing correspondence with clients.
- Provide clerical support to team members including creating reports, filing, scanning, and data entry as needed.
Skills and Experience
- Associate degree in accounting preferred.
- Minimum 3-5 years of experience in a similar position required.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite with an emphasis in Excel.
- Working knowledge of both Accrual and Cash basis accounting.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Relational: Strong people skills and understanding of customer service. Maintains a professional, courteous, and respectful relationship with team members and clients.
- Work Ethic: Produces significant output with minimal wasted effort. Works well both independently and in a team environment.
- Accurate: Completes data entry, data analysis, and reports in a thorough manner and ensures accuracy and consistency.
- Flexible: Ability to accept a wide variety of work and do what is necessary, even if it is not part of the job description.
- Focused: Ability to stay focused and prioritize tasks.
- Initiative: Actively seeks to advance knowledge and abilities by learning innovative technology and methods.
- Experience with project-based accounting preferred.
Compensation
Job Type: Full-time
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Experience:
- similar position: 3 years (Required)
Ability to Commute:
- Newburgh, IN 47630 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Newburgh, IN 47630: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
