What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accounting Assistant position at NRG?
Job Summary: The Accounting Assistant will provide general accounting and clerical support to the accounting team by handling a variety of tasks related to the accounting function.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities:
Minimum Requirements:
Preferred Qualifications:
Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Working Conditions:
Physical Requirements:
Essential Duties/Responsibilities:
- Performs general accounting duties as assigned.
- Completes basic data entry tasks including logging transactions and other information.
- Enters data from job documents into electronic database.
- Verifies data/entries by comparing source documents.
- Will be responsible for other clerical duties as needed for the accounting function; scanning, copying and filing of documents.
- Collaborates with other departments and researches information as needed.
- Follows all company policies and procedures, including but not limited to safety.
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Requirements:
- High School Diploma or GED.
- 2 year's office and/or related clerical experience.
- Fast, accurate data entry or keyboarding skills
- General computer competency is required, including a minimum of 1-year experience Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook.
- Must be able to communicate in English effectively, both verbally and in writing.
- Ability to work overtime with little notice; weekends hours may occasionally be required.
Preferred Qualifications:
- HVAC industry or construction experience.
- 2 years accounting assistant experience
- Basic accounting knowledge
Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Customer service mindset.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Able to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail and the ability to multi-task.
- Willingness to learn and be a part of a team.
- Positive attitude and a team player.
- Ability to build positive relationships with customers, both internal and external.
- Willingness and ability to work collaboratively with all levels of the organization.
- Safety mindset and acceptance of a safety culture.
Working Conditions:
- Open office environment.
- Fast-paced environment.
Physical Requirements:
- Must be able to lift/move up to 10 pounds frequently.
- Frequently performs tasks requiring bending at the waist, kneeling or crouching.
- Must be able to adhere to long periods of standing, walking or sitting.
- Ability to hear, understand and distinguish speech and/or other sounds to operate phones or other office equipment safely.
- With natural or corrected vision, able to see and focus for close, distance, peripheral vision with normal depth perception.
- Ability to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word to impart oral information to others.
- Ability to enter text or data into a computer by means of a traditional keyboard or 10-key numeric keypad.
- Must be able to use arms and hands to reach overhead, signal, grab, hold, lift, turn, push and pull objects and tools.
