What are the responsibilities and job description for the Finance/Accountant position at Tampa Bay Academy of Hope?
Our company is currently seeking an Fiscal Bookkeeper to join our team! You will be responsible for preparing and examining financial records for our company.
Join a team that is passionately committed to advancing economic opportunity by inspiring and preparing youth and adults for high-demand careers and lifelong learning and growth through our workforce development programs. Tampa Bay Academy of Hope and its Networks and community partners create solutions and change policies to bring the best workforce development programs to young people and adults in our service areas, especially people of color, females, and youth and adults living in high-poverty and rural communities. Our goal is for every TBAH participants to realize their full potential and thrive in our innovation-driven economy and society. Launched in 1996, TBAH has a track record of success, a highly engaged board of directors, and an entrepreneurial and results-driven spirit. Our organization has a close-knit culture in which we place a high priority on communication, collaboration, fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion where each person is supported to thrive, and having fun together. TBAH recognizes that historical and systemic inequity, especially institutional racism, is the root cause to problems we aim to solve. We acknowledge that it is impossible for us to fulfill our mission without creating an equitable and inclusive environment for our staff, partners, and people we serve.
Responsibilities:
- Obtain primary financial data for accounting records
- Compute and record numerical data
- Check the accuracy of business transactions
- Perform data entry and administrative duties
- Monitor office supply levels
- Record cash receipts and make bank deposits
- Conduct a monthly reconciliation of every bank account
- Conduct periodic reconciliations of all accounts to ensure their accuracy
- Maintain the petty cash fund
- Issue financial statements
- Provide information to the external accountant who creates the company’s financial statements
- Assemble information for external auditors for the annual audit
- Maintain the annual budget
- Calculate variances from the budget and report significant issues to management
- Comply with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements
- Process payroll in a timely manner
- Provide clerical and administrative support to management as requested
Qualifications:
- Previous experience in accounting, finance, or other related fields
- Fundamental knowledge of GAAP
- Ability to prioritize and multitask
- Strong organizational skills
- Deadline and detail-oriented
The bookkeeper position creates financial transactions and creates financial reports from that information. The creation of financial transactions includes posting information to quickbooks accounting software from such source documents as invoices to customers, cash receipts, and supplier invoices. The bookkeeper also reconciles accounts to ensure their accuracy.
The bookkeeper candidate should have at minimum an Associate's degree in accounting, preferably a bachelor's in accounting, as well as a knowledge of bookkeeping and generally accepted accounting principles. Preference will be given to candidates with a working knowledge of the quickbooks accounting software package.
Salary : $17 - $22
