What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accounting Assistant position at The Urban Foresters?
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ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT - POSITION DUTIES :
Reporting to Chief Accountant the Accounting Assistant duties are as follows :
OVERALL – Provide the Company with Full Charge Bookkeeping, P&L, Bank Reconciliations, AP, AR Billings / Collections, Cash Management and Records Management
ACCOUNTING FUNCTION INFRASTRUCTURE - Maintain historical records by filing documents.
MONTHLY GL CLOSE – Assist with month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes.
MANAGEMENT REPORTING & SUPPORT - Make financial reports available to other management staff.
CASH MANAGEMENT – Provide strategic outlook of 12-week cash forecast and update on a weekly basis. Maintain the petty cash fund.
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE (BILLINGS & COLLECTIONS) - Issue invoices to customers with appropriate payment plans / requirements. Ensure that receivables are collected promptly.
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE – Process invoices and pay vendor bills in a timely manner with proper approvals.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS :
BASE SALARY (ANNUALIZED) : $50,000
LAPTOP provided by the Company
MEDICAL - subsidized
At least 2 weeks of PTO initially in addition to most customary US Holidays
Free Parking and VERY Casual / Appropriate dress; nice JEANS M-F are fine.
GREAT HOURS & CULTURE - Hands-on field exposure (no Cubicles); Standard and somewhat Flexible hours, variety in work, entrepreneurial culture, chance to build something, and develop professionally & personally within a close-knit team.
DO YOU FIT IN?
Are your efforts fortifying a mission worthy of your time?
Can you develop yourself through your ordinary work?
Are your financial skills used as leverage for the common good?
When you answer in your heart ‘why does my Company exist?’, does that knowledge make you feel loved or used?
The Company seeks an Accounting Assistant who identifies their ordinary work as a path to prosperity and holiness. We serve others through providing our niche services.
The Accounting Assistant enters that service through maintaining fiscal awareness, data management and delivery of true wisdom, not simply numbers for the Company.
Prime candidates derive deep satisfaction from flawless task completion and meticulous attention to detail. From bookkeeping to budgeting, high strategy to lowly collections calls; you are accountable.
Expect to share your dreams and co-create those of your team. This is an important accounting office position that combines individual, low supervision performance with team dependent decision making and collaboration. You will have to stretch, grow and give. The successful candidate finds fulfillment in that journey.
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