Overview

JOB SUMMARY: Under the supervision of the Deputy Director, the employee will be responsible for moderately complex accounting activities in an accurate and timely manner.

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Develop and manipulate complex accounting spreadsheets
• Work closely with other departments to ensure accounts payable and accounts receivable are posted correctly and on time
• Prepare monthly financial statements and operating reports for distribution to management and other personnel
• Set up and track Work-In-Progress accounts for grant projects
• Monthly credit card account reconciliations
• Review budget to actual reports for unusual variances
• Prepare, post, and review journal entries
• Responsible for general ledger account reconciliation
• Perform various cash functions such as online banking and bank reconciliations
• Assist in the annual Doyon Foundation financial audit
• Provide accounting advice to subsidiary accounting staff and management
• Maintain a high degree of accuracy
• Document and explain complex accounting transactions
• Meet deadlines, organize work materials, and manage time effectively
• Prepare quarterly financials for Board Meetings
• Work with management to prepare budgets
• Knowledge of accounting software, specifically Quickbooks
• Other duties as assigned
• Attendance of continuing education initiatives, including a limited number of events each year requiring overnight travel, may be required

DOYON FOUNDATION CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Commitment to Excellence – Identifies what needs to be done and takes action to achieve a standard of excellence beyond job expectations.
• Corporate Values- Understand, embrace, and integrate Doyon's values into everyday duties and responsibilities.
• Customer Service – Identifies and responds to current and future client needs by providing excellent service to internal and external clients.
• Safety and Security – Promotes a safe work environment for co-workers and customers.
• Teamwork – Resourceful team player who builds, strengthens, and maintains collaborative relationships with others inside or outside the organization.

JOB-SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES:

• Adaptability-Adapts to changing conditions and work assignments, sets priorities and manages multiple assignments, and tasks.
• Analytical Skills-Visualizes articulates and solves a variety of problems and concepts and makes appropriate decisions based on available information.
• Attention to Detail-Ensures one's own and others’ work and information are complete and accurate.
• Communication Skills- Listens, writes, and speaks effectively, and positively relates and interacts with co-workers and others.
• Dependability- Consistently adheres to operational standards, ensures smooth operations and positive customer experiences, builds a productive workplace, is reliable, and improves team morale.
• Independence-Works minimal supervision.
• Problem Solving-Anticipates and identifies problems, distinguishes between symptoms and causes, and determines alternative solutions involving varied levels of complexity, ambiguity and risk.
• Reporting-Generates reports that are accurate, objective and complete in a timely manner.
• Research Skills-Searches, finds, and evaluates information sources.
• Time Management-Manages time effectively when accomplishing tasks, projects, and goals.
• Willingness to Learn-Willing to learn new skills or techniques to meet the demanding changes of job duties and responsibilities.

SUPERVISION:

• This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or a related field is desired, as well as at least one (1) year of relevant work experience.; formal training in accounting and at least five (5) years of relevant experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree
• Experience using Microsoft Excel
• Knowledge of computerized and manual accounting systems
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bchelor’s degree in Accounting with two (2) or more years of relevant work experience
• Accounting experience in mid-to-large sized company

WORKING ENVIRONMENT: Majority of work is performed in a professional office setting with a wide variety of people with differing functions, personalities, and abilities.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The work is generally sedentary, requiring routine walking, standing, bending, and carrying items weighing less than forty pounds. [Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions].

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION: It is Doyon’s business philosophy and practice to provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities.

PREFERENCE STATEMENT: Doyon grants preference to qualified Doyon Shareholders first, and second to qualified shareholders of other Alaska Native corporations that grant a similar preference in all phases of employment and training, which include, but are not limited to hiring, promotion, layoff, transfer, and training.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

A review of this position has excluded marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of fundamental job duties. All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbent(s) will possess the skills, aptitudes and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities.

This job description is not an employment agreement or contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship. Management has the exclusive right to alter the scope of work within the framework of this job description at any time without prior notice.