Position Title: Accounting Technician Department: Finance

Reports To: Purchasing Technician FLSA: Non-Exempt

Position Summary

Working collaboratively with a Finance team, the Accounting Technician is responsible for paying, reconciling and maintaining accounts payable records in a timely and accurate fashion. With seven sites throughout the region and multiple vendors supporting each, this is no small feat! The job demands someone who is organized, pro-active, and disciplined to stay on top of things, and adaptable and objective enough to identify new, pragmatic solutions to day-to-day challenges. In addition, the incumbent must build and maintain positive relationships with vendors while actively and respectfully listening, communicating and executing realistic protocols for the organization and its employees. The incumbent works with others and will provide back-up accordingly; that being said, a willingness to accommodate, learn new things and seek opportunities to help others are critical competencies for success.

Essential Functions

• Monthly bank reconciliation
• Reconcile travel for employee and contractors through payments.
• Charge expenses to accounts and cost centers by analyzing invoice/expense reports, record entries accordingly.
• Pay vendors by monitoring discount opportunities, verifying Federal ID numbers, scheduling, and preparing checks, resolving purchase order, contract, invoice, or payment discrepancies and documentation, ensuring credit is received for outstanding memos, and issuing stop- payments or purchase order amendments.
• Maintain accounting ledgers by verifying and posting account transactions.
• Verify vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions.
• Maintain historical records by scanning and filing documents.
• Disburse petty cash by recording entry, verifying documentation.
• Protect organization's value by keeping information confidential.
• Back up for the Accounts Payable Technician when needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned by either the Purchasing Technician, Controller, or Director of Finance.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• High School Diploma or Equivalent
• One year of administrative experience performing data entry, file management, word processing, or accounting duties.
• Experience in tribal health or rural health care is preferred.
• Experience in rural cross culture setting is preferred.
• Experience with Sage Intacct preferred.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Demonstrated commitment to EAT core values of respect, integrity, trust, compassion, and quality.
• Knowledge, understanding and respect for Alaska Native culture.
• Knowledge and understanding of tribal organizations, specifically tribal health systems.
• Knowledge of filing systems and ability to pay attention to detail within those systems.
• Commitment to upholding and executing effective and efficient accounting protocols.
• Ability to learn, follow and analyze policies and protocols.
• Effective and creative problem-solving skills
• Excellent commitment to ethics, trustworthiness, and high moral standards
• Commitment and ability to effectively listen, communicate and otherwise engage collaboratively, professionally, and respectfully.
• Ability to use computer programs productively for word documents, research, spreadsheets, and outlook.
• Effective time management, organizational and prioritization skills
• Ability to work productively independently; this would include being self-determined to learn and tackle new projects or protocols.

Working Conditions

• Work is performed in a standard office environment.
• May occasionally be exposed to hazardous conditions and infectious diseases.
• May be required to work and/or travel outside the traditional work schedule, i.e., evening and/or weekend work.

Physical Requirements

The following demands are representative of those needed to perform the essential functions of this job.

• Sitting for long period of time
• Normal range of hearing and eyesight
• Eye-hand coordination and manual dexterity to operate office equipment such as computer keyboard, photocopier, telephone, or similar.
• Lift, pull or push approximately 50 pounds.

Native Preference

Preference shall be given to eligible & qualified Alaska Native/American Indian applicants, pursuant to PL

93-638 Indian Self Determination Act as amended, in hiring, contracting, and training for all positions within Eastern Aleutian Tribes. Eastern Aleutian Tribes is a drug & alcohol free/smoke free workplace.

EASTERN ALEUTIAN TRIBES

3380 C Street, Suite 100
Anchorage, Alaska 99503
Telephone (907) 277-1440
Fax (907) 277-1446 www.eatribes.org

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Contract

Pay: $20.00 - $24.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

• EAT requires employees be COVID vaccinated. Are you?

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

Experience:

• administrative: 1 year (Required)

Work Location: In person