What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accounting Clerk position at Soapy Joe's Car Wash?
Job Type
Full-time
Description
POSITION OBJECTIVES
The Accounting Clerk position is responsible for supporting the Accounting Team by organizing, preparing, and maintaining data for a variety of department needs. The clerk supports AP/AR transactions and plays a role in preparing for month end close. This position is expected to be able to maintain a high level of efficiency, accuracy, and confidentiality in everything that they do.
Key Responsibilities
REQUIREMENTS: DEGREE
Bachelor’s or Associates degree preferred in accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field or equivalent experience
REQUIREMENTS: EXPERIENCE
Full-time
Description
POSITION OBJECTIVES
The Accounting Clerk position is responsible for supporting the Accounting Team by organizing, preparing, and maintaining data for a variety of department needs. The clerk supports AP/AR transactions and plays a role in preparing for month end close. This position is expected to be able to maintain a high level of efficiency, accuracy, and confidentiality in everything that they do.
Key Responsibilities
- Compiles and sorts documents, such as invoices and checks, substantiating business transactions.
- Verifies and posts details of business transactions, such as funds received and disbursed, and totals accounts to ledgers or computer spreadsheets and databases.
- Audits invoices against purchase orders, researches discrepancies, and approves payment.
- Investigates problems that vendors or purchasing agents have with obtaining payment for bills.
- Computes and records charges, refunds, and cost of lost or damaged goods, freight charges, rentals, and similar items.
- Prepares vouchers, invoices, checks, account statements, reports, and other records, and reviews for accuracy.
- Reconciles general ledger accounts with various registers.
- Extracts general ledger information.
- Compiles cost reports and revenue and balance sheets.
- Reconciles bank statements.
- Monitors loans and accounts payable and receivable to ensure that payments are up to date.
- Reconciles report discrepancies and problems.
- Codes data for input to financial data processing system according to company procedures.
- Reviews, balances, and interprets computer reports, and makes corrections.
- Assists employees, vendors, clients, or customers by answering questions related to accounts, procedures, and services.
- Accounts Payable and Receivable
- Assist with Month End and Annual Audit tasks
- Microsoft Office software
- Professional and proactive approach to work, problem solver
- Strong organizational skills, concern for quality and accuracy
- Excellent communication skills
- Customer service focused
- Highest degree of integrity
REQUIREMENTS: DEGREE
Bachelor’s or Associates degree preferred in accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field or equivalent experience
REQUIREMENTS: EXPERIENCE
- 3 years in the accounting field
- Great Plains experience a plus
- Excellent skills in Microsoft Office programs with high degree of proficiency in Excel
- Internal customer service minded attitude
- Ability to communicate effectively across multiple mediums
- Ability to remain in a stationary seated or standing position for various increments of time
- Able to move about to access a variety of tools and office equipment
- Able to consistently operate a computer or other electronic device
- Able to ascend or descend a ladder, crouch or crawl
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs., lift over head, twist and turn body when appropriate
- Must be able to communicate clearly through both verbal and written form