Accounting Assistant

Position summary: Perform clerical functions for the finance department.

General Purpose: Provide clerical and administrative support to the credit and accounting staff

Role qualifications:

• Must partner with credit and accounting staff members to ensure effective communications
• Must implement systems and controls to ensure compliance with our credit and accounting practices.
• Must have strong organizational skills and ability to handle multiple priorities at the same time

Position responsibilities:

• Scan and index (data entry) documents:
  • A/P invoices and statements
  • W9’s
  • Tax certificates
  • Equipment invoices
• Verification of check requests (private doc’s), and all check copies (manual and check run)
• Perform other duties or projects as assigned by Credit Mgr or Controller.

Essential skills and experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Commitment to company vision and mission.
• Excellent communications skills, verbal and written.

Nonessential skills and experience:

• Awareness of lean business principles
• Sufficient knowledge of our various departments and their procedures.

Reporting to this position: No direct reports

Physical demands and work environment: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:

• Physical demands: Employee is required to frequently sit, talk, and listen, and occasionally stand or walk. Employee is required to frequently use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects or controls, including computer, phone, and other office equipment. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Occasional stooping, kneeling, crouching. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Work environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate (office environment).

We are an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and will give all qualified applicants consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and related medical conditions, gender identity, and sexual orientation), age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by law. All job offers are contingent upon satisfactory drug screen and driving record results.

Our mission is to move, store, and power the world more efficiently. You’re part of a team that is connected like family and committed to making an impact.