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Job Title:                     Accounting Technician

FLSA:                           Full-Time/Non-Exempt

Department:              Finance

Reports To:                 Senior Accountant

Revision Date:            March 2023

 

SUMMARY: Under the direction of the Senior Accountant or designee, processes payments, vendor invoices, and cash disbursements. Maintains accounts payable data using accounting system software. Assists in monthly financial statement preparation and review. SHCNM offers flexible, hybrid work schedules on a case by case basis to be decided between the employee and their direct supervisor upon hire.

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Enter and manage vendor information
• Enter and process accounts payable invoices
• Process check-runs
• Process credit card payments and reconcile to monthly statements
• Enter journal entries and cash receipts
• Support Finance Team with bank reconciliations
• Finance filing – scanning and paper filing of vendor files, accounts payable, cash receipts, journal entries
• Support with reporting, as needed
• Respond to program monitoring and fiscal audits, as needed
• Pull and copy invoices, as needed for audits
• Hand deliver payments and deposits, as needed
• Assist Finance Department with other administrative duties
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties, as assigned

 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• General knowledge of, and/or ability to learn grant-fund accounting for federal, state and local funding streams
• General knowledge of, and/or ability to learn accounts payable
• Able to communicate with diverse groups of people to include staff and providers, governing boards, government agencies, and independent auditors on behalf of the organization
• Able to work on a variety of assignments concurrently within established deadlines
• Knowledge and skills in Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, and accounting software
• Able to maintain the confidentiality of records, memoranda, verbal communications, analytical data and information
• Ability to cooperate fully with laws, regulations, and all SHCNM compliance expectations

 

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• One year related experience
• Experience working with customers, vendors, and/or community partners
• Experience with cash-handling, inventory, invoicing, and/or purchase orders preferred
• Experience with data entry and data management preferred

 

EMPLOYMENT SCREENING AND COMPLIANCE

• Individual will be required to complete a background check
• Employee must comply with all operational policies, especially those involving the safety of fellow workers, volunteers, and clients/customers
• Employee must maintain a current and valid driver’s license to perform work duties if position requires activities that require travel my motor vehicle, whether personal or a company car

 

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Most essential duties are performed in an office environment with exposure to a variety of business equipment and other pertinent materials normally found in this type of work setting; need to have effective manual dexterity to operate various business equipment
• Ability to stand, walk, or sit for extended periods of time
• May occasionally require lifting of various materials and equipment to a maximum of 40 pounds
• Work is normally performed in an area permitting partial-to-total privacy

• The work may require travel to other locations