Accounting Associate

Job Title: Accounting Associate 

Job Summary: 

Reporting to the Finance Manager, the Accounting Associate will manage financial records, perform account analysis, and ensure compliance with tax regulations. The Accounting Associate will play a crucial role in maintaining the integrity of our financial data and supporting the overall financial health of the organization. 

Responsibility: 

• Compiles and sorts of 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, research discrepancies, and approves payment. 

• Investigates problems that vendors or purchasing agents have with obtaining payment for bills. 

• Computes and records charges, refunds, 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. 

• May reconcile general ledger accounts with various registers. 

• May extracts general ledger information. 

• May compiles cost reports and revenue and balance sheets. 

• May reconcile bank statements. 

• Monitors 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, interprets computer reports, and makes corrections. 

• Assists employees, vendors, clients, or customers by answering questions related to accounts, procedures, and services. 

Academic/Educational Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or equivalent field preferred.  

• Basic knowledge of accounting concepts and functions. 

Required Skills/Experiences:  

• Must be able to read and understand work instructions. 

• Must be able to complete required paperwork and report information utilizing Plex or another required software. 

• Must be team oriented.  

• Must be able to communicate effectively at all levels.  

• Must have the ability to problem-solve and troubleshoot.