Accounting Clerk

Thank you for your interest in joining our team!  At CGB, you can contribute to meaningful work, grow professionally and personally, and belong in a place where everyone has a voice.  

Founded in 1969, CGB Enterprises, Inc. is known as an innovative and progressive leader in the grain and transportation industries.  Today, CGB operates an enterprise with over 100 locations and nearly 2,000 U.S. employees overseeing a diverse family of businesses that provide an array of services for producers and logistics services for an international base of customers. The combination of our assets provides a growing organization that is celebrating over 50 years of strength and stability!

Be part of a local team that values accuracy, organization, and consistency in day-to-day accounting operations. The minimum hourly rate for this position is $17/hour.

This job is primarily responsible for performing a variety of administrative and clerical and/or office duties in support of an assigned function or location. Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, data entry, processing tickets, A/P and A/R, accounting support, and other miscellaneous office administrative and clerical support duties.

In this job, you will:

Actual responsibilities will vary depending on daily needs of location or function supported.

• Perform data entry.
• Scan and index documents in electronic system. 
• Process accounts payable and accounts receivable.
• Application of tickets to contracts, settlements.
• Provide customer support.
• Prepare and distribute reports as needed.
• Utilize software programs such as word processing, spreadsheets, etc.
• Sort and file; electronically and/or paper.
• Monitor office supplies and other inventory; order and replace as needed.
• May assist with travel arrangements, scheduling meetings, trainings, and other events as applicable.
• May prepare outgoing mail, collect, sort, and distribute incoming mail.
• May greet and direct visitors.
• Answer phones, assist caller, take message, or redirect calls to appropriate party.
• May serve as backup to other positions as needed. 
• Other duties as assigned, such as duties specific to function supported.

Here’s what you’ll need to be considered:

Education

Required – High school diploma or equivalent training and experience.

Experience

Required – Related working experience.

Preferred - Experience in functional area supported.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Working knowledge of basic administrative and clerical functions; answering phones, working with spreadsheets, working with basic office equipment.
• Proficiency in computer skills, including working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
• Effective interpersonal, oral and written communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels of people within and outside the organization.
• Strong time management, organizational and project management skills.
• Strong customer service orientation and attention to detail.
• Strong team player.
• Discretion in handling confidential information.

Here’s additional information you need to know:

Physical Demands & Requirements

Light work. Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.  If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for sedentary work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for light work.

Ability to sit and/or stand continuously.

Hearing.  Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction.  Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.

The employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measureme