Accounting Specialist

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Full Time Clerical Minot, ND, US

2 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $17.79 To $19.34 Hourly

Position Title:

Accounting Specialist

The Accounting Clerk position provides support for a U.S Department of Labor Job Corps contractor. The Job Corps program is a federally-funded residential training program. The mission of Job Corps is to provide career-ready technical and academic training and job placement assistance to program eligible youth ages 16-24.

Summary of Duties:

The Accounting Clerk is responsible for performing the accounting/finance functions of Center in compliance with DOL, Corporate and Center requirements and must:

• Exhibit positive customer service behavior in every day work interactions.
• Demonstrate a courteous and respectful attitude to internal workforce and external customers.
• Communicate accurately and appropriately.
• Handle difficult situations in a discreet and professional manner.
• Computer competent, including Microsoft Office Skills and Internet research skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, strong communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work well with center management, students and staff, as well as community partners.

Key Areas of Responsibilities:

• Ensures strict confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Post routine journal vouchers or accounts payable vouchers in registers, and post subsidiary ledgers or simple cost accounting data.
• Perform any combination of routine calculating, posting and verifying duties to obtain primary financial data.
• Responsible for maintenance of routine accounting records and reports in accordance with established procedures such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, inventory control, or general accounting records.
• Responsible for payroll and insurance reports
• Perform miscellaneous clerical duties involving typing, filing, accumulating data and preparation of repetitive reports.
• Participate in student employability programs and activities.
• Assist in the preparation of data input for development of financial statements and management information reports, including monthly accounting journal entries, overhead application schedules, bank reconciliations, general ledger account analyses and monthly financial statement.
• Prepare and maintain cost data and related analyses relating to center operations.
• Monitor the output of the accounts payable and cashier functions, the preparation of cash forecasts, and the initiating of funds; serve as petty cash custodian.
• Maintain cash disbursements journal, general ledger and cost ledger by recording accounting transactions, preparing reconciliations and financial tabulations as assigned.
• Process and cashier for student pay.
• Collect revenues from concessions; make deposits.
• Maintain work-based learning & individual student bank accounts.
• Write checks, after proper approval and ensure appropriate staff have signed the checks.
• Audit and enter weekly time cards to process bi-weekly staff payroll, as assigned.
• Participate in physical inventory counts, as assigned.
• Monitoring and mentoring duties, as assigned.

Monitors Student’s Behavior: Ensures proper conduct of students in all areas. Assists staff with behavior problems coordinating referrals to PBSO as required. Creates methods and programs to motivate constructive student behavior. Maintains awareness of the individual needs of various minority and cultural groups. Monitors accountability process.

Develops Others: Establishes high level of mutual trust and support with others. Expresses positive expectations of others, even in difficult situations. Creates a learning atmosphere.…