Accounting Assistant

Job Location: Vancouver, WA 98663

Position Type: Full Time

Salary Range: $20.00 - $25.00 Hourly

Job Shift: Day

Job Category: Accounting

Accounting Assistant duties to support Accounting Staff, strong communication skills, attention to detail and a willingness to learn and grow in the position. Must live within 90 minutes of the Portland Metro area.

• Process daily deposits
• Assist in accounts payable functions
• Accounts receivable review & maintenance
• Provide assistance as needed to accounting manager and controller
• Generate accounting reports
• Auditing of policies and processes
• General clerical duties
• Other duties as assigned

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Education and/or

Experience:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• or one to two years related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience working with accounts payables/accounts receivable
• Ability to multi‑task, meet frequent deadlines, prioritize, strong organization, time management, and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Self‑directed and high attention to detail
• Yardi experience a plus

Office

Experience:

• Proficient in MS Office, particularly email (both the desktop version and web based), Word, and Excel;
  Resman experience a plus;
  Knowledge accounting procedures, excellent time management skills, ability to multi‑task, and prioritize work. Attention to details and problem‑solving skills.

Ability to read and interpret documents such as emails, utility billings, financial documents, instructional documents, rental agreements, and procedure manuals.

Mathematical

Skills:

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages.

Reasoning Ability:
Ability to add and subtract numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to handle or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to walk, climb or balance, and talk or hear.

The employee is frequently required to sit; stoop, kneel, and/or crouch. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and, on rare occasions, move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is rarely exposed to outside weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; and risk of electrical shock.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.