Bookkepper

Summary: Experienced administrative accountant for a professional environment. Must be able to handle multiple functions with little supervision, be flexible with prioritization, and results oriented. Must be experienced in Microsoft Office and/or Apple iWork suite and other accounting software.

Essential Functions:

• Keeps records of financial transactions for establishment using computer.
• Verifies, allocates, and posts details of business transactions to subsidiary accounts computer files from documents, such as sales slips, invoices, receipts, check stubs, and computer printouts.
• Summarizes details in separate ledgers and transfers data to general ledger.
• Reconciles and balances accounts.
• May compile reports to show statistics, such as cash receipts and expenditures, accounts payable and receivable, profit and loss, and other items pertinent to operation of business.
• May be designated according to kind of records of financial transactions kept, such as Accounts-Receivable Bookkeeper (clerical), and Accounts-Payable Bookkeeper (clerical). May complete records to or through trial balance.

Relationships and Roles: Internal / External Cooperation

• Making Decisions and Solving Problems -- Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards -- Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
• Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships -- Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates -- Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.

Scope Data/Working Conditions/Physical Demands: Work schedules include days, evenings, weekends and holidays and may require overtime. May require prolonged periods of sitting.

Requirements: Skills, Knowledge, Abilities and Traits:

• Experienced in Microsoft Office and/or Apple iWork suite and other accounting software.
• Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, statistics, and their applications.
• Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
• Flexibility in working schedule and location.