Accounting Assistant

About the role

Buckner International is seeking an Accounting Assistant to join the Financial Services department. This role offers a full-time position with a hybrid schedule.

Responsibilities

• Timely and accurately input cash deposit entries daily and reconcile to bank records weekly.
• Timely and accurately input accounts payable invoices for the Financial Services department for payment.
• Review invoices for appropriate documentation and approve them for payment within the payable system daily.
• Affix with the weekly check run, ensuring all invoices have been approved for payment.
• Resolve issues with the campus (e.g., coding, missing documentation, incorrect dates, etc.).
• Create review files to identify potential issues pre-processing.
• Affix with the printing of the checks and EFT notices.
• Timely and accurately update outstanding checks listing monthly.
• Weekly work with the campuses to resolve items on the listing and send out letters when appropriate.
• Affix with expense reimbursement reports and timely and accurately process them for payment in accordance with established guidelines.
• Timely and accurately input wire transactions each week.
• Affix with the administration of PaperSave, including setting up and training new users, responding and initial troubleshooting of user issues, and escalating issues to PaperSave when necessary.
• Track and follow up on issues escalated to PaperSave to resolution.
• Timely and accurately input journal entries and regional checks.
• Affix with the completion of manual journal entries and file uploads during the monthly close process.

Requirements

• Requires in-depth understanding of a comprehensive field of knowledge.
• Knowledge normally associated with work experience in the field of accounting.
• Involves ability to define problems, draw conclusions and make decisions dealing with abstract variables.
• Related college coursework preferred.
• High School Diploma (or G.E.D.) required.
• Prior related training and experience is required.
• Minimum 3-5 years prior related experience required.
• Requires proficient ability to speak, read and write English.
• Requires ability to communicate clearly and make oneself understood effectively in face-to-face interactions; articulate with accuracy to communicate using the telephone.
• Requires organizational skills needed to provide attention to detail and maintain routines.
• Requires excellent professional writing skills needed to compose inter-office correspondence and correspondence to donors, vendors, and a variety of other individuals, groups, and business entities.

Qualifications

• Requires proficient ability to speak, read and write English.
• Requires ability to communicate clearly and make oneself understood effectively in face-to-face interactions; articulate with accuracy to communicate using the telephone.
• Requires organizational skills needed to provide attention to detail and maintain routines.
• Requires excellent professional writing skills needed to compose inter-office correspondence and correspondence to donors, vendors, and a variety of other individuals, groups, and business entities.