Accounting Clerk

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following: 

· Compiles and sorts documents, such as invoices and checks, substantiating business transactions

· Verifies and posts details of business transactions, such as funds received and disbursed, and totals accounts to ledgers, computer spreadsheets and databases.

· Audits invoices against purchase orders, research discrepancies, and approves for payment.

· Investigates problems that vendors or purchasing agents have with obtaining payment for bills.

· Computes and records charges, refunds, cost of lost or damaged goods, freight charges, rentals, and similar items.

· Prepares vouchers, invoices, checks, account statements, reports, and other records, and reviews for accuracy.

· Reconciles general ledger accounts with various registers.

· Extracts general ledger information.

· Monitors accounts payable to ensure that payments are up to date.

· Reconciles report discrepancies and problems.

· Codes data for input to financial data processing system according to company procedures.

· Reviews, balances, and interprets computer reports, and makes corrections.

· Assists employees, vendors, clients, or customers by answering questions related to accounts, procedures, and services.

· Experience using Microsoft Office. 

· Other duties as assigned.

  Qualifications: 

· High school diploma or GED required.

· Associate's degree preferred.

· Six months to one-year related experience and/or training. 

· Experience using accounting software.

· Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. 

· Ability to write simple correspondence. 

· Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization

· Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. 

· Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and interpret bar graphs.

· Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. 

· Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

· Must be able to lift 15 pounds.

· Be able to work in an office setting.