Accounting Assistant (Part Time)

Department for Persons with Disabilities; New Jersey; On-site; USD 25,000 - 35,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive wages

Benefit packages

Job summary

A community service agency in New Jersey is hiring an Accounting Assistant to manage bookkeeping tasks, including processing vouchers and maintaining accounting records. Duties include ensuring confidentiality in all operations and cooperating with agency staff during audits. This part-time position requires a degree in Accounting and experience in bookkeeping. Candidates should possess exceptional organizational skills, a friendly demeanor, and the ability to work with computers. Flexible hours are available across multiple shifts.

Qualifications

• Minimum of one year experience in bookkeeping.
• Basic knowledge of accounting is required.
• Keen to learn and adapt.

Responsibilities

• Handle daily and routine bookkeeping tasks on both manual and computerized systems.
• Process program vouchers, cash disbursements, invoices, and maintain accounts.
• Ensure confidentiality of agency operations and cooperate with administration during inspections.

Skills

Bookkeeping

Computer aptitude

Organizational skills

Education

Degree in Accounting (Undergraduate Accounting Major)

Job description

We are offering competitive wages, benefit packages and the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of those in need.

Full time, part-time, and substitute positions are available throughout 5 counties in New Jersey. Daytime, afternoon, evening, and overnight shifts are currently open.

Our 3 agencies, Straight and Narrow (S&N), Catholic Family and Community Services (CFCS) and the Department for Persons with Disabilities (DPD) are currently hiring.

TITLE: Accounting Assistant

Location: Parsippany NJ

HOURS: 22 Hours Part Time (Monday through Friday: 8:30am – 4:30pm 3 days a week)

This is an hourly non-exempt position.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree in Accounting (Undergraduate Accounting Major- Minimum)
• Minimum of one year experience in bookkeeping.
• Knowledge of office machines, aptitude to work with computers and capacity to be trained to take on program’s funds accounting responsibilities.

Basic knowledge of accounting. Keen to learn.

PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS

Exceptional organizational skills and team-work attitude, friendly, courteous, professional. WORKING CONDITIONS: Office environment and program locations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Talking, answering telephones, ability to operate computers and office machines.

SUMMARY OF JOB

This position handles daily and routine bookkeeping tasks on both manual and computerized systems; processing of program vouchers, program cash disbursements, program credit cards, maintains consumer and program accounting files, records and related journals and reports, processing of invoices, cash disbursements, accounts receivable, accounts payable, maintains accounting files, records and related journals and reports. This position also handles documents that are confidential to the operations of the agency. This person must maintain the highest level of confidentiality. The employee will cooperate with the agency's administration and/or Division staff in any inspection or investigation.