Finance Assistant

Orangewood Christian School; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Orangewood Christian School is seeking an entry-level Finance Assistant to support daily accounting tasks and help maintain accurate financial records. The role offers exposure to accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll processing, reporting to the Finance Director.

The ideal candidate will be proficient in QuickBooks and Excel, with strong analytical skills and attention to detail, and an Associates degree or equivalent experience. This is a full-time on-site position in New York.

Qualifications

• Education: Associates Degree or equivalent experience.
• 1+ years of experience in accounting or finance roles.
• Must understand and ensure accounting policies are adhered to.

Responsibilities

• Verifies and posts details of business transactions and reconciles to ledgers.
• Audits invoices against purchase orders and approves for payment.
• Reconciles bank statements and oversees credit card statement reconciliation.
• Monitors accounts payable and accounts receivable to ensure timely payments.
• Assists Finance Director with payroll processing and handling payroll changes.

Skills

Analytical skills

Accounting knowledge

Attention to detail

Education

Associates Degree or equivalent experience

Tools

QuickBooks

Excel

RenWeb

10-key proficiency

Job description

Description

The Finance Assistant is an entry level position requiring a calling to use God-given talents to further the Kingdom of God. The Finance Assistant is expected to be a minister to the OCS community through actions, speech, attitude, and prayer, as they point students to Christ. This position reports to the Finance Director and is accountable for overseeing Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable. Must understand and ensure accounting policies are adhered to, have a solid knowledge of Quickbooks and Excel, and possess strong analytical skills.

Essential Function:

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

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

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

Computes and records charges, refunds, discounts and similar items.

Maintains subsidiary ledgers for budgeting and auditing purposes.

Reconciles bank statements and oversees reconciliation of credit card statements.

Monitors accounts payable and receivable to ensure that payments are up to date.

Assists Finance Director with collection of past due accounts and payroll processing to include maintaining online payroll changes, files, etc.

Reconciles report discrepancies and potential issues.

Assists employees, vendors, clients, and customers by answering questions related to accounting procedures and services.

Supplemental Function:

Math Ability: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, & percentages. Ability to apply concepts of basic math and algebra.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, or schedule form.

Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Word, Excel, Quickbooks and Renweb preferred. Also requires 10 key proficiency.

Requirements

Education Requirement: Associates Degree or equivalent experience

Years of Experience: 1+