Accounting Clerk - Part Time

Irene M. Hunt School • San Anselmo, CA

339d • $25

About The Position

Side by Side provides a unique opportunity to work with the highest caliber of therapeutic, educational and childcare professionals in a team environment. We are a nonprofit agency providing residential, educational, and family/community-based treatment services for emotionally disturbed, abused and neglected children from infancy through adolescence. Founded in 1895 as an orphanage, we now serve over 400 children each year, offering hope and a second chance for young lives. Please visit our website: www.sidebysideyouth.org. We are currently looking for a part-time (10 hours/week) Accounting Clerk. This position pays $25/hour.

Requirements

• High school graduate with at least 5 years accounting/bookkeeping experience using a professional accounting system.
• Must be organized, efficient, and professional, with strict attention to detail and confidentiality.
• Must have excellent computer skills, have experience with the MIP accounting system or have the capacity to learn it quickly, and be skilled in using Excel.
• Must be able to work comfortably and effectively with a diverse group of staff members and the general public, both on the phone and in person.
• Good communication skills and the ability to work well as part of a team or independently.

Nice To Haves

• Some college level accounting
• Background in a business office and/or non-profit environment.
• Experience using AP/AR modules of MIP accounting software.

Responsibilities

• Open mail and direct documents to appropriate departments
• Receive checks/payments, make copies with remittance and forward to appropriate department
• Maintain Cash Register - reconcile donations with Development Batch Reports
• Create and distribute Monthly Credit Card activity reports
• Responsible for accounts payable processing, including reviewing obtaining approvals and coding invoices, weekly printing and distributing of vendor checks, Maintain the AP module in the accounting system (MIP) and vendor files. Process check requests. Maintain 1099 information, process and distribute 1099's. Maintain vendor relationships and files, and update vendor data in accounting system
• Maintain and file all accounting documents (AP, AR, GL)
• Data Entry including AR payments received, AR monthly invoices, CR monthly deposits, GL monthly journal entries
• As part of a small finance team, contribute to accounting duties as assigned including but not limited to journal entries, fixed assets, deferred revenue and account reconciliations
• Interact with agency staff re: accounts payable processing
• Assist Accounting Manager and Director of Finance with special projects

Benefits

• Equal employment opportunities
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Educational Services
• Education Level: High school or GED