Accounting Clerk

Legends Global • New Orleans, LA

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About The Position

The Accounting Clerk performs bookkeeping, cashiering, cash-management, and financial reporting duties. The position maintains petty cash, receipt records, and the check release register; audits receipts and disbursements for public shows; and resolves credit card chargebacks. The clerk completes assigned portions of the monthly close by specified deadlines, helps prepare financial statements and audit schedules, and prepares monthly reconciliations of agency fund cash accounts.

Additional duties include maintaining files and agency funds on the mainframe computer, handling American Express reconciliations and cash receipts, preparing public show statements and city amusement tax returns, producing daily cash reports, and entering journal entries into the financial reporting system. The clerk communicates daily with the Director of Finance about project status, workload, and departmental concerns, and performs other assigned duties.

Responsibilities

• Maintain petty cash, receipt records, and the check release register.
• Audit receipts and disbursements for public shows and resolve credit card chargebacks.
• Complete assigned sections of the monthly close by the specified deadline.
• Assist in preparing financial statements and audit schedules.
• Prepare monthly reconciliations of agency fund cash accounts.
• Perform select operating duties, minor bookkeeping, and cashiering duties.
• Maintain files and agency funds on the mainframe computer.
• Complete American Express reconciliations and process cash receipts.
• Assist in preparing public show statements and city amusement tax returns.
• Prepare daily cash reports in a timely manner.
• Enter journal entries into the financial reporting computer system.
• Communicate daily with the Director of Finance about project status, workload, and departmental concerns.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed