Administrative Assistant

AMERICAN FOREST MANAGEMENT INC•Bennettsville, SC

8d•Onsite

About The Position

American Forest Management, Inc. (AFM) is seeking an Administrative Assistant to support forestry personnel in a client-focused forest management business. Reporting directly to the manager, this full-time role helps maintain operational efficiency by performing administrative, data-entry, accounting-reconciliation, communication, and office-support tasks. The position is based in Bennettsville, South Carolina. AFM is a land and natural resource consulting firm founded in 1966 and headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. It provides sustainable land management, consulting, and real estate services for timberland, farmland, and other privately held lands in the United States, Panama, and Costa Rica. Its services include land and wildlife management; land sales and acquisitions; forest inventory, planning, and design; growth and yield modeling; cash-flow projections; environmental and farmland services; appraisal; forest resource data management; and harvest scheduling. The role requires office experience with multiple types of computer software and the ability to accurately handle detailed data. The successful candidate will be highly proficient in Microsoft Office, able to learn forest accounting systems, attentive to detail, discreet with sensitive information, and effective in communicating and working with colleagues, clients, vendors, and customers. AFM describes its environment as dynamic and collaborative, with a culture that values innovation, integrity, teamwork, open communication, and professional growth.

Requirements

Office experience involving multiple types of computer software.
Demonstrated ability to perform detailed data tasks accurately.
High proficiency with Microsoft Office software products.
Ability to learn and adapt to forest accounting systems.
Absolute attention to detail and accuracy.
Working knowledge of office procedures and equipment.
Ability to maintain strict confidentiality with sensitive customer and internal information.
Ability to develop strong working relationships with managers, co-workers, clients, vendors, and customers.
Excellent customer service skills.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to prioritize workload.
Ability to work independently.

Responsibilities

Enter service contract data into the company forest management and accounting system.
Perform timber settlement accounting reconciliation.
Code and enter accounts payable data into forest accounting software.
Answer phone calls, provide information, and route calls as required.
Collect mail from the post office, sort incoming mail, and assist with outgoing mail and shipments.
Operate office machines to input and retrieve data and arrange maintenance when needed.
Maintain an inventory of office supplies and assets.
Perform other related duties and tasks as necessary or assigned.