Bookkeeper (LKLP - Perry County)

Kentucky River Community Care•Hazard, KY

2d•$17•Onsite

About The Position

The primary responsibility of the Bookkeeper is to provide bookkeeping and accounting support to the Finance Officer. This role involves keeping records of financial transactions, verifying and allocating transactions, preparing budgets and invoices, entering financial data into accounting software, and analyzing vendor accounts. The bookkeeper will also compile reports on financial statistics and perform other duties as assigned by the Chief Finance Officer and/or Executive Director. Marginal duties include filing financial documents, scanning documents, and assisting with mail.

Requirements

Associate’s Degree is required.
One to two years related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Valid Kentucky Driver’s License.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
Ability to add subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Ability to do basic business and accounting related mathematical procedures.
Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.
Ability to deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.
Required to attain all training and certifications as required by Finance Officer, LKLP Executive Director, LKLP Board of Directors and federal and state government funding sources.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree (B.A.) from a four-year college or university preferred.
Payroll experience is a plus.
Interact well with others.
Able to work in a high stress environment.
Able to work in a fast-pace environment.
Able to prioritize and multi-task.
Able to resolve interpersonal conflicts.
Able to work with difficult clients.
Ability to interact well with others and work in a high stress, fast-pace environment; ability to prioritize and multi-task; able to resolve interpersonal conflicts and work with difficult clients.

Responsibilities

Keeps records of financial transactions for organization, using calculator and computer.
Verifies, allocates, and posts details of business transactions to subsidiary accounts in journals or computer files from documents such as sales slips, invoices, receipts, check stubs, and computer printouts.
Prepares annual budgets and reconciles actual expenses to budget monthly.
Prepares and distributes monthly invoices to funding sources.
Enters monthly cash receipts, journal entries, and accounts payables in accounting software system.
Answers all vendor inquiries.
Analyzes vendor accounts and negotiates extended terms with vendors when cash is restricted.
Prepares analysis of accounts, as required.
Reconciles and balances accounts.
Summarizes details in separate ledgers or computer files and transfers data to general ledger.
Compiles reports to show statistics such as cash receipts and expenditures, accounts payable and receivable, profit and loss, and other items pertinent to operation of business.
Filing documents such as: accounts payable, journal entries, deposits, accounts receivable, etc.
Document Image Scanning.
Assisting Finance Officer with incoming/outgoing mail.