Office Assistant

DENVER ROLLER INC • Benton, AR

16d • Onsite

About The Position

Assists the office manager as directed in the day to day operations of the administrative function of the funeral home and cemetery where applicable.

Requirements

• High school diploma plus additional training as provided by the funeral home and Denver Roller Incorporated.
• Ability to read and interpret general business document or governmental regulations.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from the managers, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral or schedule form.
• Knowledge of all aspects of the business dimension of the funeral profession, including bookkeeping, accounts payable, accounts receivable and purchasing.
• A sound knowledge of accepted business procedures and operation of office equipment.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work.
• Good verbal and interpersonal skills; compassionate understanding and ability to deal with all aspects of grief.
• Occasional heavy work requiring exertion of more than forty (40) pounds of force to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
• Employee uses hands to grasp, finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls.
• The employee reaches with arms and hands, and is frequently required to walk, stand, bend or stoop, and is occasionally required to kneel, climb, balance, crouch or crawl.
• Ability to clearly express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word, and to receive detailed information through verbal communications with or without correction.
• Clarity of vision at distances of 20 inches or less, more than 20 inches and less than 20 feet, and more than 20 feet, with or without correction; color vision, depth perception, and peripheral vision.

Responsibilities

• Assists with clerical aspects of a funeral/cemetery such as: Complete and file the death certificates, file insurance claim forms, obituaries, memorial book, memorial folders, prayer cards and pages.
• Contact pallbearers and hairdresser if necessary, submit appropriate paperwork to central office, and assist with cemetery paperwork and contacts, and Assured Peace.
• Receptionist-meets customers and others at front desk if appropriate.
• Assist with answering multi-line phone, incoming and outgoing as needed.
• Assist with purchase of office supplies and maintain a proper inventory of same.
• Operate the computer related to funeral services, cemetery and AP.
• Assist with maintaining funeral home files.
• Assist with the cleaning of office, when necessary.
• Answer customer inquiries related to Assured Peace, monuments, cemetery and insurance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED