Accounting Specialist Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
• At least 1 year of relevant experience.
• Some experience in office administration, accounting, and/or bookkeeping.
• Good written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong attention to detail and a high level of accuracy and precision.
• Critical thinking, research, data review, and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to work collaboratively.
• Strong organizational, time-management, and multitasking skills, including the ability to handle multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines.
• Ability to address issues, inquiries, and concerns promptly.
• Working knowledge of accounting principles, financial regulations, and reporting standards.
• Effective skills using Microsoft applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams, and accounting software such as QuickBooks, M-Tech, SAP, or similar.
• Ability to perform duties that may require standing, sitting, talking, hearing, reaching, stooping, kneeling, using hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, and keyboard, and occasionally lifting up to 25 pounds.
• Vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to wear and work in personal protective equipment in manufacturing environments.

Nice To Haves

• Associate or bachelor’s degree in business, accounting, finance, or a related field.
• Previous experience working with SAP.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and update financial records to ensure data integrity, accuracy, and compliance with accounting principles and standards.
• Assist with preparing or generating financial reports supporting daily operations, including reports on payment activities, contract compliance, financial trends, inventories, and cost data.
• Enter information into relevant systems, identify potential errors, and support their resolution.
• Help create manual invoices, verify their accuracy, and address discrepancies.
• Assist with providing documentation and responding to routine audit inquiries.
• Monitor and report expenses and/or production metrics.
• Collaborate across functions to support and improve financial performance and reporting accuracy, and participate in process reviews to improve efficiency.
• Communicate relevant data to suppliers, customers, and management.
• Cultivate positive relationships with internal and external partners.
• Review data to calculate payment amounts, including bonuses or adjustments.
• Prepare and process financial transactions accurately and in compliance with established contracts and policies.
• Serve as a point of contact for inquiries and billing or payment discrepancies.
• Reconcile accounts, statements, general ledger, and data entry.