Assistant Accounting Job Description
Assistant Accounting Duties & Responsibilities
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Assistant Accounting Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for Assistant Accounting
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPA, SMMM, W9, WSIB, CLASP, CMA, MBA, PO, CRC
Education for Assistant Accounting
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Employers hiring for the assistant accounting job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Associate and High School Degree in Accounting, Finance, Associates, Education, Business, Business/Administration, Technical, Communication, Graduate, Bookkeeping
Skills for Assistant Accounting
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Desired experience for assistant accounting includes:
Assistant Accounting Examples
Assistant Accounting Job Description
- Performs routine accounting operations
- Processes refunds, returned checks, and bad debts
- Maintains digital imaging of accounting documents
- Extract and process all corporate legal bills
- Responsible for A/P, Fixed Assets and other GL account
- Monitoring payment and expenditure
- Prepare and submit withholding tax and VAT
- Reconcile GL account
- Create Invoices for Private Events
- Assist Accounts Receivable with Phone Calls & Credit Card Payments
- Ability to analyze and investigate potential issues, with autonomy and confidence
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office 2013 with emphasis on Excel 2013
- Knowledge of Change Point or Replicon
- Minimum 2 years of relevant experience in MNC or sizeable company is preferred
- Responsible, self-motivated and a good team player
- Fluent in both English and Cantonese, Mandarin is a plus
Assistant Accounting Job Description
- Provides administrative support to the Associate Dean for Budget & Administration and Associate Dean for Instructional Programs, including, managing calendars, scheduling meetings, and providing all necessary day-to-day support
- Maintains office files and supplies
- Providing accurate details during audits
- Communicating clearly and professionally
- Completing accurate work within deadlines
- Operates well under direct supervision
- Perform administrative activities including printing, scanning, plotting, photocopy and reprographics, postage documentation
- Identify and accumulate back-up for client invoices
- Files invoices and related documents
- Answer and respond to phone calls, messages and emails
- Must have and knowledge of efficiencies in Sage MAS 500, Excel and various online banking websites
- Must be able to travel based on client and business needs (up to 10%)
- Book Journals to reflect financial activities in compliance with above same (may include some or
- Knowledge in MS Office is must
- Willing and able to work on details
- Open minded and willing to help others
Assistant Accounting Job Description
- Ability to document accounting processes and procedures
- Participate on project team to transistion to automated run ticket processing, and accounting
- Monthly account reconciliation and accounting support
- Prepare collection letters and make collection calls
- Processing monthly member statements
- Assist with Accounts Payable and Payroll position when needed
- Performs accounts receivable and/or payable functions
- Compiles invoices and arranges payment
- Prepares invoices and applies payments
- Responds to customer inquiries, internal and external
- Strong computer skills, including MS Word and MS Excel
- Ability to function in an organized and detail oriented manner
- Familiarity with Great Plains is a plus
- Non-smoker, construction industry, Quickbooks, Excel
- 3+ years' experience as a bookkeeper or accounting assistant
- Experience with cost accounting a plus!
Assistant Accounting Job Description
- Maintain and process expense reports through Expensify
- Process electronic payments generation (wire and ACH)
- Respond to vendor inquiries in a timely, courteous manner
- Accounts Payable and open P.O
- Accounts Payable – verify accuracy, proper classification transactions and recording of invoices
- Assist the owner with meeting preparation
- Create and pull reports
- Call clients and set appointments
- Communicate with insurance carriers, mutual fund companies, and VA companies
- Assist in administrative and clerical tasks and responsibilities, such as drafting documents, coordinating schedules, to help the team perform at an efficient level
- 1 years or more relevant work experience in an international company (including intern period)
- Good knowledge of accounting concepts and current legislation, computer literate and experienced with spreadsheets/ databases
- Experiences with Chinese standard accounting software
- Fluent English both verbal and written (must be able to communicate effectively in English via telephone with foreign)
- Ability to work to deadlines and independently
- Ability to attract, develop and retain assign staff
Assistant Accounting Job Description
- Create and close all transactional batches in the association membership database
- Maintain Accounts Payable Vendor Master File (i.e., adding or modifying vendor accounts)
- Maintain fixed asset sub ledger, prepare monthly reports, and reconcile to the general ledger
- Collaborate with IT team to ensure compliance with company policy on asset acquisition and disposal
- Responsible for data entry of investment detail for gains or losses
- Perform some administrative duties such as front desk support, manage off-site storage, etc
- New Client Set Up including Engagement letter processing
- Daily transactional processing experience
- Process accounts payable including the preparation and issuance of checks
- Prepare billings, record billings, enter cash receipts, and track sales tax
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint and Excel), and Quickbooks
- Interest in renewable energy and environment helpful
- Intermediate knowledge of the Cullinet Cost Accounting (CAS), Shop Floor Control, and Inventory modules
- Must be able to work additional hours, including weekends, as needed for month end
- Minimum of four (4) years’ experience required
- Must be detailed oriented, well organized and ability to multi-task