Accounting Clerk

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Process accounts payable including tracking expenditures for budgets
• Maintains records of expenditures for assigned grants and contracts
• Assists with accounts receivables including tracking payments due, preparing invoices and documenting payments
• Reviews all invoices for appropriate documentation and approval prior to payment
• Enters bills and vendor invoices into Accounts Payable System to obtain approval and process for payment
• Coordinates all purchasing and procurement for all 5 sites
• Prints and obtains signatures on all accounts payable live checks 
• Distributes live checks as required
• Answers vendor inquiries
• Maintains all accounts payable reports, spreadsheets, and corporate accounts payable files
• Assists Deputy Director for Operations and Treasurer as necessary
• Prepares cleared checks for storage
• Maintains and balances petty cash
• Assists with monthly closings
• Performs Filing and copying
• Maintains assigned filing systems
• Assists with accounts receivable as needed (Invoices, Data entry, etc)
• Assist with special projects, staff training and other general office tasks

Required Qualifications:

• Associates degree, or higher, in accounting, business, public administration or related

• Ability to behave ethically and maintain the strictest professionalism and confidentiality

• Knowledge of financial management standards and best practices
• Ability to type 50 WPM

Desired Qualifications:

• Excellent organizational skills
• Time management Skill
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to manage complex task and competing priorities efficiently to create high quality work products
• Excellent oral and written communication
• Excellent customer service skills
• Ability to work well independently and as part of a team
• Highly analytic thinker

Lost-n-Found Youth provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity/expression, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements Lost-n-Found Youth complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.