Accounting Assistant
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Accounting Assistant

Momentum for Health

Location: San Jose,CA, USA

Date: 2025-01-06T07:47:45Z

Job Description:
**Work Schedule is Mon - Fri 8:30am - 5:00pm. Hourly rate is $21/hr **We offer a competitive package of employee benefits for 30 to 40-hour week positions. You will receive a defined contribution amount of up to $14,580 per year (prorated for part-time employees working less than 40 hours per week) to purchase the benefits of your choice on a cafeteria plan basis. Any amount of this defined contribution not used towards your benefits will be paid to you as taxable earnings. We offer a retirement plan with a generous employer match starting at 4% after one year of employment. Our paid time off is also more generous than many employers with vacation time accruing up to 25 days per year, 6 days of sick time per year and 12 paid holidays.The benefits offered in our cafeteria plan are as follows:
  • Medical benefits -Kaiserranging from $0 Deductible Plan with $15 Copay to $,3200 Deductible Plan with Health Savings Account. Sutter Health plans are also available from $0 Deductible Plan to $2,500 Deductible Plan.
  • Dental benefits -Guardian: 1 dental HMO and 2 PPOs
  • Vision benefits - 2 options from Guardian VSP: a standard vision plan and an enhanced vision plan
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Helps ensure the integrity of the general ledger accounting system and subsidiary ledgers.
  • Assists AP to ensure that expenses are posted timely and accurately to the general ledger, including opening mail, scanning and saving invoices, and requesting approvals.
  • Assist AR with processing customer payments and invoices and possibly collections.
  • Assists with continuous process improvement of the AP function including updating vendor invoice submissions from mail to email and moving from check to ACH payments.
  • Works with department managers to collect company credit card receipts.
  • Helps record, classify and summarize financial transactions and events in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
  • Assists with the preparation of timely and accurate monthly financial closes and operating performance reporting, as well as the preparation and coordination of the annual audit.
  • Collects and files credit card receipts from managers to reconcile at month end.
  • Assists with the preparation of supporting documentation for audits and interacts with external auditors as needed.
  • Assists management with the analysis of monthly operating results.
  • Supports the agency's compliance with federal and state regulations, including tax compliance and internal accounting controls, making recommendations for changes as the need arises.
  • Adheres to generally accepted accounting practices.
  • Assists in the continuous development and maintenance of internal controls of the agency.
  • OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Assist with NetSuite implementation.
  • Support efficient office operations in the department, including safeguarding accounting and employee information, and on-site and off-site inventory records; follow prudent expenditure controls; maintain appropriate storage and retention of accounting records.
  • Attend meetings and trainings as directed and necessary.
  • KNOWLEDGE, SKILL, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED: (E = Essential; D = Desired)
  • BS/BA from an accredited college or university with a degree in accounting or finance. (D)
  • Willingness to learn:
  • Accounting processes, accounting operations, internal controls, GAAP, financial reporting and taxation rules, regulations and appropriate practices; (E)
  • Principles of general accounting and risk management practices for non-profit organizations with multiple cost centers and funding sources; (E)
  • Auditing principles and procedures; financial controls; (E)
  • Electronic data processing systems and computerized accounting programs; (E)
  • Proficient with Microsoft Excel; (E)
  • Demonstrated ability to:
  • Communicate effectively in both verbal and written English; (E)
  • Balance competing demands and satisfy the conflicting needs of a multi-stakeholder-based constituency with tact and diplomacy; (E)
  • Be flexible and adapt to a changing work environment and work priorities; (E)
  • Work in a fast-paced, multiple-tasking, conflicting-priority mode with tight deadlines; (E)
  • Work effectively with persons of different value systems, ethnicity, cultural backgrounds, language capabilities and disability; (E)
  • Exhibit exemplary customer service, compassion, and care in the execution of all duties and interactions. (E)
  • Special Requirements: None.
  • Experience with NetSuite AP processing and reporting, proven proficiency in typing; 10-key by touch; advanced proficiency level in Microsoft Office Excel. (D)
  • A valid California Driver License, with access to a reliable vehicle/for driving a company vehicle, current proof of auto liability insurance, and a clean DMV record. (E)
  • Physical requirements needed to perform the essential functions of this job, with or without accommodation: (E)
  • Hearing and talking on telephone and in person; sitting for extended periods, manual repetitive motion, pinching and finger flexion are required constantly (over 2/3 of the workday); (E)
  • Lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, bending, stooping, crouching, kneeling, balancing, climbing and crawling are generally not required.
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