Job Description

About the Company & Opportunity:
• Our client is a nonprofit with a mission dedicated to the arts
• This is a well-established organization founded over 50 years ago
• Employees praise the organization's culture, work-life balance, and professional development

Accounting Assistant

Location: Vienna, VA (hybrid schedule - currently 2 days per week in the office)

Schedule (Please review carefully):
• Position will be Monday - Friday, either 8am - 4pm or 9am - 5pm (7 hour work day), but possibly some days only part days
• 30 hours/week: April and May
• 35 hours/week: June through Sept full time which is 35 hours/week
• Back to 30 hour/week in October
• Accounting Assistant will also be needed occasionally on Saturdays with a start time of 8:30am

Position Overview:
Our client needs immediate assistance due to the current workload.

Responsibilities:
• A couple days/week the Accounting Assistant will count cash. A few hours will be spent each time the Accounting Assistant is cash counting.
• Accounting Assistant will help with payroll with onboarding (e.g. they have days of the week, they have a dozen union members arrive who needed to be onboarded into the payroll system - will work in Paycom to verify I9's, tracking background checks, tracking other items in payroll when payroll manager is busy, etc.
• Accounting Assistant will help with AP - reviewing invoices, probably coding; our client has 5000 separate payments/year and 5000 credit card transactions/year - heaviest in summer.
• Accounting Assistant will complete ad hoc tasks and projects
• Note: The Accounting Assistant role will be project focused.

Requirements:
• Ideally 2+ years of accounting experience
• Previous nonprofit experience is a plus but NOT required
• Previous Paycom experience is a plus but NOT required
• Should have previous experience utilizing an accounting ERP system or payroll system
• Degree is a plus but NOT required
• Excel - basic to intermediate functions (formulas, export to Excel, filter, format, sum, etc.)

Personality Fit:
• Team player who is willing to assist wherever needed
• Strong work ethic and attention to detail
• Organized
• Quick learner who is attentive during training to pick up tasks first time shown
• Adaptable to changing priorities
• Ability to work with other departments and be appreciative of their needs and pressures

Qualified candidates please submit your resume for immediate consideration for this exciting job opportunity!

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Job Tags

Full time, Summer work, Immediate start, Saturday, 2 days per week, Monday to Friday,

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