Junior Accountant

Reading Area Community College is seeking a Junior Accountant to support accounts payable and accounting operations. The role focuses on recording vouchers, researching invoices and statements, responding to vendor and employee inquiries, preparing payment reports, and assisting senior accountants and the Controller with accounting tasks.

What you'll do:

• Research invoices & purchase orders
• Create & maintain vouchers
• Prepare payment reports to run checks
• Prepare ad-hoc reports on vendors or accounts as required
• Maintain vendor files
• Respond to vendor inquiries
• Respond to voucher inquiries
• Provide professional internal and external customer service
• Sign, verify, and distribute AP checks and sign AR checks weekly
• Perform other related accounts payable duties as assigned by the supervisor
• Journal entries
• Reconciliations

What they're looking for:

• High school diploma or equivalent with at least two years' bookkeeping, finance, or related experience required
• Alternatively, an Associate Degree and at least one year of bookkeeping, finance, or related experience required
• Ability to exhibit initiative and analytical skills in problem solving
• Ability to work, plan and complete assignments independently
• Ability to exhibit tact and diplomacy in contacts
• Ability to consistently generate accurate data
• Ability to work under periods of prolonged concentration subject to frequent interruptions
• An individual should have knowledge of computerized accounting systems and controls, as well as experience with Word Processing software
• Must possess a high level of proficiency and expertise in the use of spreadsheet software
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations
• Ability to read and interpret legal contracts and federal and state grant documents
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals

Benefits:

• Part-time position with a 25-hour work week
• Remaining hours may be spread over a three-, four-, or five-day weekly schedule, with specific work hours agreed upon between the supervisor and employee