Financial Assistant

Job Purpose: Maintain and provide to management financial and administrative information. Experience and Knowledge High school diploma; some college preferred Accounting principles and bookkeeping Computer experience: Word Processing, Data Base(s), Spread Sheets Skills and Abilities

1. Computer skills
2. Accounting knowledge and ability to set up books
3. Ability to work under pressure and deadlines
4. Ability to budget time and duties efficiently
5. Ability to manage position with minimal supervision
6. Ability to develop and maintain professional relationships and to communicate and work with other staff, clients, volunteers and general public from various cultural, ethnic and racial backgrounds.
7. Ability to work within the purpose, structure and constraints of the Agency and to make suggestions for change in a responsible manner.
8. Ability to maintain poise and control and to be effective even under extreme stress and unexpected crisis Job Related Training Courses Programs Orientation On-going in-service workshops and conferences Principal Duties & Responsibilities:
9. Delivers financial services by Accounts receivable and payables Preparation of third party & eap payment requests; Preparation of monthly cpa report including checkbook reconciliation; Daily reconciliation/verification of fees collected; Coding and posting to journals and ledgers, making closing entries, applying or verifying account transfers, and summarizing totals and balances; Collecting, organizing information for annual audit; and Adjusting and correcting backup data.
10. Prepares monthly, quarterly and/or annual reports and financial statements by Preparing financial summaries; Collecting, recording client and program data; and Preparing attendance records
11. Helps prepare and manage agency budget and fund dev. Plan by Providing information to program directors to compose annual departmental budgets and grant proposals; Monitoring revenue, expenditures, and recommending budget allocations; Staffing agency fund-raisers
12. Maintains a perpetual inventory system by Recording receipt of materials/equipment against invoices; and Recording and tagging inventory
13. Administers retirement and other group benefit plans by Calculating payments and completing reports
14. Provides financial and grant historical references and security of financial and program information by Establishing and maintaining record keeping system; Filing and retrieving program information; and Completing data base backups
15. Maintains client and agency confidence and protects operations by Enforcing rules, regulations, and legal requirements including state and federal laws related to grants; Reviewing, monitoring and recommending changes to current and projected program and agency policies, procedures, practices, standards and operations; Performing new employee orientation with regard to agency forms and records; and Keeping information confidential
16. Maintains professional competency by Participating in continued education and personal growth experiences;
17. Helps people communicate in a harmonious working environment by Answering and referring telephone calls on a backup basis Maintaining awareness of staff schedules and continuous flow of information
18. Performs other duties as related to the position and as assigned Work non-traditional hours and/or alternate schedule during special projects or to meet agency deadlines