Accounting Specialist

Patriot Ambulance Service

Accounting Specialist

Flint, MI
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    About the Accounting Specialist position

    We are looking for an experienced Accounting Specialist to help us with accounting, bookkeeping, and financial tasks. Your goal will be to ensure our company's daily accounting functions are accurate and efficient.

    Your responsibilities will include managing financial records, creating reports and reconciling statements. You will administrate accounting software programs (e.g. SAP) to manage business transactions, including accounts payable and receivable, disbursements, expense vouchers and receipts.

    We expect you to be familiar with all accounting procedures and have strong numerical skills.

    Accounting Specialist responsibilities are:

    • Enter financial transactions data in database, on a daily basis

    • Accurately review, code, and process vendor invoices

    • Collaborate with the accounting department and other company personnel to help with processing financial transactions

    • Create and maintain accounting documents and records

    • Perform timely and accurate accounts reconciliation

    • Prepare reports or summaries on your activity areas and present them to management

    • Detect problems and discrepancies in accounting procedures or related documentation and develop measures to resolve them

    • Ensure the compliance with established standards, procedures and applicable laws

    • Follow all significant changes and trends related to your area of responsibility

    • Process check requests and expense reports

    • Audit and process credit card bills

    Accounting Specialist requirements are:

    • 3+ years' experience of working as an Accounting Clerk, Accounts Receivable Clerk or Accounts Payable Clerk

    • Profound experience with bookkeeping and basic accounting procedures

    • Good practical experience with spreadsheets and financial reports

    • Good knowledge of accounting software, MS Office, and databases

    • Knowledge of filing and record keeping tasks

    • Accuracy, high performance and close attention to detail

    • Strong data entry, mathematical and word processing skills

    • Organized and responsible

    • Strong analytic abilities

    • Experience setting up accounting policies and procedures for new company departments

    • Bachelor degree required with other relevant certifications a bonus