Accounting Clerk needed for our education client in Towson, MD. The Accounting Clerk will process invoices, resolve discrepancies and make ledger/journal entries. One year contract position with possible extension. The non-negotiable pay rate is $16.25 per hour.
Essential Duties:
- Receives, reviews, and processes invoices for a variety of payable accounts.
- Resolves discrepancies, which may require extensive research, involved with purchase orders, invoices, receiving confirmations, invoice approvals, and purchase order verifications to ensure that payments to vendors can be made promptly.
- Process reimbursements to schools and travel and mileage reimbursements for employees.
- Ensure compliance with travel policies, rules, and procedures.
- Confers with schools, offices, and vendors in an effort to resolve problems and answer questions regarding invoices, purchase orders, and payments.
- Makes ledger and journal entries by exact amounts, dates, and accounts.
- Enters, retrieves, and compiles information using Advantage Financial and other automated information systems.
- Reviews, prepares, and processes records, forms, and similar documents according to rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
- Reviews documents for completeness and accuracy.
- Codes, enters, and retrieves information using automated database systems and software.
- Prepares and processes work orders, requisitions, vouchers, invoices, journal entries and other standard office forms.
- Gathers information required for reports.
- Receives, distributes, and files documents.
- Sets up and maintains databases, spreadsheets, and logs.
- Enters and retrieves information from databases.
- Organizes and maintains electronic and paper document filing systems.
Qualifications:
- At least four years of clerical and accounting experience is required.
- Must have a high school diploma.
- Good spelling, grammar, attention to detail and math skills are required.
- Must have Microsoft Word and Excel skills and type at least 40 wpm.
- Must be able to work from 8:30 am-4:45 pm Monday through Friday with a 30 minute non paid lunch on site.
- Must be able to pass a FBI background check and drug test.
We offer weekly pay, sick pay hours, health insurance, referral bonuses,
a one time longevity bonus, holiday pay and a Roth 401K plan. Certain
restrictions apply.
