Accounting Specialist

Job description

Description POSITION SUMMARY: The Accounting Specialist will be cross-trained in the various financial functions of the agency. May perform financial related tasks relating to any of the following areas; Financial Reporting, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll and Purchasing. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Payroll: Purchasing: - Completes payments and controls expenses by receiving, processing, verifying, and reconciling invoices. - Reconciles processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances. - Charges expenses to accounts and cost centers by analyzing invoice/expense reports; recording entries. - Pays vendors by monitoring discount opportunities, verifying federal id numbers, scheduling and preparing checks, and resolving purchase order, contract, invoice, or payment discrepancies and documentation. - Ensures credit is received for outstanding memos. - Issues stop-payments or purchase order amendments. - Pays employees by receiving and verifying expense reports and requests for advances; preparing checks. - Maintains accounting ledgers by verifying and posting account transactions. - Verifies vendor accounts by reconciling monthly sta...