Summary: The Junior Accountant supports day-to-day accounting operations, ensuring financial integrity, timely closes, and accurate reconciliations within a collaborative non-profit environment. Highlights: 1. Collaborative team ensuring financial integrity 2. Hands-on role in a non-profit dedicated to animal welfare 3. Opportunity to grow accounting career in a supportive environment Job Title: Junior Accountant FLSA Status: Non-Exempt, Non-Union Salary: $30.00-$36.00/hour (Depending on experience) Excellent Benefits Package Available Who we are: Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA (PHS/SPCA) is a local, private, non-profit charitable organization dedicated to animal welfare. It is our mission is to build healthy relationships between people and animals. PHS/SPCA is truly an open admission shelter, not only accepting many pet animals who might be refused at other shelters, but also taking care of injured and orphaned native wildlife from San Francisco through San Mateo and the northern half of Santa Clara County. Our work means 5,000 lives saved each year. To learn more about us, visit www.phs-spca.org. Who you are: You are excited to be a part of a collaborative team, ensuring financial integrity of the general ledger and ensuring timely month-end and year-end closes. You take pride in your ability to reconcile account balances and banks statements for PHS/SPCA, with accuracy and timeliness. You are enthused about growing your career with an established non-profit organization dedicated to its community. Position is hands-on and must be performed on-site. Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned. • Supporting the day-to-day and monthly accounting operations, including account reconciliations, journal entries and initiating reimbursements for some receivables. • Assist with maintaining an accurate GL database and ensuring integrity between GL and development database. • Assist with contributing to external audits by preparing schedules and coordinating projects, preparing reports and providing accurate and relevant information. • Assist with documenting and maintaining policies, procedures and workflows for assigned areas of responsibilities. • Perform bi-weekly payroll processing and related reporting, including verification of timesheets, union dues, etc. • Working with human resources to ensure accurate employee set-up/changes in payroll, benefit/union deductions and reporting, accruals, and resolving payroll related issues/discrepancies. Processing and maintaining retirement transmission, reports and census. Preparing final checks timely. • Prepare bank reconciliations and investigate discrepancies. • Maintain fixed asset and depreciation schedules • Maintain schedules for select prepaid expenses. Amortize as appropriate and record monthly allocation expenses. • Prepare certain monthly reports in a timely manner • Assist with departmental and organizational special projects as assigned • Assist in budget preparation as necessary • Perform other accounting duties as assigned Supervisory Responsibilities: None. Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. • Upon hire, must pass a background check. • Possess time management, problem solving and strong organizational skills. Must be detail-oriented and able to effectively prioritize competing projects. • Bachelor's degree in accounting from a four-year college or university or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience. • Minimum 2 years’ experience in similar role. Thorough understanding of accounting and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Experience with Blackbaud Financial Edge and ADP Workforce Now strongly preferred. • Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and/or governmental regulations. • Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, employees, clients, customers, and the general public. • Ability to calculate earnings, labor hours and overtime plus figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra. • Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. • Knowledge of computerized general ledger systems, such as Blackbaud Financial Edge; payroll systems, such as ADP Workforce Now; and Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook). Excellent Benefits Package Available • Medical /Dental /Vision/Life/ Flex Spending • Sick, Vacation and Holiday pay • Continued Education Opportunities/Reimbursement • Employee Assistance Plan • Retirement plan & employer matching Available to all employees with pets: • Free vaccines, spay/neuter, microchipping, and two pet adoptions • Discounted euthanasia services/cremation, bloodwork, urinalysis, prescription food, and discounts at our retail stores. For more information about our available job opportunities and how to apply, please visit our website at www.phs-spca.org/careers The Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA is an equal opportunity employer. We consider applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status. EOE/M/F/D/V/SO
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