Bookkeeper

YMCA
Hourly
$23.00
How to Apply
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The YMCA of Pawtucket is looking for a skilled Bookkeeper to manage our financial records and support our mission!
Job Description

POSITION SUMMARY:

This position supports the work of the Y, a leading nonprofit committed to strengthening community through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. Additionally, provides leadership to ensure that all services offered through the Y meet the member centric standards set by the YMCA.

We are currently seeking a bookkeeper, who will be primarily responsible for Accounts Payable, general ledger journal entries, and monthly and annual accounting close activities. This individual will play an important role, keeping the company’s financial records accurate and supporting the company’s operations. This position will report to the Controller.

Qualifications

·         Associate’s degree in accounting required, bachelor’s preferred

·         Minimum of 3 years bookkeeping experience processing accounts receivables, accounts payables, completing bank reconciliations and journal entries

·         US GAAP knowledge

·         Proficient in Microsoft Office

·         Strong Attention to detail

·         Strong organizational and communication skills

·         Confidentiality and integrity

Essential Functions

Responsible for all Accounts Payable duties:

  • Entering in all invoices timely and accurately
  • Processing the weekly check run
  • Entering EFT withdrawals from cash accounts
  • Verifying, obtaining, entering, and updating all vendor W-9 records
  • Processing of vendor year tax forms (1099’s)

Responsible for posting revenue accounts:

  • Prepare and post revenue entries from various Y software systems, including Daxko, ProCare, and CampBrain into our accounting software (SGA) on a weekly basis
  • Enter in cash (EFT) transactions daily
  • Making bank deposits at a minimum, weekly
  • Entering in deposits either into SGA or Daxko

·         Process quarterly sales tax return

·         Prepare and submit invoices to various revenue sources including Grant funders and other third-party providers.

·         Entering in Grant Invoicing revenue

Responsible for posting various expense allocations via uploads into SGA:

  • Prepare and post payroll entries biweekly
  • Prepare and post entries for benefit allocations including Health Insurance, Dental and Life Insurance and retirement on a monthly/bi-weekly basis
  • Prepare and post Metro support (management) entry monthly
  • Prepare and reconciliation of prepaid expenses, prepaid insurance, and bus operations

Other responsibilities:

·         Process balance sheet account reconciliations and analyses monthly

·         Assist in recording fixed assets and maintaining depreciation allocations

·         Assist in audits, including financial, workers compensation and sales tax

·         Assist with month end close and analysis

·         Process various journal entries as needed

·         Work with the Finance team to create, ensure and maintain internal controls

·         Ad hoc reporting as needed

·         Other duties as required

Cause-Driven Leadership Competencies

YMCA COMPETENCIES:

Mission Advancement: Models and teaches the Ys values. Ensures a high level of service with a commitment to changing lives. Provides volunteers with orientation, training, development, and recognition. Cultivates relationships to support fund-raising.

Collaboration: Champions inclusion activities, strategies, and initiatives. Builds relationships to create small communities. Empathetically listens and communicates for understanding when negotiating and dealing with conflict. Effectively tailors communications to the appropriate audience. Provides staff with feedback, coaching, guidance and support.

Operational Effectiveness: Provides others with frameworks for making decisions. Conducts prototypes to support the launching of programs and activities. Develops plans and manages best practices through engagement of team. Effectively creates and manages budgets. Holds staff accountable for high-quality results using a formal process to measure progress.

Personal Growth: Shares new insights. Facilitates change, models adaptability and an awareness of the impact of change. Utilizes non-threatening methods to address sensitive issues and inappropriate behavior or performance. Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills required to perform well; uses best practices and demonstrates up-to-date knowledge and skills in technology.