Accounting Clerk at CCB Packaging Inc – Hiawatha, Iowa

ACCOUNTING CLERK

This position is responsible for a variety of essential accounting functions for multiple onsite growing companies.

Responsibilities include:

· Accounts Payable duties including compiling, sorting, and entering invoices into the accounting system.

· Investigate and reconcile any A/P discrepancies between invoices, purchase orders, and receipts.

· Facilitate payment of vendors, which may include verification of federal ID numbers, reviewing purchase orders, and resolving discrepancies.

· Prepare weekly vendor payments and reporting.

· Monitor loans and A/P to ensure payments are up-to-date.

· Ensure outstanding obligations are credited upon payment, identify discount opportunities, and issue purchase order amendments or stop-payment orders as needed.

· Assist with accounting records and ledgers by reconciling monthly bank statements and transactions.

· Calculate and report sales tax based on paid invoices.

· Allocate expenditures to correct accounts according to departmental procedures.

· Reconcile and post credit card transactions.

· Prepare financial reports and various accounting statements.

· Post journal entries to general ledger.

· Sales and use tax reporting and compliance.

· Prepare additional accounting transactions and reconciliations as assigned.

· Support other accounting functions, such as A/R and payroll.

Skills/Qualifications:

· Bachelor’s degree (BA) in Accounting or related field; or Associate’s degree (AA) in Accounting or related field with two years of related experience and/or training preferred

· 2-4 years of Accounting and/or Accounts Payable experience required

· Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

· Excellent computer skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, with the ability to learn our accounting software system

· Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail

· Must be reliable and extremely trustworthy

· Ability to maintain confidential and meticulous records