Finance and Accounting Associate

Finance and Accounting Associate

Hello! We are looking for a part-time hire to support our finance and accounting department!

We are a Florida-based business with a 35-year history of selling beautiful, exotic plants to hundreds of stores across the U.S.! Our ideal hire has formal accounting/financing training, is already proficient in Quickbooks Enterprise, and is exceptional at using MS Excel. This role is eligible for 13th-month pay.

Minimum requirements (soft skills):
– You have high integrity, are extremely trustworthy, and maintain absolute confidentiality of all tasks assigned
– You are efficient with your time
– You have extremely strong attention to detail and accuracy with numbers
– You are curious and seek to understand a problem so that you can then plan the best course of action
– You are tech-savvy and resourceful enough to figure out how to do new things with software that you don’t already know

Minimum requirements (hard skills):
– previous experience with bookkeeping, accounting, and financial analysis
– experience using Quickbooks Enterprise (this is an advanced desktop version; we DO NOT use the online one)
– MS Excel power user; proficiency with google sheets/docs
– previous experience and high comfort level communicating professionally with customers and vendors by email and phone
– data analysis (you see information, understand how it ties together with a real-world problem, and can draw conclusions from it to answer questions from management)

Up to 20 hours per week
You will succeed in this role by consistently performing the following tasks:
(1) Assist in day-to-day operations to make sure that accounts payable, accounts receivable, and other accounting-related tasks are performed accurately and on time
(2) Bank and credit card reconciliation
(3) Support in maintaining QuickBooks and Excel database
(4) Support with research, follow-up, and resolving of inter-departmental enquiries
(5) Support different elements of the weekly, month-end close and reporting operations
(6) Collect past-due accounts in a timely, organized, and professional way, adhering to all defined collection procedures
(7) Other duties as assigned

If interested, please respond to Click to view with “THE Finance and Accounting Star is here!” in the subject and attach a pdf of your cover letter and 1-page resume. We look forward to hearing from you!