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Bookkeeper (Accounting Specialist)

Kuhn Employment Opportunities, Inc. Occupation: Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
Location: Meriden, CT - 06450 Positions available: 1
Job #: 1215821 Work At Home option: No
Posted: 2/26/2024 Updated: 12/18/2024 Expires: 6/30/2025
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What We Do:

Kuhn Employment Opportunities is a non-profit agency committed t0 helping people with disabilities find and retain employment.  We serve people with developmental, intellectual, and psychiatric disabilities in Meriden and the 20 towns surrounding it.

Our mission is to develop quality person-centered services through meaningful employment opportunities that provide people with disabilities, the skills and support necessary to become independent, gain self-esteem and be productive and valued members of the community.

Simply stated, we live by the philosophy that all of our participants are V.I.P.s:

Valued by the community

Independent by earning a wage

Proud of the work they do

**Make a Difference and Join Our Team!!**

Job Description:
 

TITLE: Accounting Specialist 

DEPT: Accounting

REPORTS TO: Chief Financial Officer

STATUS: Non-Exempt

Responsible for maintaining the systems relative to Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable, ADP Payroll and QuickBooks. Help support our mission to provide quality services to find and retain employment for persons with disabilities. We offer generous benefits and paid time off and we are currently offering a signing incentive.

Responsibilities include:

This position requires such typical work operations and responsibilities as, but not limited to:

1. Responsible for various aspects of Payroll processing, including entering data into ADP, creating and entering Payroll Journal entries.

2. Prepare all vendor invoices and other expenses; post completed items in our Accounting software program.

3. Process Accounts Payable such as ensuring accuracy of invoices and expenses, investigating errors, etc.

4. Prepare customer invoices and post to Accounts Receivable.

5. Responsible for specialized billing procedures such as state contracts or other comparable entities as needed.

6. Manage all issues relative to billing adjustments and credit collections; ensuring billing accuracy and timely customer receipts.

7. Assist with all aspects of the Cash Receipts process.

8. Assist with month-end accounting functions and reconciliations, including Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable activity.

9. Assist the CFO in the areas of maintaining organized files, Policies and Procedures, and Financial Statement preparatory work.

10. Assist the CFO in other essential duties of the department on an as needed basis.

Qualifications:

  • Associates degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or a related field. (preferred)
  • 1 year of accounting experience. (Nonprofit experience preferred.)
  • Technical proficiency in Office Word, Excel and QuickBooks.
  • Exceptional knowledge of finance, accounting, budgeting cost control principles and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
  • Excellent written and verbal communication.
  • Advanced knowledge of bookkeeping and accounting best practices, laws, standards and state regulations.
  • Pays strict attention to detail.
  • Available means of transportation
  • Automobile insurance in force per Kuhn's specifications when using personal vehicle for work related purposes.

***Offers of employment are contingent upon the return of background information that is fully consistent with the strict hiring criteria of Kuhn. ***

Job Type: Full-time, 40hrs/week

Salary: $20.00 per hour

Comprehensive Benefit Package includes:

  • Paid time off for personal, sick, family sick and vacation
  • 11 Paid Holidays, 1 Floating Holiday
  • 401(k) Plan
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Long Term Disability
  • Employee Assistance Program

Physical setting:

  • Office

Schedule:

  • Day shift
  • Monday to Friday

 

Education:

  • Associate preferred

Experience:

  • QuickBooks: 1 year (Preferred)
  • Payroll (ADP Preferred): 1 year
  • Accounting / Non-profit accounting: 1 year (Preferred)

 

 

 


 



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Kuhn Employment Opportunities, Inc.
Is a Non-Profit employer with 3 locations

http://www.kuhngroup.org

Company Profile:
Kuhn Employment Opportunities, Inc. is a non-profit human services organization committed to helping people with disabilities find and retain employment as well as participate in meaningful day support programs. From its humble beginnings in 1962 using Ernest B. Kuhn's small garage to serve a handful of young people, Kuhn has grown to approximately 450 participants who are supported in a variety of diverse programs. The agency provides person-centered program planning, job skill assessment opportunities, job development, on-the-job training and supervision, and transportation services to meet individual needs. Kuhn serves people with developmental, intellectual, and psychiatric disabilities in Meriden, Middletown, and the twenty surrounding towns. For more information, visit www.kuhngroup.org.
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Salary Range: $43,680.00 (minimum) Will discuss with applicant Benefits Provided: 401K, Dental, Holidays, Medical, Sick Leave, Vacation Other Benefits: Not Available
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