Staff Accountant

Vaco is hiring for a Staff Accountant for a non-profit organization located in Columbia, SC.


Overview: The staff accountant reports directly to the Chief Financial Officer. The staff account is responsible for accounts payable and accounts receivable. The analyzing, reconciling of accounts, and preparation of monthly journal entries. This self-motivated individual is a team player with highly developed, organizational, interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, who is capable of working with minimal supervision and strong attention to detail. Maintain activity in the areas of accounts, payables receivables, cash receipts, and bank statements. Ensuring that the organization adhere to federal state and local governance policies in the organizational in internal control guidelines recommend alternatives and implement solutions for best practices. Duties:

• Accounts payable processing including issuing purchase orders.
• Analyzing preparation and recording of general ledger transactions.
• Assist with month enclosed process and related financial analysis for organization.
• Preparation of monthly account reconciliation and financial worksheets.
• Accounts receivable, processing reconciliation and monthly reporting.
• Handles cash and cash related transactions issue, receipts records, and types money list and balance cash funds enter cash transaction in general ledger and reconciles.
• Cash reports prepares bank deposits. Reconciles various expenditure, reports to source documents, distributes and files financial documents.
• Prepares payments by accruing expenses, assigning vendor numbers and invoice verification.
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.

Skills & Education:

• Bachelors degree with at least 15 semester hours in accounting
• 5 years experience and state government accounting environment
• Prior non-profit experience a huge plus - dealing with grants/funds
• Ability to analyze and interpret complex data, the ability to proficiently, apply, mathematical concepts
• Communicate effectively and meet important deadlines Federal state of South Carolina contract, grant, budgeting, reporting procedures in requirements.
• Ability to work independently and within a team environment
• Ability to handle confidential information.
• General office software, particularly Microsoft office, suite and accounting, software packages, QuickBooks, and blackbaud accounting software

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• the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
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