Overview
Department: Finance
Position: Assistant Accountant
The Staff Accountant will play an active role in a multitude of accounting activities including general accounting and bookkeeping, and year-end audit, etc. The selected individual will work closely with the Accountant. This position addresses tight deadlines and will have contact with all levels of management and staff from other departments. This requires strong interpersonal communication skills both written and verbal.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Review POs coding and allocation, checking receipts, communicate with the submitter and manager
• Process and review accounts payables and check requests using Bill.com/HSBC wire transfers
• Download credit card statement and send to employees
• Review credit card transactions submitted by employees
• Record all bank activities on bank statements to general ledger
• Responds to inquiries from the Accountant, and other organization’s staffs regarding accounting and non-accounting issues
• Assist in the compilation of information for the organization’s year-end, quarterly or monthly financial statements
• Work with the Accountant and Director of Finance to ensure a clean and timely year-end audit
• Year End 1099s filing
• Assist the Accountant and Director of Finance with Special projects as required
Minimum Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting
• Preferred 1+ years experience in accounting
• Ability to perform accounting research
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Experience with Sage Intacct Accounting System, bill.com is a plus.
• Not for profit experience helpful, but not essential
• Good computer skills, intermediate skills on Excel
• Able to work independently, handle multiple tasks, stay organized, detail oriented, work under pressure and meet deadlines
Please send a Resume/CV, Cover Letter and Salary Requirement to shishi@pureearth.org
Salary Range: $60-65k
Application Deadline: September 22, 2023
Proposed Start Date: October 2, 2023
About Pure Earth
Pure Earth www.pureearth.org is the leading international not-for-profit dedicated to reducing pollution, saving lives and protecting the planet. Pollution is the leading cause of the death in world, more than HIV, AIDS and TB combined. Pure Earth identifies and cleans up severely polluted places in low and middle-income countries, focusing on sites where human health, especially that of women and children, is most at risk. Since 1999, Pure Earth has completed 110 pilot projects in 27 countries, impacting 4.2 million lives. In addition, Pure Earth spearheaded a landmark pollution report published in 2017 in the world-renowned medical journal, The Lancet, which released new data on the health and economic impacts of pollution as well as the solutions.