Accounting Assistant
Pay: $24–$26/hour
Location: East Greenbush, NY (not accessible by bus line)
Hours: Part-time to start (roughly 20 hours/week), with real potential to grow into full-time
If you're looking to break into accounting, or already have a bit of experience and want somewhere steady to grow it, this could be a good landing spot. It's part-time now, but the door to full-time and permanent could be wide open for the right person.
What You'd Actually Be Doing
- Keeping vendor invoices moving and accounts payable paid on time
- Cutting customer invoices and keeping accounts receivable records straight
- Applying payments and reconciling cash as it comes in
- Chasing down outstanding balances and helping with collections
- Handling day-to-day cash tasks like deposits and reconciliations
- Keeping accounting files and documentation clean and audit-ready
- Cutting routine journal entries and pitching in on account reconciliations
- Pulling together schedules and documents to help close the books each month
- Digging into discrepancies on invoices, payments, or accounts and sorting them out
- Pulling documentation together when audits come around
- Keeping vendor and customer records current in the financial system
- Helping out with the annual physical inventory
- Picking up new tools and processes as the team improves how things run
- Jumping in on other finance projects as needed
What You Bring
- 0–2 years in accounting, bookkeeping, finance, or something adjacent
- An associate's degree in accounting, finance, business, or similar (a bachelor's is a plus)
- Comfort in Outlook, Word, and Excel
- A sharp eye for detail and solid organizational instincts
- The ability to juggle a few things at once and still hit deadlines
- Clear, confident written and verbal communication
- A customer-first mindset and the ability to work well with people inside and outside the company
- Genuine curiosity and a willingness to grow in finance
Nice-to-Haves
- Hands-on time with AP/AR processes
- Some exposure to accounting software or an ERP system
- Experience in a manufacturing setting
- Background helping with cash application or collections
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