Accounting Clerk - The Armstrong Company

The Armstrong Company is a global leader in supply chain services and residential and commercial moving. Our nationwide network of local experts combine personalized attention and global reach to provide solutions tailored exactly to your needs. Whether you’re moving your household, your business, or your product, we do what it takes to get your goods where they need to go. Our world moves around you.

The Accounting Clerk is responsible for keeping financial records updated, preparing reports, and reconciling bank statements. You will also run accounting software programs to process business transactions, like accounts payable and receivable, disbursements, expense vouchers, and receipts. A successful accounting assistant should be familiar with all accounting procedures.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide accounting and clerical support to the accounting department
• Prepare and maintain accounting documents and records
• Prepare bank deposits, general ledger postings, and statements
• Reconcile accounts in a timely manner
• Complete data entry of financial transactions in company software
• Research, track, and restore accounting or documentation problems and discrepancies
• Function in accordance with established standards, procedures, and applicable laws
• Utilize internal software such as Infinite/AS400, SharePoint, and NetSuite ERP
• Any other duties as assigned by Manager

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:  

• Proven accounting experience, preferably as an Accounts Receivable Clerk or Accounts Payable Clerk
• Familiarity with bookkeeping and basic accounting procedures
• Hands-on experience with spreadsheets and financial reports
• General accounting experience desirable
• Competency in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word)
• Ability to navigate multiple applications and systems
• Ability to analyze and process data and forms accurately
• Ability to follow established processes and procedures to meet deadlines
• Excellent attention to detail, organizational, communication, and time management skills

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. 

• Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. 
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.  
• This position requires the ability to occasionally lift office products and supplies, up to 10 pounds. 
• Ability to sit for long periods; stand and walk frequently; and bend, stoop, and reach occasionally.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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