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Summary: The Accounting Coordinator (temp) provides financial, administrative and clerical support to the organization under the direction of the Senior Director, Financial Accounting. Duties include completing payments and control expenses by receiving payments, processing, and verifying/reconciling invoices.

Principal Functions:

• Ensure that all requests requiring disbursements of ASTHO's funds are adequately supported and accurate, and approved for payment in compliance with ASTHO's policies and procedures
• Ensures Financial Accounting Policies and Processes are met while processing requests
• Participates in ad hoc audit requests
• Reviews all invoices for appropriate documentation and approval prior to payment
• Review and verification of reimbursement calculations
• Verify expense reports for valid approval and coding
• Perform accounts payable data entry to the accounting system
• Assist in the maintenance and preparation of 1099s vendors (may include year-end processing)
• Assist with AR billings/invoices & payments
• Process Journal entries for daily activity
• Backs up other accounting functions as needed
• Performs analyses using business management software and Microsoft Office tools
• Assists with payroll and benefits functions

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting; Graduate degree a plus.
• 3+ years of experience of previous AP/AR experience and understanding of accounting principles and processes
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics SL Project Setup and/or JAMIS Prime is preferred
• Advanced MS Excel skills (formulas, functions, VLOOKUP and pivot tables), familiarity with SQL Server and database reporting.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Financial data analysis, including the ability to analyze data, identify trends, generate reports, data merging and supplemental data sources using automated reporting applications
• Knowledge of regulations applicable to non-profit organizations preferred but not required.