Accounting Assistant

Job Title

ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT I

Requisition #: 2123

Job Type: Full-time, Bargaining unit, Non-exempt

Location: Santa Barbara

Salary: $25.61-$28.20 (Depending upon experience/certification)

• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Retirement plan
• Referral program
• Flexible spending account
• Employee assistance program
• Employee Tuition reimbursement

Performs various accounting tasks, with emphasis on review and payment of invoices, and ensuring proper documentation for audits. Provides other duties to support the Purchase of Services (POS) accounting team and Department of Finance & Administration.

Finance & Administration

POS Accounts Payable Supervisor

• Strong knowledge of accounting principles and procedures and ability to apply these in the work performed.
• Ability to analyze situations accurately and adopt an effective course of action. Problem solving experience.
• Successful and timely management of multiple projects and tasks concurrently.
• Knowledge of monitoring and tracking methods and ability to apply these to work performed.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills. Communicates with respect, openly, directly and effectively. Responds professionally.
• Positive and responsive attitude.
• Excellent organizational and planning skills.
• Ability to work effectively with a variety of different people. Team player.
• Thinks ahead, minimizing potential problems. Proactive in identifying areas to improve.
• Takes initiative to learn new procedures, computer systems and accounting processes.
• 10-key by touch
• Intermediate to advanced level knowledge of Excel, Word, e-mail, Internet and accounting software.
• Prefer bilingual English/Spanish

• High School diploma or equivalent. Completion of some college level courses in accounting, business, economics, math or finance.
• 3 years accounts payable or other general accounting experience. TCRC experience may be considered in lieu of this prerequisite.
• Data entry, Word, Excel, email and computerized accounting experience.

Adequate manual dexterity and coordination for operation of an automobile, computer, and other standard office equipment is required for this position. The ability to sit at a workstation for long periods of time, the ability to read, write and comprehend large amounts of written material such as reports and regulations, use the telephone, and communicate via electronic mailare all required on a daily basis.

The use of an automobile and the ability to drive is absolutely required on a daily basis. The ability to stand, sit or walk for moderate distances on uneven terrain is also required on a daily basis.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or control and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to stand, sit, walk, push, pull, kneel, stoop, bend, and squat. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to10 lbs and infrequently up to20 lbs.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Each of these physical tasks is an essential function of the position.