Staff Accountant
Columbia, SC 
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Job Description
Vaco is hiring for a Staff Accountant for a non-profit organization located in Columbia, SC.

Overview:
The staff accountant reports directly to the Chief Financial Officer. The staff account is responsible for accounts payable and accounts receivable. The analyzing, reconciling of accounts, and preparation of monthly journal entries. This self-motivated individual is a team player with highly developed, organizational, interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, who is capable of working with minimal supervision and strong attention to detail. Maintain activity in the areas of accounts, payables receivables, cash receipts, and bank statements. Ensuring that the organization adhere to federal state and local governance policies in the organizational in internal control guidelines recommend alternatives and implement solutions for best practices.


Duties:
  • Accounts payable processing including issuing purchase orders.
  • Analyzing preparation and recording of general ledger transactions.
  • Assist with month enclosed process and related financial analysis for organization.
  • Preparation of monthly account reconciliation and financial worksheets.
  • Accounts receivable, processing reconciliation and monthly reporting.
  • Handles cash and cash related transactions issue, receipts records, and types money list and balance cash funds enter cash transaction in general ledger and reconciles. Cash reports prepares bank deposits.
  • Reconciles various expenditure, reports to source documents, distributes and files financial documents.
  • Prepares payments by accruing expenses, assigning vendor numbers and invoice verification.
  • Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.

Skills & Education:
  • Bachelors degree with at least 15 semester hours in accounting
  • 5 years experience and state government accounting environment
  • Prior non-profit experience a huge plus - dealing with grants/funds
  • Ability to analyze and interpret complex data, the ability to proficiently, apply, mathematical concepts
  • Communicate effectively and meet important deadlines
  • Federal state of South Carolina contract, grant, budgeting, reporting procedures in requirements.
  • Ability to work independently and within a team environment
  • Ability to handle confidential information.
  • General office software, particularly Microsoft office, suite and accounting, software packages, QuickBooks, and blackbaud accounting software

Vaco values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.

EEO Notice

Vaco is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.

Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@vaco.com .

Vaco also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.

By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.

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Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

  • the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
  • licensure and certification requirements;
  • office location and other geographic considerations;
  • other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.

 

Job Summary
Company
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Salary and Benefits
$ 26.44-$29.00 hour
Required Education
Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience
5+ years
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