Accounting and Payroll Clerk

Description: Position Title: Accounting and Payroll Clerk Core Hours: Full Time, 40 hours per week Supervisor: Director of Finance Department: Fiscal FLSA Status: Non-Exempt FLSA Exemption Test: N/A Starting Salary/Hourly Rate: $21.
50/hour Last Updated: 3/3/2023 Our Mission Safe Berks provides a safe haven and support for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault through education, advocacy and a relentless commitment to prevent abuse.
We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment where individuals can be their true selves and feel empowered to stand up to all forms of oppression.
Our Values SAFETY We believe that freedom from physical, emotional, spiritual and psychological harm is a basic human right of all individuals.
We know that domestic violence, sexual assault, oppression and privilege include power-based tactics that affect physical, emotional and psychological safety and we work to help survivors heal the wounds caused by power-based violence.
RESPECT We value the dignity of all individuals while appreciating our differences and celebrating and honoring our diversity.
Respect is reflected in the way we treat our clients, ourselves and members of the community.
We believe our work requires us to reach out to marginalized individuals and communities and to create space to celebrate and nurture them.
EMPOWERMENT We believe empowerment begins with recognizing and knowing that individually and collectively Safe Berks clients, staff and volunteers have the strength to make necessary change and to accomplish our goals.
We recognize that success is defined by each individual given their experience, talents and culture and we celebrate this success.
EDUCATION We will educate ourselves and our community to reject and prevent violence and oppression in our own lives and in the lives of the people around us.
We recognize that our mission and values are transformational, and we must work with intention to break down social and cultural norms that continue to divide us.
HOPE We believe that hope is key to our existence, to our ability to persevere and to achieve goals.
We recognize that our work fosters hope and resilience and improves physical, emotional, spiritual, and psychological well-being.
Equity and Inclusion Safe Berks is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where all staff, residents, clients, board members, and volunteers feel safe and empowered to stand up to oppression of all kinds.
We believe that the collective sum of our individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, creative outlets, innovative approaches and solutions, unique capabilities, and talent that our employees exhibit in their work represents the quality of our life-saving services.
Reflective of the community we serve and embrace, we celebrate differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity, or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique.
Position Standards Administration Service Delivery Standard Employee demonstrates a commitment to delivering quality service to all internal and external individuals affiliated with Safe Berks, including but not limited to, employees, visitors, clients, and contractors, and does so in a manner that is in line with agency values of safety, respect, empowerment, education, and hope.
Conduct and Behavioral Standard Employee maintains respectful relationships and interactions with other employees, management, board members, community members, clients, and survivors.
They conduct themselves in a manner that demonstrates integrity and a commitment to the organization’s mission.
Employee always fosters open communication and is responsive to community partners, donors, co-workers, and management through means of email, text, and phone calls.
Essential Skills Standard Employee has strong autonomy skills and requires minimal supervision of day-to-day job responsibilities.
Employee can troubleshoot problems and utilize available resources appropriately to resolve problems or concerns or provide suggestions for solutions within the boundaries of their position expectations.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities (includes but is not limited to the following): Compile statistical, financial, accounting, or auditing reports and tables pertaining to such matters as cash receipts, expenditures, accounts payable and receivable, payroll, and revenue.
Participate in the month end/year end close activities and assist with external audit.
Process accounts payable transactions in accounting software.
Ensure all vendor invoices are signed off by appropriate approver and all G/L codes are properly assigned.
Process accounts receivable invoices and ensure revenue is properly recognized in accounting software.
Record donations, pledges, and other cash receipts in accounting software.
Receive, review, and record all bank transactions in accounting software.
Process all credit card transactions in accounting software.
Classify, record, and summarize numerical and financial data to compile and keep financial records, using journals, ledgers and reports.
Prepare and process payroll information per established payroll checklist.
File/maintain all financial records in vendor or client/customer files.
Process and distribute incoming mail to the North 5th Street office location as requested Serve as a back-up to the Office Administrator position during absences or position vacancies.
All other duties as determined by supervisor.
Requirements: Educational & Experience Requirements: Employment Experience (amount and kind) 1 – 2 years’ of experience with on-the-job training involving accounting principles and software Education (general level required or specific courses) Associate’s degree in related field preferred High school diploma or equivalent required Essential Physical Requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each of the essential duties.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.
Other Requirements: Completion of a background check request; FBI, State Police, and Child Abuse Clearances obtained within required timeframe under Act 153 through agency vendor Completion of 66-hour Sexual and Domestic Violence Training provided by agency Valid driver’s license and insurance are required to travel to client sites Safe Berks provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
Safe Berks complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfers, leave of absence, compensation and training.
If you have any questions about open job opportunities please contact Emily Santos, Chief Human Resource Officer, at EmilyS@SafeBerks.
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