Purchasing and Administrative Assistant - Part Time (30 hrs/week)

The Purchasing / Administrative Assistant will administer the purchasing functions throughout the division, which includes purchasing supplies and materials, reviewing/reconciling P-Card transactions and travel expense reports, and vouchering invoices. Furthermore, the assistant will help with reception and greeting of guests. Part-time employees working 30 hours/week are eligible for full-time benefits (medical, dental, vision), along with ESOP, and 401(k). The qualified candidate should have familiarity with Microsoft Office software and will be using a personal computer in performing assigned tasks,

Purchasing / Administrative Assistant Requirements:

• High School diploma or equivalent, and 3 years of office administration experience.
• Experience with Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Good computer skills
• Good written and verbal skills
• Pleasant personality & business casual/professional appearance
• Ability to learn new processes and software
• Very organized and detail oriented a MUST
• Ability to juggle multiple open items

Purchasing / Administrative Preferences:

• Experience with accounting or bookkeeping
• Familiarity with travel expense reports
• Familiarity with Deltek and/or CostPoint a PLUS
• Associates degree or Trade School preferred
• Experience working with government accounting & property helpful

Applied Research Associates, Inc. is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 1,500 professionals. ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for environmental site characterization, pavement analysis, and robotics.

At ARA, employees are our greatest assets. The corporation realizes that employee ownership facilitates greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels. ARA gives its employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take more active roles as owners. The culture is challenging; innovation and experimentation are the norm. Employees are eligible for contributions which not only add to the company’s success, but also their own through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience. For additional information and an opportunity to join this unique workplace, please visit our website at www.ara.com.

All candidates must apply at www.careers.ara.com for the Purchasing, Accounting Assistant position (XXXXXXXXXX)

Experience

• 3 - 5 years: General accounting
• 2 year(s): Microsoft Office Suite / 365 (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• 1 - 2 years: Reception

Education

• High School or better

• Associates or better in Accounting or related field
• Technical/other training or better in Accounting or related field

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)