What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accounting Assistant position at Golden Meds?
Established in 2009, GS Holdings Co. dba Golden Meds Dispensaries has been a staple in the cannabis community and serves as a resource for recreational and medical cannabis patients alike.
We are currenting seeking a full-time benefitted Accounting Assistant who can:
Perform difficult and varied financial and clerical accounting work in support of the Finance and Accounting Department; process payments, reconcile, and verify general accounting information and set up and maintain a variety of fiscal records; perform general office support duties as assigned, including typing and record keeping. Additionally, duties require performing the following tasks, but are not limited to these specifically.
- Prepare, review and record month end journal entries. These include: allocating wholesale costs to the proper stores based on data collected throughout the month, allocating monthly usage costs of shop supplies, packaging and other logistics, as well as general month end entries to ensure that all charges from the bank have properly been accounted for.
- Ensure daily sales numbers have been reviewed for accuracy, input the sales from every location into accounting software. Ensure accounting software reflects the necessary information to function properly. At month end, reconcile figures to ensure figures in accounting software match exactly to the numbers that were recorded at the store.
- Receipt of daily mail, sorting and distribution, as necessary. As part of the process, I receive all the accounts payable for the various locations. The accounts payable is then sorted by due date and ensure payment is made accordingly.
- Process checks for wholesale purchases, as requested. Process checks for weekly order reports for each store and requests.
- Review all petty cash receipts and transactions when a refill is requested from the stores and entering information into accounting software.
- At month end, review bank account transactions and financial accounts to verify and reconcile them to account for all money spent each month. information into our accounting software to establish proper expenditures for that month.
- Part of the accounting assistant position is to administer all auxiliary support needs in the office as they arise. These tasks can include: contacting vendors, depositing checks, fulfilling change requests, petty cash refills, traveling to numerous stores, ordering office supplies, going to the post office, helping keep the office clean, delivering wholesale or weekly order checks, sorting and filing all the prior quarters records.
Qualifications and Education:
- Associates degree or 2-3 years’ experience required.
- Preferred cannabis industry experience, but not required.
- Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel
- Experience with accounting software
Compensation and Benefits:
- Health, dental, and vision insurance after 60 days
- Pet insurance
- Paid Time Off
- Store discounts
- Exempt
- Annual salary between $48-55K DOE
Salary : $48,000 - $55,000