What are the responsibilities and job description for the General Accountant position at MiHIN?
Position Purpose
The role of the General Accountant involves providing financial, administrative and clerical support to the organization. Their role is to complete payments and control expenses by receiving payments, plus processing, verifying and reconciling invoices. A typical General Accountant job description also highlights the day-to-day management of all payment cycle activities in a timely and efficient manner.
Essential Functions and Basic Duties
- Keeping track of all payments and expenditures, including payroll, purchase orders, invoices, statements, etc.
- Reconciling processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances
- Maintaining historical records
- Paying employees by verifying expense reports and preparing pay checks
- Paying vendors by scheduling pay checks and ensuring payment is received for outstanding credit; generally responding to all vendor enquiries regarding finance
- Preparing analyses of accounts and producing monthly reports
- Continuing to improve the payment process
Required Qualifications
- 1-3 years of relevant accounting experience (Accounting, Accounts Payable)
- Strong attention to detail
- Bachelor’s degree
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills (formulas, pivot tables, etc.)
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Position Reports to: MiHIN Accounting and FinanceSupervisor
Supervisory Role: May lead, direct and supervise the work of an accounting intern
Job Location: East Lansing, MI or Ann Arbor, MI