Accounting Clerk & Administrative Assistant

  • Full-time
  • Contract type: Standard

Company Description

About Veolia North America

A subsidiary of Veolia Group, Veolia North America (VNA) offers a full spectrum of water, waste and energy management services, including water, and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. VNA helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education, and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., Veolia North America has approximately 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across the continent. Please visit our website www.veolianorthamerica.com.

Job Description

Position Purpose: 

Primarily responsible for ensuring the proper processing of Accounts Receivable/Payable, supplier related documents and finance reports in a timely and satisfactory manner.  The individual will need to exhibit a commitment to excellence.  Secondary responsibilities to include office support, Utility Billing and customer service duties as assigned by the Office Manager.

Qualifications

Education/Experience/Background:

  • High school diploma or GED plus additional specialized courses or Associates Degree in related fields.
  • Associates Degree in Finance / Accounting 
  • 3-5 years related accounting experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES MAY INCLUDE:
 Responsible for contributing to the overall security and confidentiality of financial
data and financial processes
 Enters data from PO and non-PO supplier invoices following the Accounts
Payable performance expectations
 Adds and/or updates supplier information into SAP
 Ability to create finance reports as necessary
 Commitment to excellence and quality
 Works with operations to clarify any missing information on invoices
 Encouraged to promote continuous process improvements
 Develops and maintains relationships with field operations and Veolia suppliers
 Provides excellent customer service to internal and external customers and
ensures interaction provides a high quality of service and professionalism
 Demonstrated ability to independently compose effective written internal or
external communications
 Good  customer service and telephone etiquette
 Proficiency in  MS Office and Google applications with a preference for Google
applications.  
 Must demonstrate ability to pay close attention to detail and present good
planning, organization, and time management skills 
 Must be able to handle diverse tasks simultaneously and work effectively with
interruptions and meet or exceed production and quality goals
 Ability to handle confidential or sensitive information or issues
 Must demonstrate ability to work in a team environment and willingness to
assume additional or new responsibilities readily

Experience/Knowledge

 At least three years internal or directly related experience with knowledge of
departmental function, policies, procedures, terminology and interrelationships 
 Knowledge of banking bonds and fund accounting is preferred
 Experience with SAP, DataServ, or other Accounting programs and Utility Billing
programs is also preferred.

Open office environment.  Work as a team and at times independently.  Fast paced and serving an expanding client network of customers. Due to walk-in customer service and public facing, this is an onsite job and not a hybrid position.

Additional Information

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

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