Accounting Assistant - Accounts Payable

  • Full-Time
  • Tigard, OR
  • Cascade Management
  • Posted 3 years ago – Accepting applications
Job Description
About Us : Cascade Management, Inc. and its principals began providing property and asset management services in 1974. We continue to manage the majority of properties from our original portfolio, which has grown substantially over time. Through our growth, the commitment to our properties, owners and employees remains fundamental to our values.
Cascade Management’s Service Model is the foundation of everything we do and is expected to be upheld every day you come to work. Our Service Model represents the most important behaviors and actions to ensure a stakeholder interaction is positive every time. As an integral part of the Cascade team, all members are expected to carry out our Service Model of Friendly, Helpful, Knowledgeable, Respectful, and Responsive.Essential Functions and Responsibilities : he Accounting Assistant II will process miscellaneous accounting duties, filing and support. Ideal candidate skills include:
  • Enjoy working hard and pursues everything with energy and has a drive and need to finish
  • Has a strong ethic of accountability and dedication to the job
  • Has functional and technical knowledge and skills to do the job at a high level of accomplishment
  • Be a team member that is easy to approach and talk to-builds rapport well
  • Provides excellent customer service to internal and external customers
  • Uses time effectively to meet deadlines
  • Concentrates efforts on most important priorities

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
  • Review tenant activity in Boston Post and ResMan for accuracy.
  • Post rent corrections or adjustments as needed in Boston Post and ResMan.
  • Prepare & post various journal entries. *
  • Reconcile bank accounts.
  • Reconcile several general ledger detail accounts
  • Provide support to Community Managers
  • Assist with posting Payroll journal entries
  • Accounts payable functions to include coding and entering invoices and setting up checks *
  • Communicate via telephone and email with property managers and vendors as needed *
  • Coordinate with community managers and accounts payable to determine cash balance *
  • Complete 1099 forms per IRS regulations
  • Complete personal property tax returns
  • Assist with obtaining, processing, and recording real property tax statements for payment.
  • Prepare and file WBar Reports.
  • Assist with filing Unclaimed Property Reports
  • Assist with preparing OHCS Reports
  • Assist with gathering of annual audit documents *
  • Assist with RD year-end reporting
  • Assist with various projects within the accounting department. *
  • Prepare various mailings within the department. *
  • Scan various documents into accounting software. *
  • Assist with the completion of various reports *
  • Assist with entering budgets into accounting software as needed. .
  • Performs other duties as assigned. *
Qualifications and Physical Demands : To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCEHigh school diploma or general education degree (GED) and Associates Degree or two to three (2-3) years related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Ability to understand Debits and Credits. SAGE and ResMan experience a plus. Excel experience preferred.
LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.


MATHEMATICAL SKILLSAbility to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
REASONING ABILITYAbility to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Valid Driver’s License


OTHER QUALIFICATIONS

Ability to operate basic office equipment such as telephones, typewriters, 10 key, photocopier, and fax machine.


PHYSICAL DEMANDSThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move 25-50 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
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