JOB SUMMARY
Finance Assistant Job Purpose: Maintain and provide to management financial and administrative information.
Experience and Knowledge
High school diploma; some college preferred
Accounting principles and bookkeeping
Computer experience:
- Word Processing
- Data Base(s)
- Spread Sheets
Skills and Abilities
- Computer skills
- Accounting knowledge and ability to set up books
- Ability to work under pressure and deadlines
- Ability to budget time and duties efficiently
- Ability to manage position with minimal supervision
- Ability to develop and maintain professional relationships and to communicate and work with other staff, clients, volunteers and general public from various cultural, ethnic and racial backgrounds.
- Ability to work within the purpose, structure and constraints of the Agency and to make suggestions for change in a responsible manner.
- Ability to maintain poise and control and to be effective even under extreme stress and unexpected crisis