Accounting Assistant - (Burien, WA)

Nature of Work The Accounting Assistant performs a wide variety of general accounting duties such as accounts payable, cash receipting, petty cash, purchasing, and maintenance of accounting records and reports. Critical functions Supports and models the identified vision, values and behaviors of the organization. Manages the computerized accounts payable process. Reviews, verifies, and inputs invoices for payment, posts activities, prints reports, generates checks, files and maintains supporting documentation for official city records. Coordinates the computerized purchase requisition and purchase order process with other departments, including maintenance of the vendor master file, maintenance of appropriate vendor contract files, printing of purchase orders, and integration of this system with the accounts payable process. Collects receipts from other departments, agencies and businesses. Issues official treasurers receipts. Makes bank deposits.