Bookkeeper/Staff Accountant

JOB SUMMARY

Billow’s Funeral Homes and Crematory has served the Summit County, Ohio area with excellence in burial, cremation, funeral, and memorial services since 1875. Family-owned and operated, our team supports a crematory and three funeral homes located in Fairlawn, Cuyahoga Falls, and Kent.

Billow's is seeking a bookkeeper/staff accountant who takes tremendous pride in Billow’s mission of serving the community with a tradition of dignity and respect. As a member of the office team, the primary responsibilities include completing payments by receiving, processing, verifying, and reconciling invoices in a timely matter. The position is also responsible for maintaining the general ledger by computing, classifying, and recording numerical data with the highest level of accuracy and integrity; ultimately contributing to the overall maintenance of accurate accounting records.

This is a full-time, permanent position that will be regularly scheduled to work 40 hours per week at the company main office which is co-located at the Fairlawn funeral home location. Occasional local travel to the Cuyahoga Falls location may be required as needed.

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JOB FUNCTIONS

- Compiles and sorts documents, such as invoices and checks, substantiating business transactions.

- Verifies and posts details of business transactions, such as funds received and disbursed. Totals accounts to ledgers or computer spreadsheets and databases.

- Audits invoices against purchase orders, research discrepancies, and approves payments.

- Computes and records charges, refunds, cost of lost or damaged goods, freight charges, rentals, and similar items.

- Prepares accounts receivable records and invoices for timely and accurate distribution to client-families for payment. Manages discounts and other related invoicing details.

- Prepares vouchers, invoices, checks, account statements, reports, and other related records. Reviews documents and records pro-actively for accuracy.

- Reconciles general ledger accounts with registers and extracts general ledger information.

- Compiles cost reports and revenue and balance sheets.

- Reconciles bank statements.

- Monitors loans, accounts payable and wholesale accounts to ensure that payments are up to date.

- Proactively identifies and reconciles report discrepancies.

- Codes data for input to financial data processing system according to company procedures.

- Reviews, balances, and interprets computer reports and makes corrections as needed.

- Assists employees, vendors, clients, or customers by answering questions related to accounts, procedures, and services. Escalates appropriately to upper management when needed.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

- Must be comfortable working in an office setting within a funeral home environment.

- This role requires a high level of professionalism with client-families at all times. This includes verbal and written customer service excellence, positive and empathetic problem solving, as well as telephone, email, and written communications etiquette.

- Given the stature and nature of Billow's reputation in the community, must be a positive reflection of the company.

- Billow's strives to be a positive work environment for all team members. Team members are expected to reciprocate and be supportive team players. As a small business, the flexibility of roles and contributions during peak periods of work may be necessary.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

- Associate's degree or equivalent in Business or Accounting is required. Bachelor’s degree in accounting or a related field is a plus.

- A minimum of three (3) years of related business/accounting/AP/AR experience.

- Strong attention to detail and strong mathematical skills.

- Prior QuickBooks experience is required, preferably Desktop.

- A proven track record of being a reliable team-player with a strong work ethic.