About the Role
Assist the Finance Director in ensuring financial systems and record-keeping conform to GAAP, providing financial information and analysis to support GreenStar’s financial objectives. Foster a welcoming environment for coworkers, customers, owners, and the community.
Responsibilities
- Prepare credit card statements for reconciliation.
- Maintain working knowledge of tax rules and update vendors with appropriate exemption certificates.
- Draft internal and external reports for Finance Director review.
- Reconcile pass-through accounts and submit reports for reimbursement.
- Work with IT to ensure accurate accounting of new items, coupons, and discounts.
- Research, resolve, and reconcile POS and Accounting discrepancies or errors.
- Assist with special projects and conduct filing and recordkeeping.
- Receive, process, verify, and reconcile invoices.
- Charge expenses to proper accounts and classes within the accounting system.
- Pay vendors by scheduling and preparing checks, ACH payments, and wire transfers.
- Prepare reporting and submit payment to consignment vendors.
- Coordinate payments with billpay services.
- Monitor discount opportunities to optimize invoice payments.
- Resolve discrepancies between purchase orders, contracts, invoices, and payment records.
- Ensure credit is received for outstanding credit memos.
- Prepare expense reports.
- Process credit card payments.
- Review coded invoices in BillPay system for accuracy.
- Maintain discretion, security, and control of financial information.
- Identify and advance opportunities to increase department efficiency and security.
- Work with Cash Clerks to ensure accurate accounting of daily transactions.
- Collaborate with POS department and billpay services on invoice coding and vendor relations.
- Assist customers with product questions courteously and promptly.
- Work as part of a team to create a welcoming department space.
- Follow GreenStar’s safety rules.
- Assist other employees with safety needs.
- Report unsafe equipment and conditions timely.
- Participate in safety training programs.
- Perform other tasks to ensure a safe and healthy work environment.
- Attend Human Resources trainings, all-staff meetings, department meetings, and OBM Huddles.
- Support on-the-job training of new staff.
- Read GreenStar publications to stay informed.
- Respect and comply with storewide personnel policies.
- Describe membership benefits and how membership investment is made.
- Adhere to scheduled shifts.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Effective interpersonal communication with team members.
- Demonstrated ability to follow through on commitments.
- 2+ years reconciliation responsibility.
- Experience using accounting software; QuickBooks preferred.
- Experience using Point-of-Sale or ERP platforms for reporting.
- Proficient Microsoft Office knowledge and skills.
- Comfortable with building and troubleshooting Excel worksheets, using macros.
- Knowledge of basic accounting principles.
- High degree of attention to detail.
- Strong time management and organizational skills.
- Open to input/feedback on work performance.
- Open to giving input/feedback on Finance department.
- Self-Driven/Motivated throughout shift.
- Knowledge or interest in learning about natural foods, local products, local farms.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and handle multiple demands, stay calm, and prioritize.
Skills
- Interpersonal communication
- Follow-through
- Reconciliation
- Accounting software (QuickBooks preferred)
- Point-of-Sale (POS) platforms
- ERP platforms
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Excel (building and troubleshooting worksheets, macros)
- Basic accounting principles
- Attention to detail
- Time management
- Organizational skills
- Feedback reception
- Feedback provision
- Self-motivation
- Independent work
- Handling multiple demands
- Prioritization
- Calm under pressure
Location
- Onsite
Work Type
- Temporary
- Full-time
- Part-time
Experience Level
- Level III
- Lead Staff
About the Company
- GreenStar Co-op is committed to being an organization free from discrimination.
- We seek out, welcome and celebrate people with diverse identities to participate in our community-owned cooperative business structure.
Equal Opportunity
- GreenStar Co-op is committed to being an organization free from discrimination.
- We seek out, welcome and celebrate people with diverse identities to participate in our community-owned cooperative business structure.
