About the Role
This role provides support for all departments, handling external callers and visitors, as well as internal contacts. The Receptionist will be expected to answer non-routine correspondence and assemble highly confidential and sensitive information.
Responsibilities
- Greet and welcome visitors and callers in a friendly, warm, and professional manner
- Take messages for firm staff and deliver/notify appropriate staff members or direct calls
- Handle all firm's incoming and outgoing mail (sorting and delivering to departments daily)
- Manage conference room schedule/scheduling of appointments/conferences as needed
- Ensure that the administrative office and reception area are organized and clean
- Assist the supervisor in coordinating vendors for repairs and maintenance across the firm and ensure proper working order for the firm’s equipment and facilities
- Assist the supervisor with taking meeting notes and preparing meeting minutes
- Assist the supervisor with firm events planning and coordination
- Assist in light filing duties
- Monitor daily and biweekly staff attendance for Tax, IT, and Maintenance/Janitorial departments
- Provide backup support to HR/Personnel on an as-needed basis
- Perform other duties as assigned by Partners
Requirements
- At minimum 1 year of experience in bookkeeping in the US
- Proficiency in Excel and Word
- Exposure to QuickBooks is a plus
- Punctual
- Self-motivated with strong work ethic
- Thrives in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to juggle multiple tasks and demands
- Establishes priorities and meets deadlines
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Highly detail-oriented
- Collaborates effectively with others
- Organizational skills
- Ability to follow established guidelines and processes
- Common Sense: a talent for making connections between unrelated pieces of information for the purpose of anticipating needs and preventing problems
Skills
- Chinese Mandarin
- English
- Bookkeeping
- Excel
- Word
- QuickBooks
- Communication skills
- Organizational skills
Location
- Flushing, NY
Work Type
- Internship
- Full-time
- Part-time
Experience Level
- Internship
Salary/Compensations
- $17.00 / hour
