Office Assistant/Accounting Clerk

Valley Light Gallery is celebrating our 50th year in the lighting industry. We are a small business where everyone pitches in to get the job done. We're looking for someone that wants to help wherever is necessary \- primarily in the accounting department. You will be the 4th person on our "office" team.

This is NOT a remote position, nor ever will be.

We are open Monday\-Thursday from 8am to 5pm, Friday and Saturday from 8am to 4pm. Closed Sundays and major holidays. Ability to work Saturday will put you ahead of other candidates.

Responsibilities

• Answer phones \- great phone voice and patience are important
• Communicate with vendors to obtain status of purchase orders and parts.
• Communicate with customers as to the status of their order
• Help sales department as necessary \- especially Saturdays as applicable
• Help complete A/P cycle
• A/R as necessary (phone calls to collect $)
• Assist with price changes including hanging new sales tags
• General office upkeep
• Purchase office supplies
• Day\-end process assistance

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Experience with a retail environment and inventory A\+
• Basic accounting classes A\+
• Common sense and logic are the most important requirements \- ability to see the "big picture"
• Love of mathematics and understanding of numbers
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong customer service and interpersonal skills
• Great attitude and ability to work with multiple personalities
• Strong organization skills with the ability to multi\-task
• Ability to work well under pressure in a fast\-paced environment while remaining calm
• On\-time attendance required
• Proficiency in using a computer for data entry, creating documents and e\-mail
• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel and Outlook
• Very organized including workspace \- OCD is real

We look forward to your application.

Job Type: Part\-time

Pay: $18\.00 \- $20\.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Application Question(s):

• Are you willing to work Saturdays?
• Are you willing to make a few collection calls if necessary?

Experience:

• accounting: 1 year (Preferred)