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| organization: | Terwilliger Plaza, Portland’s signature retirement community for over 50 years and recently selected by Oregon Business as one of the top 100 Best Nonprofits to Work in Oregon, has an opening for a full-time exempt position of Assistant Controller. |
| position summary: | Assistant Controller under the leadership of the /Controller/Chief Financial Officer (CFO) will support the process to provide business essential, cost effective, services to Terwilliger Plaza. This position will be responsible for: 1. Month-end schedules, bank, investment and account reconciliations, journal entries and the preparation of month-end financial statements and related reports for the CEO and the Board of Directors. 2. All of the functions related to the bi-monthly and interim accounts payable invoice processing and preparing and processing checks. 3.Assisting with preparing year-end audit schedules, annual budget worksheets, data gathering and analysis, and other financial schedules and reports as requested. 4.Providing assistance to CEO and management team with financial and budget matters during Controller/CFO absence. 5.Assisting with billing and payroll as needed. Terwilliger Plaza offers a competitive salary and benefits package. Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply by sending your resume including salary requirements to jobs@terwilligerplaza.com. Or Fax: 503-299-4803 Or apply in person: Terwilliger Plaza 2545 SW Terwilliger Blvd. Portland, OR 97201 Terwilliger Plaza is a drug free, equal opportunity employer and tobacco-free community. |
| Salary / Pay Rate: | DOE |
| Required Skills and Abilities: | Requirements: * Bachelors degree or higher in accounting. CPA preferred. * 3-5 years general ledger and accounts payable experience. Experience in non-profit and/or healthcare accounting preferred. • Previous experience in general ledger and accounts payable, preferably in a retirement or health care setting. • Must have solid, current working experience with Microsoft Excel, Word, Access, and Outlook at a highly proficient level. • Experience using ACCPAC accounting software preferred. • Typing and data entry skills are required, accuracy and speed is critical. • Excellent 10-key and reconciliation skills. • Proficient user of copy machine, postage meter, PC, keyboard, mouse, fax, phone and other office equipment. • Confidentiality concerning member and payroll information. • Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills including proven ability to establish trust and maintain confidence. • Ability and knowledge to perform complex, difficult tasks. • Extremely detail oriented with high level of accuracy. • Ability to work in team environment, listens and interprets, and builds relationships. • Outstanding communications skills (both verbally and in writing) using standard grammar, spelling, and usage as a matter of course, and the ability to work effectively with all levels in the organization including people with different styles and backgrounds. • Ability to multi-task with tight timelines, handle multiple situations and contacts simultaneously. • Understand, interpret and apply workplace practices and policies. • Good communication skills: one-on-one as well as with small and/or large groups. Ability to communicate effectively with other team members. • Outwardly exhibits calm and stressless demeanor to members. Deals effectively with stressful situations. • Able to work additional shifts or extra hours as required. • Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed, involved instructions. • Understand, carry out, memorize and retain simple and complex oral and written instructions. • Possesses interpersonal skills to resolve conflicts. • Read, write and speak English well. • Ability to accept responsibility for direction, organizing, formulating practices, and making decisions. |
| Qualifications: | • This position will be faced with a variety of issues on a day-to-day basis and will be expected to respond to these issues appropriately. Ability to influence people’s opinions, attitudes, or judgments about ideas or things, to motivate, convinces, or negotiates. • Ability to deal with members, families and other visitors to the office. • Ability to maintain relationships that facilitate task accomplishment; to cooperate and resolve conflicts; to recognize needs and be sensitive of others. • Ability to perform repetitive work, continuously performing the same work according to set procedures, sequence, or pace. • Ability to perform a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature, involving differences in techniques, procedures, physical demands, or work situations, without loss of efficiency or composure. • Work alone and as a member of a team, able to plan own work activities and work with a minimum amount of supervision. • Ability to identify task requirements, monitor progress toward accomplishment and meet deadlines for completion of projects in a timely manner. • Ability to receive guidance and supervision, follow work rules, procedures and safety practices; meet deadlines, punctuality and attendance standards, etc. • Ability to systematically identify and define problems, evaluates alternatives, and implements cost effective solutions. • Ability to perform under stress when confronted with emergency, critical, unusual, or dangerous situations, or in situations in which working speed and sustained attention are critical aspects of the job; to be subject to danger, risk, or tension as a regular, consistent part of the job. |
| Education Required: | College degree |
| Other: | Equal Opportunity Employer |
| website link: | www.terwilligerplaza.com |