Accountant I (Fairbanks)

Doyon, Limited's mission is to continually enhance our position as a financially strong Native corporation to promote the economic and social well-being of our 20,000+ shareholders. We provide exceptional career opportunities for individuals who value professionalism, collaboration, and a commitment to excellence. We understand the importance of treating our employees well and the impact motivated employees have in helping us succeed in our vision to be the leader in all we do.

COMPREHENSIVE BENEFITS PACKAGE:

Doyon, Limited offers a highly competitive benefits package that make up a significant portion of an employee's total compensation. Eligible employees may participate in the following benefits (these details are for informational purposes only and are subject to any policy or plan changes):

• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays
• Medical Insurance
• Dental & Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) & Health Savings Accounts (HAS)
• Life insurance
• Short and Long-Term Disability
• 401(k) Plan & Employer Match
• Profit sharing
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Assistance

JOB SUMMARY: This position will support the accurate and timely recording and reporting of financial transactions through a range of entry level accounting activities in an accurate and timely manner and for multiple companies.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Work closely with other departments to ensure all business activity is posted correctly and in a timely manner
• Prepare and post adjusting journal entries
• Prepare general ledger account reconciliations
• Reconcile intercompany accounts
• Perform various cash functions such as bank reconciliations
• Assist with shareholder distributions
• Provide backup to other functions such as accounts payable
• Maintain a high degree of accuracy
• Document and explain entry level accounting transactions
• Meet deadlines, organize work materials, and manage time effectively
• Other duties as assigned
• Attendance of continuing education initiatives, including a limited number of events each year requiring overnight travel, may be required

DOYON LIMITED CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Commitment to Excellence – Identifies what needs to be done and takes action to achieve a standard of excellence beyond job expectations.
• Corporate Values- Understand, embraces, and integrates Doyon corporate values into everyday duties and responsibilities.
• Customer Service – Identifies and responds to current and future client needs by providing excellent service to internal and external clients.
• Safety and Security – Promotes a safe work environment for co-workers and customers.
• Teamwork – Resourceful team player that builds, strengthens, and maintains collaborative relationships with others inside or outside the organization.

JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES:

• Adaptability-Adapts to changing conditions and work assignments, sets priorities and manages multiple assignments, and tasks.
• Analytical Skills -Visualizes articulates and solves a variety of problems and concepts and makes appropriate decisions based on available information.
• Attention to Detail-Ensures one's own and others’ work and information are complete and accurate.
• Communication Skills- Listens, writes, and speaks effectively, and positively relates and interacts with co-workers and others.
• Dependability- Consistently adheres to operational standards, ensures smooth operations and positive customer experiences, builds a productive workplace, is reliable, and improves team morale.
• Independence-Works minimal supervision.
• Problem Solving-Anticipates and identifies problems, distinguishes between symptoms and causes, and determines alternative solutions involving varied levels of complexity, ambiguity and risk.
• Reporting-Generates reports that are accurate, objective and complete in a timely manner.
• Research Skills-Searches, finds, and evaluates information sources.
• Time Management-Manages time effectively when accomplishing tasks, projects, and goals.
• Willingness to Learn-Willing to learn new skills or techniques to meet the demanding changes of job duties and responsibilities.

SUPERVISION:

• This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Associate’s Degree in accounting and one year of accounting experience. Three years of relevant experience may substitute for the degree
• Experience using Microsoft Excel
• Knowledge of computerized and manual accounting systems

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field

WORKING ENVIRONMENT: The majority of work is performed in a professional office setting with a wide variety of people with differing functions, personalities, and abilities.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The work is generally sedentary, requiring routine walking, standing, bending, and carrying items weighing less than forty pounds. [Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions].

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION: It is Doyon’s business philosophy and practice to provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities.

PREFERENCE STATEMENT: Doyon grants preference to qualified Doyon Shareholders first, and second to qualified shareholders of other Alaska Native corporations that grant a similar preference in all phases of employment and training, which include, but are not limited to hiring, promotion, layoff, transfer, and training.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

A review of this position has excluded marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of fundamental job duties. All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbent(s) will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities.