Job Title: Accounting Assistant | Property of: CJ Bio America 1946 Harvest Ave. Fort Dodge, Iowa 50501 | Job #: REV: 9/12/2025 |
Department: Accounting/Finance |
Reports to: Manager of Accounting & Finance | Career Path: P1 Function: Administration | ■Full-Time
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Job Summary | This position is responsible for assisting with general ledger accounts, entering financial data, financial reports, and audits. |
Summary of Essential Job Functions | - Records numerical and financial data to produce financial records
- Ensures financial data is entered correctly and accurately
- Assists generating accounting and audit reports for cash receipts, accounts payable and receivable, expenditures, and profits and losses.
- Assisting treasury transactions of the company
- Assists in maintaining the general ledger accounts by reconciling, adjusting, and analyzing daily transactions
- Provides support for and participates in the month-end, quarterly and yearly closing process
- Provides support for annual management planning, including expenses and budgets
- Assists with the financial internal control process
- Assists with the company treasury functions, such as daily cash operation and preparation
- Provides support for and participates in external financial audits
- Responsible for assisting vendor/customer master information
- Assists with contractual information management
- Generates accounting reports as assigned
- Reconciles and reports differences or issues found in financial records.
- Regularly communicates externally or internally with other departments regarding finance/accounting operation
- Provides support and documentation management during internal audits and KSOX
- Handle various administrative tasks such as filing, scanning, and responding to vendor and client inquiries
- Performs other duties as assigned
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Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities | - Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), IFRS and its analysis
- Ability to use SAP software to record, store, and analyze financial data
- Ability to efficiently operate a 10-key calculator or equivalent and other related office equipment
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or similar software, with high proficiency in Microsoft excel
- Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Data entry skills
- Multi-tasking skills
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Bilingual in Korean and English languages is preferred
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Physical Demands & Work Environment | - Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm, unless business needs require additional hours worked. This position will require working extended hours during monthly, quarterly and yearly closing
- This position primarily operates in an office environment, which will require prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, filing cabinets and fax machines. Occasional exposure to warehouses and production areas may be expected
- Travel is not expected for this position
- This position does not supervise the work of others
- Ascend/descend stairs occasionally
- Ability to lift up to 15 pounds at a time occasionally
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Education and Experience: | - Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or a related field
OR - Associates Degree in Accounting or a related field & 2 years of directly related experience
- SAP software experience, and high proficiency in Microsoft Excel preferred
- Bilingual in Korean and English languages is preferred
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