Bookkeeper trainee
Bookkeeper trainee (Austin)
compensation: 20.00 per hour
To apply, please fill out our application at: https://jobs.lawyersaidservice.com
Description
In this on-site position you’ll work part-time (at least 18 hours a week) at a legal services firm. You'll support a small bookkeeping and accounting team, scan documents, carry out bookkeeping tasks, document procedures, and help with many financial duties of operating a small business.
Benefits
- PPO type, employer-paid health insurance if at least 32 hours. Dental, vision, and life also available.
- Two weeks paid time off
- Flexible work schedule
- Training in law-related and professional skills
- near UT and ACC, with a CapMetro stop for seven bus routes two blocks away (a 5-minute ride to UT) and ACC Rio Grande two and a half blocks away. (map)
- Business casual dress
- Ultra-filtered AC system
- Mac work computer
- Nearby restaurants, shops, museums, fast food, Target, and Starbucks next door
- Support of the City’s Green Choice Renewable Energy Program
- Cash bonuses for referring new employees
The workplace
Lawyer's Aid Service has about fifteen employees. Of the one-third who are part-time, most are students, and some go on to law school. Half have been here five years or more. It's an educated, friendly workforce.
Our workplace is a ground floor of eight offices with large windows. You'll be sharing an office with only 1-2 other people, but our staff moves between offices throughout the day, dependent upon tasks. We follow pandemic procedures when there’s a Covid alert. The atmosphere is positive and collaborative. An associated law office is six blocks away in West Campus.
Bookkeeper trainee tasks
- Post credit card payments and resolve credit card rejections
- Reconcile credit-card and bank statements with internal records
- Document bookkeeping procedures
- Scan order-related documents
- Perform check maintenance
- File time cards and check stubs
Your duties are likely to evolve as you gain experience. This is a long-term opportunity.
This position trains and gives experience in small business accounting and bookkeeping tasks and in working independently and with a team.
Hours
Your hours can be flexible between 8 am to 5:30 pm Mon-Fri.
Starting pay
$20 an hour, possibly more depending on experience.
Requirements
- A college degree or at least 1 year of college
- Strong academics or bookkeeping experience
- Familiarity with Microsoft Excel and Word
- Aptitude for working with numbers
- An eye for accuracy.
Preferred qualifications
This entry-level position is suited for a person who is reliable, accurate, and productive, a productive self-starter, intelligent, and resourceful. We'd like you to be someone who enjoys detail work, data entry, staying organized, and improving documentation. Accounting classwork is a plus.
To apply, please fill out our application at: https://jobs.lawyersaidservice.com