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When you work at Chugach Government Solutions (CGS), you join a proud legacy of supporting missions while sustaining culture.

The federal division of Chugach Alaska Corporation, CGS has been supporting critical missions as a government contractor for over 25 years. Our focus is to support facility maintenance, IT/technical services, construction and education. We are proud to have built, and continue to foster, an incredibly talented team spanning across the globe in hundreds of different fields – each team member proud to serve our country with first-class business services, while also making a difference for our Chugach shareholders.

At CGS, empowering employees is a part of our core, and that focus is one of the ways we build and foster high-performing teams. We empower our employees through competitive compensation and benefits package, professional growth opportunities, truthful communication, and more!

If you are looking for an opportunity to serve something bigger than yourself; if you want your day job to be one that creates meaningful value; if you are looking for an environment that highly values employees and respects individual differences – then Chugach Government Solutions may be the right fit for you!

The Incumbent works under the general direction of the Finance Supervisor. The Accounting Clerk is responsible for performing a variety of accounting duties, which primarily consist of accounts payable and payroll, but may include petty cash maintenance and student pay disbursement and reconciliation in accordance with Contract and Corporate requirements.

• Pay: $19.96/hour plus an additional $4.93/hour (up to maximum of 40 hours per week) used to offset the cost of elected benefits
• Hours: M-F, 8:00am-5:00pm
• Retirement Plan: Eligible to participate in company 401(k) with Company matching after 1 year
• Vacation: Minimum of ten days per year. Actual days are based upon your Service Date
• Sick Time: Accrued sick time at 1 hour per 30 hours worked, capped at 56 hours per year
• Holidays: 12 paid holidays per year

Work Model: Onsite

Essential Duties & Job Functions:

• Reviews, sorts, and matches invoices with Purchase Order and Receiving Report.
• Prepares accounts payable coding vouchers.
• Processes the weekly check-run and unscheduled check runs.
• Distributes accounts payable checks.
• Maintains all accounts payable files.
• Performs data entry into the automated accounting system.
• Maintains invoice-tracking logs.
• Maintain proper internal control of cash disbursements, cash receipts, accounts payable, and student pay transactions. Deposits cash receipts intake each week and at the end of every month.
• Responsible for set amount of petty cash; including the reconciliation of when balance falls below set dollar amount (usually weekly) and on the last day of the month.
• Issues and maintains staff meal tickets; and cash received for tickets purchased.
• Prepares and distributes student pay and tracks student clothing coupon allotments.
• Maintains checkbooks for Student Government Association (SGA), and SPAMIS account to include creating financial reports monthly.
• Reconciles bank accounts at the end of each month.
• Cultivates and maintains a work environment on center, which is free of harassment, intimidation, and disrespect to provide a safe place for staff and students to work and learn.
• Promotes the development of career success standards through modeling appropriate behaviors, mentoring students, monitoring student skill acquisition and intervening when inappropriate behaviors are observed.
• Maintains accountability of property; adhere to safety practices.
• Performs all payroll functions timely and accurately to produce center payroll. Accountable for following the payroll log and payroll manual.
• Processes employee maintenance in a timely manner.
• Accurately prepares Lawson entries associated with payroll, to include insurance withholdings, tax withholdings, 401K withholdings, and garnishment withholdings.
• Reconciles accounting system for sick and vacation accruals. Analyzes discrepancies and ensures accuracy of leave balances. Prepares journal entry for leave accrual on monthly basis.
• Maintains proper internal control of cash disbursements, cash receipts, payroll, and student pay transactions. Deposits cash receipts intake each week and at the end of every month.
• Responsible for set amount of petty cash; including the reconciliation of when balance falls below set dollar amount (usually weekly) and on the last day of the month.
• Issues and maintains staff meal tickets, and cash received for tickets purchased.
• Prepares and distributes student pay and tracks student clothing coupon allotments.
• Maintains checkbooks for Student Government Association (SGA), and SPAMIS account to include creating financial reports monthly.
• Reconciles bank accounts at the end of each month.
• Perform all other related duties as assigned.

Mandatory:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• One (1) year of accounts payable experience.
• Experience with computerized accounting systems required.
• Intermediate skill in the use of Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Ability to successfully pass a background check.
• One (1) year of payroll experience.

Reasonable Accommodation:

CGS will provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities. In compliance with the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with Chugach Government Solutions or any of its subsidiaries, please email ...@chugachgov.com.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Chugach is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, disability, genetic factors, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.