Accounting Assistant

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Job description

Accounting Assistant

Farm Bureau Financial Services is seeking an Accounting Assistant. In this role, while you're performing routine accounting activities, no two days are the same! You'll handle accounts payable invoices, communicate with vendors, and assist with reconciliations and expense accruals. If you like to work independently, or if you prefer teamwork you'll have some of both!

Who We Are: With Farm Bureau Financial Services, our client/members can feel confident knowing their family, home, cars, and other property are protected. We value a culture where integrity, teamwork, passion, service, leadership, and accountability are at the heart of every decision we make and every action we take. We're proud of our more than 80-year commitment to protecting the livelihoods and futures of our client/members and creating an atmosphere where our employees thrive.

What You'll Do:

• Process vendor invoices and determine, prepare, and post monthly expense accruals

• Assist with contacting new and existing vendors and researching departmental and vendor payment inquiries

• Reconcile general ledger accounts, post journal entries, and back-up other team members as needed

• Assist with required annual Form 5500 filings and billings related to various employee benefit and retirement plans

What It Takes to Join Our Team:

• Associate degree or equivalent in accounting, plus 2 years relevant experience. Bachelors degree in accounting or finance a plus.

• Solid understanding of basic accounting principles.

• Strong Excel skills required.

• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing with vendors and team members.

What We Offer You: When you're on our team, you get more than a great paycheck. You'll hear about career development and educational opportunities. We offer an enhanced 401K with a match, low-cost health, dental, and vision benefits, and life and disability insurance options. We also offer paid time off, including holidays and volunteer time, and teams who know how to have fun. Add to that an onsite wellness facility with fitness classes and programs, a daycare center, a cafeteria, and for many positions, even consideration for a hybrid work arrangement. Farm Bureau where the grass really IS greener!

Work Authorization/Sponsorship: At this time, we are not considering candidates that need any type of immigration sponsorship now or in the future, such as additional or permanent work authorization. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time, permanent basis. We are not able to sponsor now or in the future, or take over sponsorship of, an employment visa or work authorization for this role. For example, we are not considering candidates with OPT status.

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