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Accounting Assistant

CRRC Sifang America Incorporated • Chicago, IL, United States • $200k - $250k / year • 1w ago

Location

Chicago

Type

Full Time

Summary

CRRC is looking for a bilingual accounting assistant to assist and support the Finance Department's daily functions. Computes, classifies, records, and verifies numerical data for use in maintaining accounting records by performing the following duties:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Compiles and sorts documents, such as invoices and checks, substantiating business transactions.
Prepares vouchers, invoices, checks, account statements, reports, and other records, and reviews for accuracy.
Assists employees, vendors, clients, or customers by answering questions related to accounts and payment procedures.
Processes ACH, Wire, and Check payments to Vendors/Suppliers, employees, and from Customers.
Keep track of bank balances on a daily basis to ensure cash disbursements and receipts are processed correctly and efficiently.
Journal Vouchers filing for both electronic and paper copies.
Sends out monthly company credit cards activities to individual card holders for reimbursements and answers any questions that individual card holders may have about their company credit card activities.
Prepares and executes monthly payment plans.
Prepares the weekly cash and bank balances form.
Maintains currency exchange rates at the beginning and end of a month through SAP system.
Sends out bank activities to accountants for bookkeeping on a daily basis.
Maintain contact with banks for questions related to bank accounts and payments.
Liaison between banks and the department that need to issue Letter of Credit or any kind of bank guarantees specified on the contract.
Other duties may be assigned.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Education and/or Experience

Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university in Accounting or Finance major, or Associate's degree with a minimum of one (1) year of related work experience or training.
Bilingual in Mandarin Chinese and English.

Computer Skills

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Accounting software and Microsoft Office products.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

CRRC Sifang America

CRRC Sifang America is an Illinois-based subsidiary of CRRC Corporation Limited. CRRC Corporation Limited, the parent company, is a world leader in the designing, engineering and manufacturing of advanced passenger rail vehicles and high-speed trains. Headquartered in Beijing, China, CRRC Corporation Limited has 46 wholly-owned & majority-owned subsidiaries. They are a global innovator in rail car and locomotive construction and maintenance.

In 2016, CRRC Sifang America was awarded a contract by the Chicago Transit Authority to supply 846 new railcars.

CRRC Sifang America recently constructed a state-of-the-art production facility on the city’s southeast side, returning railcar manufacturing to Chicago after a 50-year absence.

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