Full-time Opportunities at Progent for

If you want the flexibility of working from a home office with a team of fun, diverse people with high service standards in a financially strong and rapidly growing company, and if you live to see the numbers balance at the end of complex transactions then this is the job for you. The position includes an attractive compensation and benefits package.

Works Closely with:
President, Director of Customer Services, Financial Administrator, Operations team members, Business Development and consulting team members

External Relationships:
Vendors

Corporate Finance:

• Formalize and document current operational working policy and procedure.
• Perform appropriate monthly and end-of-year general ledger accrual and depreciation adjustments.
• Invoice specified products and services.
• Reconcile and prepare sections of monthly financial statements.
• Reconcile and balance Current Liability and Expense accounts.
• Organization and management of accounting and vendor records, with the goal of converting all records from paper to electronic.

Employee Related Financial Operations:

• Perform monthly payroll calculations using Excel spreadsheets, including complex commission payments.
• Process payroll and subcontractor invoice payments.
• Process all Employee/Consultant Expense Reports and Client reimbursable expense invoicing.
• Perform monthly 401K deduction calculations and account management.
• Perform Financial Operational orientation for all new employees and contractors.

A/P:

• Perform new vendor set up in QuickBooks, including 1099 consultants.
• Ensure timely payments and work with vendors to resolve billing issues.
• Evaluate current vendors/services to ensure appropriate products and ideal pricing structures are in place.
• Research new vendors/programs for suitability for Progent, presenting proposals and recommendations to management.

Asset Management:

• Under the direction of Management, procure notebooks, VoIP phones, and other capital assets for new hires.
• Track and manage the asset databases.
• Perform depreciation calculations, and enter them into QuickBooks.
• Ensure extended warranties are in place for all new computers.
• Document and manage Progent’s hardware retirement program.
• Research and recommend appropriate telephony hardware/service programs.

• Must be entrepreneurial, honest, and dependable, have a positive outlook, and enjoy the challenges of working in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Must be an innovative problem solver.
• Must have good time management skill and work effectively in a home office environment with limited management oversight.
• Ability to balance work and home life.
• Strong written and oral communications skills, as well as excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Detail oriented and able to meet commitments and work deadlines.
• Must be comfortable communicating via E-mail, IM, and telephone.
• Dedication to excellent customer service to our clients and other staff members.

Experience:

• Demonstrated strong understanding of corporate financial laws and regulations.
• Proven management of financial operations in line with company growth.
• Minimum of 3 years of accounting experience, with increasing responsibilities, preferably in a rapidly growing services organization.
• Minimum of 5 years of computer/office work experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Word, and especially Excel expertise).
• Minimum of 2 years of recent hands-on working experience with Intuit QuickBooks, experience with other accounting systems desirable.
• Must have the capacity for a high-speed Internet connection from a home office (Cable modem or DSL).
• Must have a suitable work environment for a home office that provides a productive and undistracted work area.
• Must be able to answer a company-provided dedicated business phone without unprofessional background sounds.

Education:
Associate Degree in Finance/Accounting or equivalent experience.