Bookkeeping Clerk

Make a bigger difference

Bookkeeping Clerk

At The Jewish Board, we don’t just make a difference – we make a bigger difference as we serve 45,000 New Yorkers every year. Join our dedicated team that’s been helping communities across New York City for almost 150 years and see just how big of a difference you can make.

Reasons you’ll love working with us:

• If you have a particular age range or population, you’re interested in working with, you can find your niche here.  Our clients and staff are as diverse as the city we work in, and include people of all cultures, religions, races, gender expressions, and sexual orientations.

• We’re committed to supporting your career development by encouraging mobility and advancement across different program types and jobs.

• With 70 locations throughout the five boroughs, you can work close to where you live. 

• Generous vacation time and paid holidays will help you achieve a healthy work/life balance.

• We offer an excellent benefits package with affordable, high-quality health and dental insurance with low co-pays.

• You’ll receive ongoing support through high-quality supervision, specialized trainings from our Continuing Education team, and an education benefit.

How you can make a bigger difference: 

The Mishkon Division provides supports and services in a healthy and safe environment for individuals with intellectual/ developmental disabilities living in residential programs and in community settings. Our core values are to provide a healthy and safe environment that promotes person centered planning, community integration, and close collaboration with families and the community. This is all accomplished through an Orthodox Jewish lens, and with an understanding that staff, at all levels of the division, is the determining factor in achieving positive outcomes for our clients.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Bookkeeper Clerk/Medical Secretary will support the Medical Team by scheduling appointments, data entry and follow up on needed issues. The Medical Secretary must exhibit strong organizational skills, Microsoft competent and works collectively with medical staff, clinical staff and administration

KEY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

•  Prepare Accounts Payable documents per agency standards.
• Supervise bookkeepers from other departments to ensure the highest standards.
• Distribute and reconcile petty cash and monitor software to track payments.
• Monitor independent contractor’s time to ensure they are working within the allotted time contracted to them.
• Serves as backup for bookkeeping staff as necessary due to heavy workloads or temporary absences.
• Assist in the vetting process of new vendors.
• Supervise daily/monthly billing for the residential programs.
• Monitor monthly day program billing.

CORE COMPETENCIES for the position include:

• Ability to apply regulatory standards.
• Experience in or knowledge of using a software system for processing credit card transactions.
• Experience in recording financial transactions for organizations or individuals.
• Effective writing and speaking skills.
• Must be proficient in English.

EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING REQUIRED:

• Minimum of a High School Diploma or equivalent; Associate degree preferred.
• 1-3 years of relevant experience and/or training.
• Electronic Health record experience preferred.
• Familiar with medical terminology.
• Able to work independently on assigned tasks as well as to accept direction on given assignments.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED / LANGUAGE PREFERENCE:

• Excellent attention to detail.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Able to work independently on assigned tasks as well as to accept direction on given assignments.
• Able to maintain highest level of confidentiality.

COMPUTER REQUIRED / LANGUAGE PREFERENCE:

• Basic computer skills required including agency software programs and Electronic Health Record.

VISUAL AND MANUAL DEXIERITY:

• The visual and manual dexterity needed for this position include the ability to work on the computer, date entry and reviewing transactions.

WORK ENVIRONMENT / PHYSICAL EFFORT:

• The position entails some lifting.
• This position is fully in-person.

If you join us, you’ll have these great benefits:

• Generous vacation time, in addition to paid agency holidays and sick time
• Affordable and high-quality medical/dental/vision plans 
• 403(b) retirement benefits and a pension
• Tuition assistance and educational loan forgiveness
• Free continuing education opportunities 
• Flexible spending accounts for health and transportation 
• 24/7 Accessible Employee Assistance Program  
• Life and disability insurance 

Who we are:

The Jewish Board delivers innovative, high-quality, and compassionate mental health and social services to over 45,000 New Yorkers each year. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families to children, teens, and adults. We are proud to employ and serve people of all religions, races, cultural backgrounds, gender expressions, and sexual orientations. We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams to help support our mission, and we strongly encourage candidates from historically marginalized backgrounds to apply to work with us.

More on Equal Opportunity:

We respect diversity and accordingly are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, partnership status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

This applies with respect to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, termination, assignments, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and all other terms and condition of employment as well as general treatment during employment.

 We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified employees with disabilities, without regard to any protected classifications, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Any employees who need assistance to perform their job duties because of a physical or mental condition should contact human resources.