Family Express

Store Accounting Assistant

Family Express  •  Valparaiso, IN (Onsite)  •  3 hours ago
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Job Description

SUMMARY / OBJECTIVE

To serve our community through volunteerism and produce a return on assets which will assure the future prosperity of our employees and our company. To accurately and timely report all store-level transaction data. To safeguard company assets and policies.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

  • Adhere to the company’s vision and mission
  • Build relationships, promote the living brand, and serve as a product/brand advocate
  • Adhere to company policies and approved accounting procedures
  • Safeguard all assets
  • Have a thorough understanding and proficiency in all accounting systems
  • Daily review and accurate entry of store accounting paperwork
  • Monitor store level compliance with accounting policy and procedures
  • Ensure all daily deposits are accurate, timely, and completed per policy
  • Must be available to work at least half of assigned hours during store manager’s shift
  • Ensure all supporting paperwork documents have been received into Laserfische
  • Serves as backup for SAA vacation
  • All other duties as assigned

COMPETENCIES

  • Integrity and accountability
  • Innovation and creativity
  • Adaptive and flexible
  • Teamwork and leadership
  • Self-confidence and humility
  • Professionalism and work ethic

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Must have flexibility, all days of the week, when necessary. Must be able to work effectively from home and communicate proficiently by electronic means.

TRAVEL

No travel outside of occasional trainings and meetings at the home office.

Requirements

ROLE QUALIFICATIONS

Associate Degree in accounting or equivalent accounting experience

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

  • Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
  • Previous retail experience
  • Digital literacy

MINIMUM EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

High School Graduate or Equivalent

PREFERRED EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

Associate Degree

REQUIRED SKILLS

  • Strong team player; Teamwork and the ability to enhance team members’ performance
  • Situational awareness
  • Strong customer orientation
  • Time management; including multitasking, productivity, and a sense of urgency
  • Excellent interpersonal and highly effective communication skills
  • Commitment to company mission, vision and values
  • Adaptability; flexibility and receptive to change
  • Problem analysis & problem resolution at both strategic & functional level
  • Effective decision making based on sound judgment and reasoning
  • Ability to read, write and understand English
  • 10 key proficiency
  • Ability to effectively telecommute and utilize computers, phones, video-conference tools etc., comfortable operating in several applications simultaneously, to support store personnel
  • Must have your own high speed internet DSL or Cable service. DSL connection should be 2.5 mbps connection or higher and Cable at 15 mbps or higher
  • A quiet, distraction-free, location that is private and a confidential place to work

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit for prolonged periods; work longer than eight (8) hour shifts, reach, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch; talk and hear; taste and smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus.

Family Express

About Family Express

Our Vision

To be the finest small chain of convenience stores and fueling centers in the world.

Our Mission

We provide our customers with total satisfaction by offering competitively priced, high-quality products and services, in a clean, safe, and friendly environment. We serve our community through volunteerism and we are profitable in order to assure the future prosperity of our employees and our company.

Our Story

Family Express operates stores throughout Northwest and North Central Indiana. Our unique logistics model consolidates 30 traditional DSD weekly deliveries into a single daily delivery thereby achieving transportation efficiencies and unsurpassed freshness for perishables.

Family Express is recognized in the market place by our passion for customer service. We have built our brand on the art of building relationships with our customers by utilizing our “living brand”. The living brand is our uniquely friendly employees. In addition, our upscale colonial architecture and enhanced landscaping plans welcome visitors from across Northwest Indiana. We pride ourselves on using cutting edge technology throughout our operation to ensure the best environment for our customers and associates.

Consumer innovations like our F.E. Perks loyalty program which offers the ability to earn instant cents-off-per-gallon savings at the pump for purchases inside the store, keep us on the leading edge.

In our endless pursuit to delight our customers, we have invested in training, which is based on the principles of cultural and simulation learning.

Industry
Retail & Ecommerce
Company Size
201-500 employees
Headquarters
Valparaiso, IN
Year Founded
1975
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