Accounting Assistant & Grants Administrator
Pennsylvania Residents Only

• Pay: $17-$24 per hour, commensurate with experience
  
• Local applicants or those who can punctually report to work in Bradford, PA, during regular work hours and as needed to meet business requirements are encouraged to apply. This is NOT a remote, work-from-home job.

• Due to company growth, this is a brand, new position! The job is currently part-time (15 - 20 hours per week). However, with our current business pipeline opportunities, there is a real possibility for this position to become full-time, based largely on how successful the person in this role is at improving operational efficiencies and helping to grow the business.

• Work Hours: At this time, the work hours for this position are expected to be no more than four (4) hours each workday, Monday – Friday. Company management is flexible and open to discussing possible daily work schedules with individual candidates during the selection interview process. Management’s final decision(s) about a regular work schedule will be firmed up before a job offer is extended to the most qualified applicant.

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If you are a new accounting graduate or someone with general accounting experience who wants to learn something new to advance – this could be a perfect job to jumpstart your career!

We are offering an unparalleled training opportunity for someone who can convince us that we can count on you to be a value-add to the team, that you will come to work with a “can do!” outlook, and that you have acquired - or will acquire - the personal work experience that meets our most critical business needs.

Keep reading if you are intrigued by being able to produce at your highest and best level while learning entirely new and valuable grant administration and management skills you never imagined you could acquire on the job!

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If hired, among other things, you will gain experience in the following areas and be responsible for:

• Serving as a critical resource and assisting the President with grant funding and grant management responsibilities: this involves finding available funding sources, researching, and analyzing funding opportunities, budgeting, coordinating with business partners, prime or other subcontractors for grant submission, and submitting proposals according to published guidelines, managing the proposal process and associated budgets, meeting compliance and reporting requirements for Federal and state grants.
• Accounting & Payroll Processing: general ledger, receivables, payables, journal entries, account reconciliation, and collections. Will also support the payroll provider and assist with processing payroll.
• General Business Operations Support: may include working on special projects or reports, data entry, assisting with travel and event planning, helping the company build and implement new/better systems and processes, maintaining accurate, timely company records and producing reports, and performing other duties as assigned according to established timelines and company best practices/procedures.

MINIMUM ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to work independently and take the initiative.
• Diligent follow-up and problem-solving abilities are essential.
• Solid time management skills are essential, including prioritizing work tasks.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including mastery of correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, syntax, and tone.
• Working knowledge of QuickBooks online to handle accounts payables, accounts receivables, general ledger, payroll, financial reporting, and month-end statements; accurate data entry and reasoning skills are critical.
• High comfort level with technology, software, and spreadsheets, including use of all Microsoft office products (Day 1 proficiency in Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher, and Word; advanced-level Excel skills are a plus!).

OTHER CONSIDERATIONS & REQUIREMENTS:

• If required by job duties, background checks/clearances will be conducted (e.g. credit, criminal, etc.). The results of background checks, clearances, and references must be satisfactory to the company at its sole discretion.

• If hired, you must adhere to all organizational policies and procedures, safety practices, and other prescribed best practices/industry standards.
  
• The job is primarily performed indoors in a traditional home office setting; The individual is constantly required to talk, hear, stand, or sit for extended periods of time while using a computer, telephone, or other productivity devices to communicate with other personnel, clients/customers/students and conduct business. While performing the duties of this job, the individual may occasionally be required to reach with their hands and arms. The person in this role must frequently use their hands to finger, handle, feel, or operate objects and computer keyboards. The person in this role is occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop, bend, kneel, crouch or crawl, squat, turn/twist, and smell. They must also be able to occasionally lift, carry, push, or pull up to 5 pounds and/or occasionally lift, carry, push, or pull up to 15 pounds, but seldom more than 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.
  
• Company offices adjoin a fully operational chemistry laboratory. However, the compounds in the laboratory area are similar to those in regular, everyday household use.

WHO WE ARE:

HMS Technical Development LLC has a history of providing expert scientific and technical consulting services to companies in the United States and Canada, with a specialization in environmental remediation and restoration for mining, oil, and gas extraction, and other heavy industry.

APPLY TODAY…because we’re looking forward to learning about you!

If you are challenged to be your best self when working independently and you also thrive and grow as part of a small (but mighty—and growing!) mission-focused team, then you owe it to yourself to find out if your knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience rise to our level of awesome (and what that could mean to your career now and in the future!) … don’t you?

• Pass us by if you are an average worker interested in doing the same thing every day. But, if the opportunity to stretch and grow … and do work that really matters intrigues you … please apply now.
• We will be interviewing our best applicants in the coming days – and you don’t want to be left out, do you?

Be sure to submit your resume and a short cover letter describing why you are interested in this opportunity...then click "submit." It's that easy to apply right now!

• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States. This company does not sponsor applicants for work visas.
• The company reserves the right to alter, change, modify, and/or terminate this job posting at any time without notice or obligation.

HMS Technical Development, LLC, .is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please email helen@hmsscientificsolutions.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

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