Bookkeeper - payroll support (Jackson, MS)

We are growing our team at Harborlight Ember Housing and adding a Bookkeeper whose main responsibility will be payroll support. You would join a large organisation of about 602 people based in Jackson. What you will do • Answer supplier and customer billing questions by phone and email. • Reconcile bank and credit-card accounts and chase missing receipts. • Enter and code invoices, deposits and expenses daily. • Track paperwork for lease compliance so nothing is filed late. • Prepare monthly reports for the owner and the outside accountant. What we are looking for • Working knowledge of QuickBooks or a similar package. • Experience keeping books for a small or mid-sized organisation. • Organised, discreet and dependable. Nice to have • Comfort with sales-tax filings. • Payroll experience. Working arrangement • Contract for eight months, with a review at the end and a chance of extension. • On site in Jackson. • Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.