Accounting Clerk

WHO WE ARE :

Donatos mission is to promote goodwill through our products and service, principles and people. In order to grow this mission, it is important to achieve our business goals through our growth. Success is achieved by all of us, pulling in the same direction and by exhibiting behaviors that generate positive results.

OUR SUCCESS BEHAVIORS:

Is a “People First” Leader: Serves, inspires and EMPOWERS others to lead through service. Releases and shares power; listens carefully to others and welcomes input from all levels, invests time and energy developing others’ potential; promotes empathy and tolerance; recognizes when morale is low and demonstrates concern for associate’s personal well-being; Is transparent and honest and models the behavior expected from others; follows through on promises. Freely admits mistakes, encourages a spirit of cooperation and inspires organizational commitment; articulates a clear vision of the future; looks for new ways to simplify jobs.

Opportunity Seeking : Symbolized by the passion we feel in our heart, this is the entrepreneurial spirit that drives us to find opportunities, create excitement, build enthusiasm, act like an owner and accomplish tasks.

Disciplined : Symbolized by focused clarity we have in our head, this is the logical, strategic, fact based approach to doing business that focuses all of our passionate enthusiasm toward the activities that will make a difference.

OUR PHILOSOPHY:

Live: A balanced, healthy lifestyle brings you personal power and energy to achieve your dreams.

Love: A clear focus on your values keeps you rooted in what’s important.

Laugh: Understanding and connecting with others builds strong relationships, fun and creativity.

Learn: There is always a better way…. learn, grow, stretch – keep moving forward.

OUR VALUES:

Trust, Integrity, Accountability, Consistency, Hospitality, Creativity, Community Engagement, Leadership, Fairness, Family, Humility

Position Summary: This position is responsible for recording general ledger entries for daily, weekly and monthly activity for multiple entities, daily bank activity reconciliation, monthly balance sheet reconciliations and generates and distributes financial statements for multiple entities

Essential Responsibilities:

• Maintains cash flow balances by recording sources and uses of daily cash, initiating cash transactions via ACH within online banking system, collecting information from internal and external resources in order to reconcile and forecast daily balances
  
• Records journal entries for cash transactions and balances bank balances to general ledger balances for month end
  
• Records monthly entries for prepaid expenses and maintains proper balance sheet reconciliations for each prepaid account
  
• Balances intercompany accounts to ensure entries are recorded consistently in each entity
  
• Performs month end accruals for specific accounts as determined on the Month End Task List
  
• Provides worksheets and reconciliations for auditors requested in the Client Information Requests for both interim and year end audits
  
• Calculates monthly rent percentages at locations based on lease requirements
  
• Records monthly inventory for various inventory accounts
  
• Records monthly allocations for marketing and/or management fees
  
• Updates percentage changes for coops for expense allocations
  
• Reconcile miscellaneous billing account, analyze transactions for billable items, match up to documentation relating to transactions and invoice to franchise partners or customers
  
• Records all entries necessary for coop and ad fund entities, run financial statements including P & L’s and Balance Sheets and distributing to appropriate individuals
  
• Assists with month end report running and distribution for core entities.
  
• Assist with duties as a backup for vacations or absences
  
• Works on ad-hoc and miscellaneous projects as needed
  

Minimum Requirements: Enter Minimum Requirements here.

The following education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA’s) are required to perform in this role:

Education:

• Associate’s Degree in Accounting preferred or equivalent work experience, knowledge on sales and use tax issues in all states occupied by Donatos and Excel, Word, Internet, Outlook.
  

Knowledge, Skill and Abilities (KSA’s):

• Customer Focus – Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
  
• Ethics and Values – Adheres to an appropriate (for the setting) and effective set of core values and beliefs during both good and bad times; acts in line with those values; rewards the right values and disapproves of others; practices what he/she preaches.
  
• Functional/Technical Skills – Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills to do the job at a high level of accomplishment.
  
• Informing – Provides the information people need to know to do their jobs and to feel good about being a member of the team, unit, and/or the organization; provides individuals information so that they can make accurate decisions; is timely with information.
  
• Listening – Practices attentive and active listening; has the patience to hear people out; can accurately restate the opinions of others even when he/she disagrees.
  
• Organizing – Can marshal resources (people, funding, material, support) to get things done; can orchestrate multiple activities at once to accomplish a goal; uses resources effectively and efficiently arranges information and files in a useful manner.
  
• Planning – Accurately scopes out length and difficulty of tasks and projects; sets objectives and goals; breaks down work into the process steps; develops schedules and task/people assignments; anticipates and adjusts for problems and roadblocks; measures performance against goals; evaluates results.
  
• Priority Setting – Spends his/her time and the time of others on what’s important; quickly zeros in on the critical few and puts the trivial many aside; can quickly sense what will help or hinder accomplishing a goal; eliminates roadblocks; creates focus.
  
• Problem Solving – Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; probes all fruitful sources for answers; can see hidden problems; is excellent at honest analysis; looks beyond the obvious and doesn’t stop at the first answers.
  
• Drive For Results – Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
  
• Time Management – Uses his/her time effectively and efficiently; values time; concentrates his/her efforts on the more important priorities; gets more done in less time than others; can attend to a broader range of activities.
  
• Written Communications – Is able to write clearly and succinctly in a variety of communication settings and styles; can get messages across that have the desired effect.
  

Physical Requirements:

• Updates, reconciles and initiates payments for operations bank account daily timely and accurate – 100%
  
• Records all assigned journals, daily, weekly or monthly timely and accurate – 100%
  
• Prepares monthly reconciliations for assigned balance sheet accounts timely – 100%
  
• Prepare and review all annual spreadsheets for yearend audit in timely fashion -100%
  
• Reconciles miscellaneous receivables at a minimum once per month and invoice as necessary – 100%
  
• Prepares financial statements for marketing entities monthly, including making any necessary accruals or adjustments – 100%
  

Results within the above ranges will result in an “GOOD SOLID PERFORMER” Or “3” review rating. Achievements outside of these ranges will result in either an Exceeds or Below Rating in the category, based on the actual result.