Associated Wholesale Grocers Hiring for Accounting Assistant at Pearl River, LA Full Time

Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG) is a retailer-owned cooperative serving over 3,000 retail member stores with a complete assortment of grocery, fresh meat, fresh produce, specialty foods, health care, and general merchandise items. Through an extensive distribution network and nine distribution centers, AWG and its subsidiaries deliver in over 28 states. In addition to its cooperative wholesale operations, the company also operates subsidiary companies which provide real estate and supermarket development services, digital marketing services, and is a wholesale supply provider of health and beauty care, general merchandise, specialty/international foods and pharmaceutical supply. If you have a passion for retail, the drive to succeed in a fast-paced industry, we can’t wait for you to join the team! Make us your Best Choice!

Position Summary:
Providing administrative support to the Accounting department, including accounts payable, account reconciliation, statements, and responding to customer and vendor inquiries in a timely and professional manner.

This position supports AWG’s mission to remain firmly committed to our long-established mission statement:

“Our mission is to ensure the success of our member retailers and provide opportunities to our employees. This will be accomplished by satisfying the customers’, and our member retailers’, needs for quality supermarket merchandise and superior support services. We will do this with high quality employees whose mission is to provide the lowest possible cost of goods in order to ensure our members profitability, competiveness and continued growth.”

Position Responsibilities:
The individual must have the ability to perform the responsibilities listed below. The list is not all inclusive of duties that may be requested by the department head or a member of upper management but are intended for an understanding of the purpose of the position. It is the responsibility of each individual at AWG to provide ultimate customer service to our members to support their efforts in increasing same store sales and profits.

Prepare vendor billings pertaining to food show activity, salvage, guaranteed losses and other activity as directed.

Assist with preparation of period end journal entries

Cross train with other department staff members

Process accounts payable invoices.

Perform period end account reconciliations and Food Show and Vendor account reconciliations to clearing account as needed.

Daily inventory balancing

Create SCM handbills.

Other duties as assigned

Position Requirements:
Associates Degree in Business or Accounting preferred, or applicable experience

Proficient in MS Office software (primarily Excel)

Knowledge of PeopleSoft a plus

Ability to prioritize work with minimal supervision

Proven attention to detail

Ability to work in a fast paced environment with constant deadlines

Anyone wishing to apply for the above position should apply online at awginc.com/careers. The deadline to apply for this open position will be five business days from the date posted.