Core Values:

• CULTURAL PROFICIENCY: Articulates and applies historical context of racism and understands the current reality of consumers and communities of color in order to support racial equity. Actively demonstrates a commitment to supporting equity and inclusion, and serves as an advocate with colleagues, partners, and communities to meet the Agency's goal of becoming an Antiracist Culturally Inclusive Organization.
• RACIAL EQUITY ADVOCATE: Recognizes, supports, and engages in dismantling institutional racism. Partners with, and is accountable to stakeholders, including children, families, and communities of color.
• RACIAL EQUITY MINDSET: Demonstrates awareness of biases, internalized racial superiority and oppression. Leads with a racial equity lens and actively uses the racial equity tool in meaningful ways.
• TRANSFORMATIONAL VALUES: Contributes to valuable and positive, antiracist transformation in individuals, organizations, and social systems in an effort to actively progress across the antiracist multicultural institution continuum. Is able to foster a sense of community and shared purpose via collaboration and cooperation with others inside and outside Family Connections. Embodies the principles and practices that form the Agency's culture. Operates from an abundance mentality that recognizes opportunities and is optimistic and realistic about the future.
• Demonstrates cultural competence through an awareness of and sensitivity towards Agency's clients' and coworkers' cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.
• Committed to the value of a nurturing family as the ideal environment for a child and believes in the capacity of people to grow and change.
• Works from a strengths-based perspective.
• Recognizes that consumers come first and responds to consumers appropriately.
• Knows and adheres to all FC Policies and Procedures.

Professionalism:

• Values and participates in the Team as a proactive member.
• Respects others' professional opinions and tolerates a range of feelings.
• Able to give and receive constructive criticism.

Supervision:

• Attends supervision consistently and comes prepared.
• Able to receive feedback and to learn from it.
• Has insight about self (i.e., strengths and weaknesses) and utilizes that knowledge toward growth and change.

Job Responsibilities:

• The Accounting Associate is responsible for maintaining accuracy and processing of accounts payable invoice and checks in accordance with company procedures and timeframes.
• Responsibilities includes working collaboratively with CFO and Accounting Staff, as needed.
• The Accounting Associate will fulfill other duties and projects as requested by the Controller.
• The candidate should be a culturally competent individual who will work in the alignment with Family Connections mission.
• The Accounting Associate must be an enthusiastic team player and dedicated to the agency's mission and strategic goals.

Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor's Degree: Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, or another related field of study.

Experience: 2 plus years' experience working within an administrative capacity, accounting principles and practices.

Knowledge: Knowledge of clerical and administrative procedures and systems such as filing and record keeping. Knowledge of Microsoft applications including Outlook, Teams, Word and Excel. Operation of switchboard, typing/data entry/word processing, filing, operation of other business machines (fax, copy machine, etc.).

Skills and Abilities: Advanced written and oral communication, and interpersonal skills, a motivated self-starter, excellent planning and organizing skills, attention to detail. Able to use a computer database system. Able to negotiate contracts with clients and service providers. Able to multitask efficiently. The ability to think creatively and solve problems. Able to Identify and solve problems for clients. Able to select the best price for products and services. Able to and interested in working with individuals from diverse backgrounds. An understanding of professional ethics and issues of confidentiality. The ability to work on a multi-disciplinary team.

Bilingual in Spanish and/or French Creole preferred.

Work Environment/Physical Demands: The individual must be willing to travel across the state of NJ. The individual must possess the ability to perform work that requires frequent standing, bending, reaching, squatting, kneeling, moving, and lifting of up to or in excess of 50 pounds.

*The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job or that an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.*

Generous Benefits:
Paid time off/12 paid holidays
Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
403b Retirement plan with employer matching
Employer-paid Life insurance/LTD/AD&D
Professional development assistance
35-hour work week
Internal/External Trainings
Referral Program