Bookkeeper jobs in Pierre, SD

Agtegra Cooperative is a local agricultural cooperative headquartered in Aberdeen, SD. It is owned by over 6,700 farmers and ranchers, predominantly in North and South Dakota, with a network of over 70 locations and 850 employees. For more information, please visit www.agtegra.com.

At Agtegra, our mission is simple: ‘Do something great for my farm and family that nobody else will do.’ To accomplish this, Agtegra offers diverse career opportunities where employees can grow and work in their local communities. Your personal and professional needs matter here – which is why we offer a variety of competitive benefits to employees, including healthcare and retirement, generous paid-time-off (PTO), family leave, and a clothing allowance just to name a few. It’s not just a job at Agtegra – it’s a place where we invite all employees to Start Here. Grow Here.

POSITION SUMMARY

We are seeking a grain Bookkeeper to join our team in Ipswich, SD. This unique dual position provides accounting support as well as manages daily office operations, and scale room of the location.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Managing all aspects of financial record keeping and ensuring accuracy in financial statements, including maintaining assembly sheets, daily reports, account transfers and billing.
• Processing incoming inventory into the accounting system, invoicing out completed orders and delivery tickets, applying payments on customer accounts, scanning expense invoices and coding in accounting system, and entering customer prepayments.
• Maintaining awareness of the location’s accounts receivable including monitoring and posting a monthly no-credit and over-limit credit report and compiling daily bank deposits.
• Responsible for weighing trucks as they arrive at location.
• Obtains grain samples using necessary equipment and grades grain accordingly.
• Communicates the grain and grade to the grain attendants on each load. Communicates and works closely with the Location Manager to ensure day-to-day grain activities run efficiently.
• Partners with Grain Accounting for accurate and efficient accounting of grain. Contacts customers regularly informing them of dumping hours, potential dumping delays, and market opportunities.
• Provides daily current market prices to customers and other pertinent market information.
• Keeps grain room, scale area, scale, and grading equipment clean and in optimum working condition.
• Managing daily office operations and ensuring a smooth workflow, verifying employee timecards for manager approval, maintaining office equipment, ordering office supplies, and answering the telephone.
• Adheres to all safety regulations, requirements, policies and procedures, including OSHA regulations, the vehicle policy and fleet safety program, and DOT regulations.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Must be eligible to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.
• Must be 18 years or older.
• English Proficiency
• Ability to work overtime including weekends, holidays, or different shifts.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• One to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles and outside weather conditions. The employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme cold; extreme heat and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Agtegra Cooperative is an equal opportunity employer.