AP Clerk- Part Time at TentCraft in Traverse City, MI

Who are we?

Rooted in humility, hard work, and some fun and a little weirdness (one of our six ‘Guiding Principles’), TentCraft is a capabilities rich manufacturer with a no-shame obsession with the world of experiential and outdoor marketing. We live, work and play in Traverse City, Michigan, and while you’ll find our work nationwide, we operate together from a single facility. Everything we design, engineer, build, print and sew happens under one roof and is proudly American made. Long story short, we’re one big talented team of LEAN thinkers dedicated to Make it Better from sea to shining sea for our clients and our TentCraft family. We’ve always got continuous improvement on our minds and creative solutions are our jam, so if we need to get a little scrappy to make magic actually happen, we’re down for that.

Cool, right? Sound like you? Let’s talk.

What we are looking for

We are hiring a Part Time clerk to join the accounting team; this new position will round out a small but mighty team of three and reports directly to the Controller. Our ideal candidate will work between 24 and 30 hours per week, ideally Monday through Friday 5-6 hours per day, but we are open to accommodating various schedules as needed.

• Receive, obtain approval and enter accounts payable invoices
• Work with supply chain team on resolving invoice discrepancies
• Review monthly vendor statements and request any missing invoices
• Perform check runs ensuring supplier invoices are paid in a timely manner
• Process certain accounts payable invoices via virtual credit card payments
• Maintains historical records by filing documents
• Process bi-weekly payroll
• Process monthly expense reports
• Daily cash receipts and related postings
• Assist with customer invoicing when needed and research discrepancies or customer inquiries
• Point-person for sales tax and purchasing related tax questions, including completion of tax-exempt forms, along with monthly account reconciliation
• Provide clerical and administrative support to management as requested

What you need:

• Associate degree in accounting or business-related degree.
• Knowledge of basic accounting principles.
• Ability to quickly pick up new tasks and be able to work with minimal supervision.
• Be organized, work efficiently, and follow written standard procedures and/or develop written procedures.
• High degree of attention to detail.
• Ability to clearly communicate in both written and verbal form.
• Proficient with excel and ten-key calculator.

You’ll love working here if:

• Company culture matters to you.
• You want to work for a company that can communicate their 1, 5 and 10-year vision and show you a roadmap.
• You recognize that tools and technology play a key role in driving productivity and results.

What we’ll give you:

• A market competitive compensation package including health, dental, vision, disability and life insurance plans
• Paid time off in your first year plus 7 paid Holidays!
• Matching 401k (ROTH or Traditional)
• Annual Health and Wellness reimbursement
• Plant reimbursement (yep, we pay you to put a plant in the office!)
• A work culture to be proud of, we respect one another, accomplish a TON, and have fun doing it!

Bottom line:

A few years ago, we were a start-up company. Flash forward to now; we’ve experienced rapid and sustainable growth by hiring A+ people who support our goals to gain market share from our competitors, introduce new products and provide turn-key service to our clients. If you can bring that to the table, we’re going to serve up some good stuff, too; it’s an awesome work environment with great leadership and guidance, and a unique opportunity to see your work in some really cool projects. You’ve got to be someone who isn’t scared of trying something new and hunkering down to get the work done, so if that’s you, we’ve got room at our table. You can sit with us.

TentCraft, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate against otherwise qualified applicants in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, genetic information, disability, or any other characteristics as protected by federal, state or local law.