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Position # 1 -

Job Title: Staff Accountant

Department: Administration And Finance

Role Qualifications:

Understand and follow company, accounting and accounts payable processes, procedures and guidelines
Perform all duties related to accounts payable and provide other accounting support
Maintain verifiable records of accounts payable source documents for audit

Position Responsibilities:

Obtain and verify appropriate approval for bill payment and disbursements
Enter invoices into accounting system, conforming to accounting schedule
Generate checks and distribute payments for employees and vendors
Post cash disbursements
Maintains accounts payable files
Communicate with vendors about invoice payment status
Reconcile/resolve vendor statements and vendor inquiries to system records
Prepare and make bank deposits
Coordinate cash incentives with Project Team Leaders, bank and fulfillment center
Manage 1099s, securing W-9s and producing annual 1099s in a timely manner
Print and distribute monthly project labor and direct labor reports
Prepare back up documentation for client invoices
Perform general accounting duties, such as account reconciliations, audit support, problem solving, etc.
Perform other related job requirements, as needed and directed

Essential Skills and Experience:

Bachelors in relevant field or high school and 6 years experience specifically related to job requirements
Solid knowledge of work requirements
Competent to work independently with some oversight
Able to apply knowledge to multiple environments
Responsible for several complete processes
Problem solving skills, such as ability to exercise originality to develop methods or procedures to resolve recurring or unusual problems; application of extensive understanding of program and activities; ability to apply advanced knowledge and skills of infrastructure, policies and procedures to solve problems

Desired Skills and Experience:

Computer knowledge of Word, Excel, MS Outlook and accounting software
Bilingual -- English and Spanish

Reporting to this position:

None

Physical demands and work environment:

Physical demands: Ability to work for extended periods at a computer; required to stand, walk, sit and bend to make copies and file; must be able to lift 25 pounds
Work environment: Typical office environment

General sign-off: The employee is expected to adhere to all company policies and to act as a role model in the adherence to policies.

Position # 2 -

Job Title: Programming Associate II

Department: Programming and Technology

Role Qualifications: Create and modify data management systems and related processes to ensure quality control in a RAD (rapid application development) environment. Most programs require integrated system design considerations.

Position Responsibilities:

Plan and schedule work, seek out and accept assignments to maximize billable hours
Coordinate with task and team leaders to develop a system design of the data management and related system processes required to support project needs
Maintain timely communications with task and team leaders
Create and/or modify integrated data management systems and related processes
Process data to ensure quality control

Essential Skills and Experience:

Bachelors in relevant field and 0-3 years experience specifically related to research or related job or high school and 8 years experience specifically related to research or job requirements.
Extensive knowledge of field and competence to work at a high level
Competent to work independently and/or lead and coordinate team activities.
Able to apply knowledge to multiple environments.
Extensive knowledge of a database system, preferably MS Access and/or SQL Server
Ability to work independently and/or lead and coordinate team activities
Ability to apply programming knowledge to multiple tasks
CATI (computer aided telephone interviewer) programming skills
HTML or XHTML
Knowledge of a web programming skills such as PHP or ASP

Reporting to this position: n/a

Physical demands and work environment:

Physical demands:
Work environment:

General sign-off: The employee is expected to adhere to all company policies and to act as a role model in the adherence to policies.

Position # 3 -

Job Title: Data Coder /Auditor Classification: Assistant to Associate Level

Department: Database Development and Quality Management

Position Summary: Analyze and clean location and non-location data, process data on a daily basis on one or more projects. Responsible for checking data for logical consistency, accuracy, and completeness - and correcting according to established standards.

General Purpose: Clean raw data utilizing project customized edit check programs; compile reports; analyze data; manage data flow. Will be cross-trained to code both location and non-location data).

Role Qualifications (General):

Detailed oriented, high level of accuracy required
Excellent spelling skills
Self-starter; well organized in handling time and materials
Able to learn quickly and follow directions precisely
Reliable, responsible; able to work with minimum supervision
Able to handle fast-paced work and meet deadlines
A flexible team player with a cooperative and helpful attitude

Role Qualifications (Non-Location Data Coding):

Working knowledge of various software platforms and databases including, but not limited to, ArcView, SPSS, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Word.
Must be able to manipulate data and transfer between various software packages (e.g., from Dbase to SPSS to Access).
Must have logical thinking capabilities (e.g., ability to know when a response to a question is reasonable or not).
Ability to recode open-ended responses either from initial development of codes or from a list of predetermined codes.
Must understand science behind skip patterns for a given survey and the ability to run frequencies, cross-tabulations, and descriptive outputs and check for data quality.

Role Qualifications (Location Data Coding):

Knowledgeable of geocoding process including project set up (secure and set-up coverage files), geocoding, and quality control checks of location data.
Ability to geocoded location data (i.e., code addresses/cross-streets to an x/y coordinate using geocoding tools such as coverage/shape files, look-up tables, and Internet resources.
Ability to perform logic checks of location data (i.e., distance between two points are logical based on other respondent-provided data) using both automated programs and manual techniques as appropriate.

Position Responsibilities:

Geocode, examine, verify, or correct location data using available tools
Code ,examine, verify, or correct survey data using available tools
Exercise originality to suggest new ways to solve problems and to efficiently conduct coding
Extract raw data, code data as prescribed by the data coordinator, compile reports
Test data collection program (VOXCO) to verify consistency with final survey instrument.
Draft, for data coordinator review, the project data items matrix, which contains information on survey data file (original variables, recoded variables, newly created variables, and variables incorporated into the dataset).
Work with team including other coders and data coordinators
Must be able to monitor and report project progress to Data Coordinator.

Essential Skills and Experience:

Bachelors in relevant and no experience or high school and 3-4 years experience specifically related to survey research or related job requirements.
Solid knowledge of work requirements
Competent to work independently with some oversight.
Able to apply knowledge to multiple environments.
Ability to work in a team environment

Reports to:

Data Coordinator (projects)
Work Group Leader (administrative)

Physical demands and work environment:

Physical demands: Ability to work for extended periods of time at a computer; other office demands including ability to write, focus and communicate verbally Must be able to move or lift 40 pounds
Work environment: General office environment

General sign-off: The employee is expected to adhere to all company policies and to act as a role model in the adherence to policies.

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