Amazon is bumping up payment options and it directly benefits Venmo users. This week Paypal announced a partnership with Amazon that will allow U.S. users to pay with Venmo at checkout. It will be the site’s the first alternative payment option to traditional cards and checking accounts.
Currently Venmo has more than 80 million users in the U.S. and starting next year, they can pay using the platform on Amazon.com and the Amazon mobile shopping app. Venmo found that 47% of users are interested in using the service to check out with merchants and many users increased online shopping during the pandemic.
“Over the last year, we have focused on giving our Venmo community more ways to use Venmo in their daily lives, including the ability to pay with QR Codes and providing more shopping features like purchase protections,” said Darrell Esch, Senior Vice President and GM, Venmo. “We’re thrilled to make it possible for our users and Amazon customers to pay with Venmo starting next year.”
If you don’t have a Venmo account, you can download the app and link your bank account to get started. The new payment option will be available sometime in 2022.
Summer break is an odd time, it seems to equal parts fly by and drag on forever—just when you’ve broken in the bathing suit, stores start pushing Back to School aisles with fervor. Yes, the return of the never-ending to-do list that goes with a new school year can be overwhelming, but there’s always a silver lining. We came up with 13 reasons to rejoice when the first day of school arrives, keep reading to see them all.
1. New year, new adventures! With each new year comes new opportunities and exciting new milestones. Every new school year offers so many new adventures whether it’s mastering new skills, joining a new sports team, going to their first dance or starting a new school. It’s one more step on their stairway to the amazing adults they will someday be!
2. Because you’re officially out of ideas. Whether you’ve shuttled them between camps or ran your very own Mom Camp, there are no more zoos, museums, play gyms or pool days you can take. You’re officially Summered out and frankly, so are they, even if they won’t admit it. Let’s hear it for Fall!
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3. Your home can finally be clean again! Kind of! Basically, by Day 5 of summer, your home resembled a Demolition Zone, and it’s been an uphill battle ever since. Frankly, you’ve given up. Now there’s that small glimmer of hope your home can actually be clean or at least passable for maybe forty-eight hours in the middle of the week. Your living room has never looked so glorious!
4. They can finally break up with their iPad! ...or other electronic devices. Let’s face it, the most well-meaning mom among us sometimes has to call it in the name of getting things done and let the kids grab more screen time than maybe we wish. Especially on the long hot days of summer where hours seem to go on end. So long screen time, time to reunite with book time!
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5. Peace and quiet What’s that I hear? NOTHING!? Silence!? It can’t be. Kids are many things ... sweet, funny, smart ... but one thing they most assuredly are not is quiet. If for even just a few minutes, take it in ... bask in that sweet beautiful silence. It won’t last long!
6. More real field trips, fewer field trips to the grocery store Everyone knows doing anything with kids takes 10x longer. When it comes to the grocery store, it also gets 10x more expensive. All summer, you’ve been that mom terrorizing the aisles with a small posse in tow. Your first grocery run after school’s back in feels like a trip to Paris. Errands are yours again!
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7. Finally having a routine. Despite saying they hate it, kids love and, more importantly, need a routine and structure. So getting them back to their old routine (and yours) is something that helps the whole family thrive. There's a reason why teachers have a daily schedule breaking down every minute of the day. Children thrive from knowing what's expected from them, and planning ahead helps them better handle transitions. Structure is your friend!
9. Time to work out that brain again. Try as you may to check off that summer reading list and keep up with their writing journal, kids are known to have a backslide on the things they've learned in what researchers call Summer Learning Loss. So while the kids have had a much-deserved break—so has their developing brain. Time to start exercising that muscle again!
10. This "Momcierge" is off the clock. Once they're back to school, you can stop being their glorified snack servant. Seriously, how many snacks can a person eat in a day? Your pantries and bank account have never seemed so bare by the time they're done with it. If you think about it that way, packing just one little lunch every day doesn't seem so bad.
11. It's independence day. As parents, we always want to take care of our children and be there for them. Sometimes that makes it easy to slide into doing TOO much for them. Going to school helps them foster the independence that they need to help them grow up and take on the world alone. Plus, fostering independence has also been proven to help kids also care for kids around them. It's a great foundation for a bright future!
12. Teachers to the rescue. Oh, teachers, we’ve missed you so! Your intelligence, your support of our children, your seemingly never-ending patience. We all know teachers deserve way more than they get, and by the first day of school, we’ve never been more convinced. Thank you for all you do—here’s my kid!
13. Oh, the places they'll go! If you're one of the many moms sending your little one to preschool, pre-K or Kindergarten for the first time, the thought can be overwhelming, and even scary. They're nervous, you're nervous—it's a big change! It may seem sad kissing the younger at-home days behind, but these days are special too, and so many amazing things await them. So give them that big hug, wave them goodbye, and stand back and marvel at all the amazing things they'll do.
There’s this odd thing that happens to women when they become moms. Out of nowhere, they feel compelled to do it all and to not do anything at all at the same time. As I sit here writing this, my wife and daughter are at the park taking a walk. I’m supposed to be working but, instead, I’ve spent the last hour thinking about ways in which I could potentially supplement my income without having to work during the day, so I can really enjoy my daughter all while setting an amazing example of what a successful, working mom looks like. Oh, by the way, also still being a present and accounted for spouse that makes time for my wife. Take that in for second, k?
I recently wrote an article about recognizing what success looks and feels like to you and the importance of making it actionable. For some of us (me), we’ve spent the last 15 years navigating the male-dominant corporate structure and measuring success exclusively by what our bank account says. When you have a baby, all of that and none of that changes. For me, having a daughter makes it even worse. I want to raise the most kick-ass, glass ceiling-shattering woman on the planet. I also want to give her a million kisses a minute and blow raspberries on her tummy.
Every night after work, I just stare at my kid. I watch everything she does—her careful and floppy little hands, her Frankenstein’s Monster walk, and her legit excitement at the prospect of watching a full episode of Daniel Tiger before bed. I want everything in the world for her. In order to do that, I have to work for it. I also want to spend every, waking minute enjoying the world with her. In order to do that, I can’t work. I’ve always been really annoyed (enraged at times, actually) by the term “work/life balance.” At the end of the day, it’s just life. Work is a part of life and, if you hit it right, life could be a great part of work. Prior to having my daughter, life was a big part of work. The integration was flawless, and I could devote the exact right amount of energy and focus on my career to keep moving onward and upward. Now? Not so much. It wouldn’t even be realistic to say that my attention is divided. My attention has an all-consuming new focus and her name is Lillie.
I didn’t come here to complain about my questionable attention span, though, I wonder, how do we fix this pervasive problem? Well, I’m not sure that I have the secret to that sauce just yet, but I can share this one simple thought. When I find myself getting distracted and wanting to see my kid, that’s what I do. It’s like having a craving for pizza, you know you’re not going to get over it until you just eat a damn slice (or 4). The time we have with our kids is invaluable no matter how big or how small our paychecks may be. My daughter will only be one for one year. Then she’ll be two for one year…you get it. Having a child made me realize that I was dangerously close to living to work. Having to recalibrate and working to live has definitely created some growing pains for me. That being said, it’s also allowed me to evaluate the things that are important.
At the top of this, I mentioned the pressure on moms to do everything and nothing at the same time. It’s an off-kilter, deep-rooted feeling that can’t be solved even if we could literally do everything and nothing at the same time. That feeling simply comes from wanting everything to be the best for your kid and being able to check all of the boxes: Quality time spent, money in the bank, setting a great example, making sure they know exactly how much you love them, raising them to be good, smart and kind people, nurturing a sense of humor, teaching them life skills and encouraging passions (you know, to name a few). Here’s the thing though, we’re already doing that. You can’t see the forest for the trees, right? That knot-in-your-stomach-wanting-everything-and-nothing-at-the-same-time-feeling means you’re a great parent. You’re checking all of those boxes simply by being you whether it feels that way or not.
And, hey, If all else fails, at least you ate the pizza.
Jess Ader-Ferretti is the creator and host of the growingly popoular web series, Shit Moms Won't Say. Jess is a born and rasied New Yorker who lives with her wife, Katie and their daughter, Lillie. Tune into Shit Moms Won't Say every Monday at 8PM EST on YouTube.
If you’re like most parents of tweens and teens, you’re constantly telling them to clean their room, eat healthy and ease up on smartphone usage, especially when they constantly use up the data and allotted minutes. The clean room and healthy eating may be a lost cause, but there is a smartphone solution that won’t break your bank account. Twigby is a low-cost wireless services that’s a great option for tweens, teens and, quite honestly, the whole family. Everyone gets their smartphones and you don’t go bankrupt. That’s a win all around!
Twigby is unlike other cell phone service companies. Their priority is to be customer-centric. That means they are always mindful of costs and efficiencies, and make decisions based on how to best meet the needs and wants of value-seeking shoppers. Here’s a look at how Twigby translates into savings and no hassle for your family.
Twigby has three-times the coverage
With Twigby, not only do you get to use not one, but two nationwide cell service providers to make calls, but you can also use Wi-Fi for texting and calling. Wi-Fi provides robust coverage in places where cell networks don’t always work, in places like basements and apartments. That’s way better coverage than you may receive from regular cell phone service providers.
Twigby has affordable plans
Most cell phone plans are fixed and can’t be changed. This means the customer is forced to pay for a set amount of minutes, texts and data each month, regardless of whether they use it or not. And those amounts can be super expensive. But Twigby gives you the option to create a plan that is best for you. The company has three new smartphone plans with aggressive pricing that will easily meet the needs of your family. The new plans start at only $20 per month and Twigby is also offering 25% off service for six straight months.
Unlimited Talk, Text and 3GB of high-speed data = $15/month (25% off for 6 months)
Unlimited Talk, Text and 5GB of high-speed data = $18.75/month (25% off for 6 months)
Unlimited Talk, Text and 10GB of high-speed data = $26.25/month (25% off for 6 months)
You can keep your current phone numbers Nobody wants to change their cell phone number, least of all your tween/teen. Twigby allows you to keep your current phone numbers, and it’s super simple to do. When you select your service and check out online, Twigby will ask if you’re using an existing numbers or if you’d like a new ones. They handle the rest from there.
Twigby offers risk-free guarantee Twigby believes they have the most affordable plans out there. In fact, they’re so confident in their service, that they back it with a 30-day satisfaction guarantee.
Life with tweens and teens is challenging enough! Make parenting and budgeting a little easier with Twigby’s smartphone service options. For a limited time, new customers receive an additional 25% off their first six months of service.
Thanks to fears around the coronavirus, venturing to the grocery store is more fraught with peril than ever. The lines, crowds, germs, rationing and bare shelves have sucked all the joy out of what is typically my kids’ favorite errand.
When you must venture out to a grocery store (are we seriously out of milk again?) at least make it worth your while and bring back more than food. Grab a store circular to use as a launching off point for creative play that introduces kids to life skills.
Try out this activity, which incorporates exercise (jumping jacks), math (counting, addition, subtraction), budgeting (shopping), science (food groups), and fine motor skills (cutting, gluing, coloring).
Here’s What You’ll Need:
Grocery store circular or printed out pictures of food with prices
Timer
Paper
Envelopes (optional)
Scissors
Markers
Shopping bags or baskets
Paper plates (optional)
Glue or tape
Try it Out:
1. Go to Work: Set a timer for one minute. Count how many jumping jacks (or pushups, windmills, crunches, etc.) you can do before the timer beeps. The number of reps you completed is the number of dollars you just earned at “work.” Write it down as your “bank account” balance.
2. Make the Money: Cut out paper rectangles to represent the money you just earned. Use markers to add dollar amounts to the bills, making sure that your total adds up to the amount of money in your “bank account.” Pretend to withdraw some or all of your money from the ATM. Design a wallet to store your cash by folding paper or using an envelope.
3. Shop: Look through the store circular and pick out a variety of food. Think about what you might like to have in your refrigerator or cupboard. Cut out the pictures of food you choose along with their prices and place them in your shopping bag or basket. Remember that you are shopping on a budget. Add up the prices of the food you select, and make sure you have enough money before you check out. Then, calculate how much change you have left in your wallet.
4. Plan Your Meals: Draw a circle on a piece of paper to represent a plate or use a paper plate you can draw right on. Use a marker to divide your plate into five sections for various food groups, such as protein, grains, fruit, vegetables, and dairy. Dish up a meal by gluing or taping some food pictures onto your plate in the appropriate food group categories. Calculate the cost of the meal you prepared by adding up the prices of the food on your plate. As an extension, plan out additional meals using more plates.
Let the Magic Happen…or Not
I tried this activity with my four kids this morning, and they each gravitated toward different components.
My number-loving son lit up with the thrill of a timed exercise as well as the concept of earning money. He decided to reset the timer and keep exercising in order to rack up money in his “bank account” rather than spend it on groceries. He thought about buying $10 worth of beef at one point so he could subtract $10 from his bank account but ultimately decided to do more push-ups instead. “I already ate breakfast, so I don’t need food,” he said matter-of-factly.
My three-year-old fixated on the cutting aspect of the project, methodically slicing at least 100 little strips of paper into “dollars.” She also loves envelopes, so one became her shopping bag for the oranges, Cheerios, and Oreos she selected. Hours later, she returned to the activity and asked for help sealing even more food pictures in envelopes.
My five-year-old was most interested in shopping through the circular. She collected such a variety that she shared her yogurt and Cheez-Its with her little sister, having already covered all the food groups with her pizza, mushrooms, cheese, apples, and salmon.
My snack-loving seven-year-old zeroed in on the chocolate-covered granola bars and wouldn’t shop beyond that. What more could she possibly want? She busied herself making a paper purse for the money that she never actually designed. She was occupied with her own plan to build a hotel in a low cabinet where the food could be delivered, setting up another branch of imaginative play.
Let the play develop naturally instead of forcing it—adding on extensions when a child shows particular interest and breezing over those ideas that don’t resonate. Make a paper box ATM machine or cash register. “Shop” at the pharmacy too. Set up a mini kitchen and stock it with your paper groceries. Bring along dolls and strollers on your shopping trip. Explore nutrition labels. Plan a meal that’s entirely green. The possibilities are endless.
If nothing else, you can use the playtime as an excuse to plan your own meals for the next week or two. With grocery stores in their current state, meal planning is the key to minimizing those dreaded trips to the actual store.
Kristin Van de Water is a former journalist and teacher who relies on humor, faith, and her mom crew to get her through the day. Raising four kids in a two-bedroom NYC apartment, Kristin is always on the lookout for life hacks to save time, space, money, and her sanity.
From memes to apps, even the youngest of kids are finding their way to the internet. Whether your kiddos are younger or in their teens, it’s important they know how to live a healthy digital lifestyle. You as a parent can help guide them in the right direction so they make smart decisions when they’re online. Think you know everything there is to know about staying safe online? Test your internet savviness with a little help from Google’s Be Internet Awesome online safety and citizenship program by taking the quiz below.
Question: How do I create a strong password? Answer: A strong password should be at least eight characters long. It’s best to use a mix of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers and symbols (go wild with the exclamation point!). It’s tempting to use the same password for all your accounts to help remember it. But the safest thing is to have different password combinations. And make sure your password is not easy to guess. Don’t use birthdays, or combinations like “12345678” or “password.”
Question: How do I know if a website is safe to use? Answer: There’s a simple way to tell if a website is secure. The URL (that’s the address at the top of the screen that starts with “www”) will start with https; not http. Make sure the “s” is attached. It should also have a green padlock to the left of URL. If those things are not there, think twice before using it, especially if it asks you for sensitive or payment information.
Question: True or False: A website can tell me there is something wrong with the device you’re using. Answer: False! The internet can do many things, but a website can’t tell you if there’s something wrong with your device. If you get a notification telling you to download software or click on a link because of a problem with your device, it’s a scam. Keep yourself and your device safe—don’t download or click on anything that says there’s something wrong with your device.
Question: What should my kids and I do if we see something inappropriate online? Answer: Don’t panic. Whenever you’re not sure about something online, it’s best to talk it out to determine the best next steps. If it’s a negative comment or message, don’t be afraid to screenshot and save it as proof and block or report the person. If you see a video or something else that could be sketchy, block or report the incident to help keep content like that from popping back up. Be sure to talk honestly about what you saw with your kids and why you took the action that you did. Encourage your kids to have open conversations with trusted adults whenever there’s doubt or uncertainty with something online.
Question: What should I do if I get scammed? Answer: You and your kids will likely fall for a scam at some point. Make sure your kids tell you or another trusted adult. Change all your passwords immediately. If credit cards or bank account information is part of the scam, you may want to put a brief hold on your bank accounts and credit cards.
Want to learn more about online safety? Check out Google’s Be Internet Awesome program to help you and your family learn to navigate the Internet in a safe, smart, and positive way!
You might use Venmo to pay back your room mom or donate to the bake sale, but did you know you can use it at regular stores and earn rewards while you’re at it? Venmo just introduced a new rewards program that earns you perks at your favorite store like Target.
Venmo Rewards, which is the company’s first reward program, allows users to earn automatic cash back on purchases when paying with a Venmo card at select retailers. Venmo is launching the new program with limited time five percent cash back deals at Target, Dunkin’, Wendy’s and Sam’s Club.
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The cashback earned is deposited straight into your Venmo account and can be used to make payments through the Venmo app or transferred to your linked bank account. In order to sign up for the Venmo Rewards program, you will first need a Venmo debit card. The card, which is free to sign up for, allows Venmo users to shop with their Venmo balance at real-world retailers.
The new Venmo Rewards program will roll out at the beginning of November, just in time for the holiday shopping season.
Little by little, we decided to start teaching our son the real value of things. Now, in his five short years of age, he considers it important to have some money in his small piggy bank to be able to help Santa Claus at Christmas, because in his opinion, it’s not fair that Santa should do all the work by himself.
Here are some of the things we’ve done that have shown the most promise so far.
1. Needs vs. Wants: One of the first things we tried to teach our child was about the difference between something he needs vs something he wants. This is fundamental to establishing the concept of value.
Yes, he may want the latest Playstation 4 video game, but it’s not something he needs. He needs clothes on his back, a roof over his head, food and water. He doesn’t absolutely need the latest gadget, that fill-in-the-blank item in the grocery store.
These are just a few examples but there are so many more ways you can show your child the difference between a want and a need so that he begins to understand and distinguish between the two.
2. Giving Him Money vs Paying for Work: Once he starts to understand the difference between wants and needs, you can build on this by introducing concepts around the value of a dollar. Now, many parents are split on whether to give their kids an allowance or pay them for some form of work. There’s no right or wrong answer as that’s a personal decision.
Pay for Performance: For us, we started giving our son opportunities to do help us out with some simple and basic chores around the house in exchange for money. This could be as simple as him helping us take out the garbage or decluttering certain rooms, to him helping us with DIY projects, such as painting. As your child grows and matures, you can widen the scope of tasks he can potentially do and assign different dollar amounts, such as shoveling the entire driveway or washing a few plates.
Allowance: There’s also nothing wrong with giving your child an allowance. Your child’s friends may receive some form of allowance and it can be a positive tool. It’s a good way for them to learn financial responsibility, as they learn how to manage money and hopefully save some of it as well. Giving them a sense of ownership over their own money is important. That said, there should be clear rules and guidelines that your child should follow:
First and foremost, set a reasonable amount that’s age-appropriate. Again, this depends on individual circumstances, most notably the child’s age, your financial circumstances, and what dollar amounts you feel comfortable giving your child
From that baseline dollar amount, you should discuss ground rules for how often you will be giving it to him or her, as well as any potential increases.
Even better, put it in writing. It could be something as simple as a one-paragraph statement on a piece of paper that spells out how much and how often your child will receive their allowance. If applicable, try to ask your child to commit to saving a certain percentage of it, or even itemizing it (depending on how large the allowance is) so that they can break down how much will be spent on school supplies, donations vs the latest toys.
Again, there’s no right or wrong answer here, an allowance or a pay for play system. We chose the latter and paid our son varying amounts depending on the difficulty of the job and how long it would take to complete. We feel that by making him work for something, he has a better sense of the value of money.
3. Pay in Cash: Along the same lines, we always paid him in cash, and never a debit or credit card. First and foremost, he’s too young for plastic so it was an easy decision from that standpoint. Also, a recent MIT study cited in Forbes confirms the psychological effect that spending money with cards vs cash has on individuals. By giving him actual dollars, your child physically counts the dollar amounts and connects them with item amounts in a much more tangible way. Cash is finite vs cards which seem infinite to many people.
4. ATM Machines: My kid used to think that the ATM is a magical money machine! Mommy simply goes to the ATM and out comes money. He didn’t understand the relationship between working for a salary that is then paid to me, and withdrawn via the bank ATM machine.
Now this one is age-dependent and he’s, arguably, too young for a bank account but he has a piggy bank. Once this piggy bank is full, and he gets just a bit older, we’ll take him to the bank to open up a small savings account in his own name. He will physically count the amount of money he will deposit, see it displayed in actual numbers on a receipt and printed on screen for him. Only then will he start to draw connections between the intangible world of plastic and bank statements vs actual cash. We’ll eventually progress to the concept of interest but for now, he’s only five! Too soon.
5. Leading By Example: At the end of the day, kids mimic what they see, be it from you, their siblings, teachers or other children. If you save money yourself and your child observes your saving habits, he will naturally begin to understand and emulate your ways. Perhaps you can have your own money jar that you fill up with loose change. Or maybe learn to point out things that you need for yourself and the house vs things that you may be buying simply because you want them.
We may want children to do as we say, but more often than not, they do as we do. Let’s all start setting great examples for our children.
One thing at the forefront of many parents’ minds is saving for college. No matter how old your child is, it’s never too soon to start preparing. Tuition is an incredibly large investment that most people don’t have ready on demand. Most of us don’t have buckets of money in savings!
The goal of any parent is to give their child a successful life. Though it’s not for everyone (and there’s nothing wrong with your child taking a different path!), graduating college is a common part of many parents’ plans. Graduating from college debt-free is the cherry on top of the plan, even if it seems like an unrealistic goal.
Student loans may be inevitable, but there are certain steps parents can take to be proactive. At the very least, creating a college savings plan early on will help your student slightly alleviate financial burdens later on down the road.
Here are five ways you can kick-start your college fund and worry a little less about that impending tuition bill.
1. Incorporate a college fund into your normal budget.
Deposit a portion of each paycheck into the account. It doesn’t have to be a large sum of money that will significantly impact your standard of living. Even a small deposit will add up over time. Treat your child’s college fund as part of an annual budget, just as you do with groceries or gas money.
2. Choose a savings account that will grow.
Selecting a college savings account is not a ‘one size fits all’ process. There are multiple options in account types dependent on goals and financial situations. Some of the most common accounts are 529 savings plans, Coverdell ESAs, and Roth IRAs, though there are many options. Be sure to research all of the alternatives before committing to an account. Given that this is such a long term investment, parents should feel confident in their decision.
3. Find something to invest in.
Investments may seem risky, but they can have big payoffs in the long run. Whether you get involved in cryptocurrency or the stock market, find something and stick to it. Like anything else, be sure to do an adequate amount of research before pouring your money somewhere. Investments often come with a lot of uncertainty, so try to limit this uncertainty as much as possible.
4. Consider alternative financial plans.
There are countless options the bundle multiple benefits into one financial plan. For example, the Gerber Life College Plan offers adult life insurance and a guaranteed payout once the child reaches maturity. These plans are often more flexible than a secure bank account, allowing parents to use funds elsewhere if necessary. I’ve never tried it myself and there may be alternatives out there that offer similar benefits—check your local bank to see what they have!
5. Look for scholarships.
If your child is in high school, it’s never too soon for your child to start seeking our and preparing to apply for scholarships. These applications can be competitive, especially around senior year of high school when everyone is scrambling to find opportunities. There are plenty of scholarships out there for kids of all ages, it just takes a little bit of research to pinpoint them. Earning a scholarship early will reduce a lot of stress on the student during their senior year when they have dozens of other standardized tests and college applications to worry about.
University tuition is getting more and more expensive. Additionally, earning a college degree has become a necessity to help bolster a successful career. As a parent, planning for this major life investment can be incredibly overwhelming. However, starting early and being well versed in your options is essential to combatting financial stress. While we hope our child achieves their dreams of being a D1 athlete earning a full ride to a top university, it never hurts to have a backup plan.
I'm a Los Angeles-based mom of two. I'm passionate about personal finance and love getting to know other parents! If you love dogs, you're a friend of mine (and and kids).
Red Tricycle is looking for a few good folks with accounting or bookkeeping skills who
would like the flexibility to work from home. Our company is virtual, so this position can
be done from anywhere in the United States.
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timely
Work with accounting department to ensure that revenues are deferred, when necessary
Reconcile cash receipts into the bank account
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Enter vendor invoices, route for approvals and pay bills
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