Accounting Assistant – Pension Support

Job Description

Accounting Assistant | Solomon Page

The Tone:
This is an administrative support role for a well-established company, located in White Plains, NY, and facilitated by Solomon Page. This position provides essential administrative and data entry support to the Pension Team. The role is critical for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of vital employee and pension information, contributing to the efficient operation of pension processes.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Temporary/Contract
• Location: White Plains, NY
• Pay: $21–$23 hourly
• Team: Pension Team
• Mission: Provide accurate administrative and data entry support to the Pension Team for pension-related tasks and record maintenance.
• Tech Stack: Microsoft Excel, internal systems, company databases

What You’ll Actually Do
• Support: Provide comprehensive administrative and data entry assistance to the Pension Team.
• Estimate Preparation: Assist in preparing benefit estimates by accurately entering and verifying information within Excel and internal systems.
• Data Validation: Review employee and pension data to ensure accuracy and completeness, performing validation to identify and correct discrepancies.
• Record Maintenance: Update and maintain pension records, including financial and participant information, using Excel spreadsheets and company databases.
• Project Support: Support the team with reporting, spreadsheets, and various administrative projects, collaborating with team members to ensure timely completion.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Entry-level role.
• Experience: No specific years of experience required; prior office, administrative, accounting, or data entry experience is a plus.
• Skills: Strong Microsoft Excel skills (data entry, sorting, filtering, basic formulas), excellent attention to detail and accuracy, strong organizational and time management skills, ability to handle confidential information professionally, comfortable working with large amounts of data and repetitive tasks, strong communication skills and willingness to learn.
• Bonus: Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field preferred.