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BMR Business Systems invites applications for a full time permanent office assistant.
Requirements:
- Grade 12. A certificate/diploma in Office Education or equivalent would be an asset
- proficiency in Quick Books, Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
- excellent communication skills
- strong organizational skills
- ability to work independently in a fast paced environment
- ability to meet deadlines
- valid driver's license
Duties:
- service orders
- post invoices
- purchase orders
- general office duties
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Numeracy
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Transportation/Travel Information
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
Technical Terminology
- Business
Specific Skills
- Type and proofread correspondence, forms and other documents
- Sort, process and verify applications, receipts and other documents
- Send and receive messages
- Provide general information to clients and the public
- Prepare and format page presentation
- Perform basic bookkeeping tasks
- Receive and forward telephone or electronic enquiries
- Maintain and prepare reports from manual or electronic files, inventories, mailing lists and databases
- Process incoming and outgoing mail manually or electronically
- Prepare invoices and bank deposits
- Order supplies and maintain inventory
- Photocopy and collate documents for distribution, mailing and filing
Work Setting
- Private sector
Area Of Specialization
- Invoices
- Financial statements
- Correspondence
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Walking
Keyboarding (Words Per Minute)
- 0 - 40 wpm
Business Equipment and Computer Applications
- Windows
- MS Word
- Excel
- Electronic mail
- General office equipment
- Quick Books