Job Details

Be part of a growing, successful company in an exciting and challenging field. Border States is 100% employee?owned, which means youre empowered to make decisions, find solutions and receive rewards for your hard work.

Location: Fargo, ND

Application Deadline: Posted Until Filled

Applications will only be accepted while the posting remains active.

Job Summary

The Accounting Clerk supports day?to?day accounting operations including transaction processing, journal entries, account reconciliations, and month?end activities. Assists with reporting, audits, special projects, and maintaining process documentation. This position offers hands?on experience across multiple accounting processes while working in a collaborative, professional environment.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

• Demonstrates foundational accounting knowledge and basic financial acumen through recording transactions, processing data, and supporting standard reporting activities.
• Owns the preparation of assigned value stream tasks for areas of low risk and complexity (e.g., cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, recurring journal entries) including:
  
  • Performs data entry and transaction processing.
  • Prepares routine journal entries and reclassification/adjustment entries required through the Financial Accounting departments service?ticketing system (JIRA).
  • Prepares account reconciliations and general ledger maintenance.
  • Completes assigned month?end and daily operational tasks.
  • Assists in the investigation and documentation of reporting variance analyses.
  • Assists in the preparation of reporting deliverables.
  
  
• Prepares ad?hoc requests and analyses for assigned value stream areas.
• Supports the Financial Accounting departments audits and other engagements through documentation and support compilation processes.
• Assists in special projects and initiatives through the preparation, analysis, compilation, and presentation of assigned special projects.

Non?essential Functions

• Assists in keeping process documentation and standard operating procedures (SOPs) up to date.
• Plays a supporting role in the consolidation process, along with consolidation accounting and value stream integration processes.
• Supports the Financial Accounting departments team development and participates in the training and onboarding of team members.
• Maintains awareness of the companys internal controls and compliance.
• Maintains awareness of the companys and the Financial Accounting departments risk management.
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor or other designate.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in accounting or a related business field required.
• Experience working in a professional environment and other prior work experience preferred.
• Basic Excel knowledge required (data entry, arithmetic formulas, formatting, sorting, filtering, logical and lookup functions).
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (SharePoint, Word, PowerPoint, etc.) required.
• Knowledge of SAP or similar accounting systems preferred.

Skills and Abilities

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Requires interpersonal skills and the capacity to apply emotional intelligence in workplace interactions.
• Possesses entry?level analytical skills with the capacity to identify and resolve routine issues.
• Capable of completing assignments with a balance of independent effort and supervisory guidance.
• Ability to stay organized and manage tasks methodically while ensuring accuracy and thoroughness.
• Capable of managing workload efficiently with attention to schedules and priorities.
• Ability to contribute to planning initiatives and apply basic strategic thinking.
• Excellent customer service skills, including being courteous, responsive, accurate, and competent.

Physical Requirements

Frequency of carrying/lifting:

• Occasionally: 0?33%
• Frequently: 34?66%
• Continuously: 67?100%

• Lift from Waist:
  
  • < 10?lbs Not at all
  • 10?25?lbs Not at all
  • 26?50?lbs Not at all
  • 51?75?lbs Not at all
  • 75?100?lbs Not at all
  • 100+?lbs Not at all
  
  
• Lift from Floor:
  • < 10?lbs Frequently
  • 10?25?lbs Frequently
  • 26?50?lbs Occasionally
  • 51?75?lbs Not at all
  • 75?100?lbs Not at all
  • 100+?lbs Not at all
  
  
• Carried for Distance:
  • < 10?lbs Not at all
  • 10?25?lbs Not at all
  • 26?50?lbs Not at all
  • 51?75?lbs Not at all
  • 75?100?lbs Not at all
  • 100+?lbs Not at all
  
  

Physical Activity

• Sitting Continuously
• Standing Frequently
• Walking Frequently
• Bending/stooping Occasionally
• Crawling Not at all
• Climbing/Walking Stairs Frequently
• Reaching Frequently
• Crouching/squatting Occasionally
• Kneeling Occasionally
• Balancing Occasionally
• Repetitive motion Continuously
• Pivoting Occasionally
• Pushing/Pulling Occasionally
• Grasping Continuously
• Fingering Continuously
• Talking Frequently
• Driving Occasionally
• Desk work Continuously
• Use of a computer Continuously
• Use of a telephone Frequently
• Hearing Continuously
• Exposure Not at all
• Travel Occasionally

Additional Information

This job description is a summary of the job duties and responsibilities and is not intended to cover all possible job duties and is subject to change at the employers discretion. Employees must be able to perform the essential job duties and satisfy job requirements either with or without a reasonable accommodation.

Our History

Border States is a leader in the electrical supply distribution industry with approximately 130 locations in 31 states. Our employee?owners are second to none in delivering top?notch customer service and in demonstrating extraordinary people skills. We are one of the largest independent electrical distributors in the United States providing products and services to the construction, industrial and utility industries.

Values

As a Border States employee?owner, youre responsible for living our mission, service philosophy and service standards.

Our Purpose

We believe unstoppable businesses shouldnt go it alone. We are owners of relationships, of outcomes, of every moment these unstoppable businesses need to deliver.

Service Philosophy

We earn customer loyalty and confidence by caring about their needs and adding value to everything we do.

Service Standards

Border States employee?owners are competent, accurate, responsive, and engaged.

Your Career

Join an experienced team at one of the largest electrical distributors in the United States. What are you waiting for?

Benefits

• Health, Dental and Vision Benefits
• Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity
• FSA & HSA
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Disability Benefits
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Volunteer Time
• Personal Leave time and more!
• Border States provides bonuses to their employee?owners upon the achievement of branch and company goals.

Equal Opportunity For All

Its not just the law. Its something weve believed in since our founding. We value the diversity of all of our employee?owners and will always be an equal opportunity employer.

Drug Free/Smoke Free Workplace

Employment may be contingent on the offered candidate successfully passing one or more of the following pre?employment screenings:

• Criminal background check (required for all positions)
• Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) check (required for positions involving driving)
• Drug testing

The MVR check and drug testing vary by role and will be communicated to the offered candidate during the onboarding process and as applicable.