CURRENT POSITION AT THOMSON-DOUGHERTY FUNERAL HOME INC
 
Job title: Executive Secretary for Funeraria La Paz
 
Job description: Provide high-level administrative support to the Funeral Home, working with Spanish-speaking clients. Perform clerical functions such as preparing correspondence, receiving visitors, and scheduling meetings regarding funerals, burials and cremations with our Spanish-language funeral home services. Specific duties include:
  • Greet visitors and receive client families and visitors, offering assistance and guidance as needed determine whether they should be given access to the Funeral Directors.
  • Respond to customer complaints, inquiries, payment questions, and other post-service matters.
  • Assist in preparing reports and conducting internal research to support compliance with applicable policies, regulations, and law.
  • Assist in record-keeping, including state-required documents, tracking documents, and product inventories.
  • Assist in financial record-keeping and monitor expenses against budgetary guidelines, balancing the timing of purchases of materials, equipment and supplies with anticipated annual expenditures.
  • Maintain Accounts Receivable records for funeral services provided, including records of payments from disparate sources including counties, insurance companies and government agencies.
  • Liaise with vendors of materials, equipment and supplies and maintain records of relevant requisitions and purchase orders.
  • Along with all staff, expected to provide backup on reception and cleaning assistance, as needed.
  • Assist in outreach to the Spanish speaking local community.
Education and experience requirements: Requires 24 months of experience working in a funeral home setting, including the following:
  • Spanish-speaking financial contact for grieving families, including maintaining documentation of expenses in conjunction with international agencies and governments to arrange transfer of bodies to other countries for burial.
  • Handling financial records, including profit and loss reports, balance sheets, and cash flow statements.
  • Providing budgeting assistance incorporating anticipated international shipping expenses through preparation of reports that compare budget to actual costs.
Must speak fluent Spanish.
 
Sample advertisement: Executive Secretary for Funeraria La Paz, Thomson-Dougherty Funeral Home, Minneapolis, MN – Provide high-level administrative support to the Funeral Home, working with Spanish-speaking clients. Perform clerical functions such as preparing correspondence, receiving visitors, and scheduling meetings regarding funerals, burials and cremations with our Spanish-language funeral home services. Please email your resume to info@thomson-dougherty.com
 
Salary: $50,000 per year
 
Work Sites: 2535 Park Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55404