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Senior Accountant

Shell Federal Credit Union · Deer Park, TX · 1 mo ago
On-siteAccountingFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with headings

for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate like EEO, legal, etc. Must preserve all substantive info. We need to parse the posting. Content: - "100% In office" Shift Hours:Mon-Fri 8:00AM-5:00PM - The Senior Accountant is responsible for daily operations of the accounting department. This role will provide staff support to ensure completion of routine duties. This role is responsible for general accounting activities, including preparation and analysis of monthly financial statements, external reporting, accounts payable, fixed assets, and general ledger reconciliations and system maintenance. The Senior Accountant performs activities following appropriate procedures to ensure timely and accurate reporting. - Then "Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities" list (many bullet-like sentences). We need to put them under a Responsibilities section as
  • . - Then after that, there is a paragraph about Shell Federal Credit Union is an equal opportunity... (EEO) - we must remove that boilerplate. - Then "To perform this job successfully..." (reasonable accommodations) - also boilerplate? It's about accommodations; might be considered legal boilerplate. Probably remove. - Then "Knowledge and Skills" heading appears: "Experience: Five to eight years of similar or related experience. Education / Training: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business. Job Requirements: Demonstrated leadership skills...." So we have sections: Knowledge and Skills, Experience, Education/Training, Job Requirements (list of skills). We need to map to allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide what goes where. "About the role": could be the introductory paragraph describing role (first paragraph after shift hours). That seems appropriate. "Responsibilities": the Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities list. "Requirements": maybe the Job Requirements list (demonstrated leadership skills etc.) Or could be "Qualifications": experience and education. "Skills": maybe the specific skills like proficient computer skills, strong math aptitude, etc. We need to avoid filler sections. We have shift hours and in-office: that could go under Schedule? Actually schedule is Mon-Fri 8:00AM-5:00PM. Also "100% In office". So we could have a Schedule section with that info. Pay: not mentioned, so omit. Benefits: not mentioned, omit. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (or Qualifications), Skills, Schedule. We need to decide which heading to use for experience/education: Could be "Qualifications". The list includes Experience and Education/Training. So Qualifications section. Then Skills section: includes demonstrated leadership skills, desire to accept additional responsibilities, professional communication skills, positive member-service attitude, proficient computer skills (MS Office, Excel), strong math aptitude, ability to perform detail work, ability to work in open-concept workspace, etc. Also knowledge of credit union products, services, promotions. We'll extract those. Now we need to format as HTML:

    About the role

    ...

    etc. We must preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep the details exactly as in the posting, but we can rephrase into sentences? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." Means we should not omit details, but we can rephrase? Probably we should keep the original wording but maybe break into sentences. Safer to copy the relevant sentences verbatim. Let's extract: Shift hours and in-office: "100% In office" Shift Hours:Mon-Fri 8:00AM-5:00PM We can combine: "

    100% In office. Shift Hours: Mon-Fri 8:00AM-5:00PM.

    " About the role paragraph: "The Senior Accountant is responsible for daily operations of the accounting department. This role will provide staff support to ensure completion of routine duties. This role is responsible for general accounting activities, including preparation and analysis of monthly financial statements, external reporting, accounts payable, fixed assets, and general ledger reconciliations and system maintenance. The Senior Accountant performs activities following appropriate procedures to ensure timely and accurate reporting." We'll keep that as

    . Responsibilities: list each duty from "Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities". The list is a series of sentences separated by semicolons or line breaks. We need to turn each into

  • . Let's extract them: - Consistently meet all Shell FCU Service Commitments; Shell FCU Employee Creed and Shell FCU Service Distinctions. - Accountable to maintain knowledge of and comply with all applicable rules and regulations required within the scope of duties, including, but not limited to, the Bank Secrecy Act. - Required to attend annual training sessions as instructed or scheduled. - Perform job duties and responsibilities in compliance to Shell FCU policies, procedures, philosophy, and standards of performance. - Assist in leading the accounting team to positive outcomes. - Responsible for the completion of daily operations. - Coordinates the implementation of new processes and/or accounting software. - Prepare and post month-end closing book entries; review month-end reports, prepare monthly financial statements, and ensure accuracy of reporting. - Assist with explaining actual month-end GL variances from month-to-month. - Review the department’s journal entries, month-end reporting, Accounts Payable process, corporate credit cards, employee reimbursements, and any other staff’s tasks as assigned. - Preparation of monthly ALCO packets and Board Presentation. - Assist with monitoring cash accounts and cash flow activity. - Preparation of general ledger reconciliations and ensure timely resolution of outstanding items. - Maintain regulatory compliance reporting, including NCUA 5300 and Federal Reserve Regulation D filings 2900. - Assist with internal audits and NCUA examinations including documentation requirements. - Maintain integrity of all accounting and financial information; ensure accurate posting of general ledger entries; monitor subsidiary ledger postings and clearings. - Ensure that daily, weekly, and monthly processes are completed in an accurate and timely manner; Identifies opportunities and recommends methods to improve financial performance, work processes and customer service. - Assist in design and implementation of quality improvement initiatives on departmental and organizational levels. - Assist team members in completion of tasks and assignments to ensure continuity of service. - Research problems and notifies the appropriate department of corrections needed on member accounts. - Must be able to maintain confidentiality of information. - Must be able to work independently with little assistance or supervision. - Responsible for processing accounts payable remittances as needed and closing accounts payable during month-end. - Responsible for invoicing accounts receivables as needed. - Process employee expense reimbursement requests. - Reviewing, coding, and preparing journal entries for monthly corporate credit card expense reports. - Reconcile general ledger balances to subsidiary ledgers after month-end closing. - Prepare month-end marketing report. - Maintain fixed asset inventory list and posts monthly depreciation expense to general ledger. - Audit fixed asset inventory in accordance with Shell FCU policy and prepare status reports for management. - Maintain credit union prepaid expenses and processes monthly amortization. - Responsible for the capitalized purchases report for the Board. - Personal property tax report for Harris County. - Update budget versus actual report for management. - Reconcile general ledger accounts as needed. - Perform additional duties as assigned. We need to keep each as separate
  • . Some have semicolons inside; that's fine. Now Requirements/Qualifications: We have "Experience: Five to eight years of similar or related experience." "Education / Training: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business." Also maybe "Job Requirements:" list of skills. But we already have Skills section for those. So Qualifications: experience and education. Thus

    Qualifications

    • Five to eight years of similar or related experience.
    • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business.
    Now Skills: list from "Job Requirements:" after that heading. Let's extract: - Demonstrated leadership skills. - Possess the desire to accept additional responsibilities. - Possess well-developed, professional communication skills using tact and persuasiveness to reach an objective and maintain goodwill. - Possess a highly positive, member-service oriented attitude and the ability to anticipate member needs and initiate assistance beyond duties assigned. - Proficient computer skills, including working knowledge of the MS Office Suite, with special emphasis on Excel. - Strong math aptitude and ability to work accurately with numbers. - Maintain a high level of knowledge and procedural expertise in credit union products, services, and promotions. - Ability to perform detail work with numerical data and make arithmetic computations rapidly and accurately. - Perform all work within established policies and procedures. - Ability to work in open-concept workspace/environment. Also maybe "Physical Demands" and "Working Conditions" but those are likely boilerplate/legal; we should remove as they are not substantive? Physical demands might be considered substantive but it's about lifting up to 15 pounds, bending, standing, exposure to hazardous conditions-robbery. That seems like job detail. However the instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. Physical demands is not exactly boilerplate; it's part of job description. But we have no heading for Physical Demands in allowed list; we could fold into Schedule? Not appropriate. Could we put under Responsibilities? Might be considered a duty? It's more about working conditions. The allowed headings do not include Working Conditions. We could incorporate into About the role or Responsibilities as a sentence. But we must not create new headings. We could add a paragraph under About the role or Responsibilities. However the instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we could add a short paragraph under About the role about work environment. But we must preserve all substantive information. So we need to include physical demands and working conditions somewhere. We could add a

    under About the role after the role description, mentioning physical demands and working conditions. Or we could add a separate section like "Working Conditions" but not allowed. So we fold into About the role. Thus About the role paragraph will be extended to include: "While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to bend and stand. May at times be able to lift, carry and/or move up to 15 pounds. Working Conditions: Exposure to potential hazardous conditions-robbery. Employees are to receive detailed instructions and procedures to be followed to minimize risk." Also mention about ADA accommodations? That is legal boilerplate; we should remove. We must also remove the paragraph about reasonable accommodations and EEO etc. Now we also have statement: "This Job Description is not a complete statement..." etc. That's boilerplate legal; remove. Also "This organization uses E-Verify®..." remove. Now we need to ensure we didn't miss any substantive info: The shift hours and in-office we captured. The responsibilities list we captured. Qualifications captured. Skills captured. Physical demands and working conditions added to About the role. Now we need to output HTML fragment only. Let's craft:

    About the role

    The Senior Accountant is responsible for daily operations of the accounting department. This role will provide staff support to ensure completion of routine duties. This role is responsible for general accounting activities, including preparation and analysis of monthly financial statements, external reporting, accounts payable, fixed assets, and general ledger reconciliations and system maintenance. The Senior Accountant performs activities following appropriate procedures to ensure timely and accurate reporting. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to bend and stand. May at times be able to lift, carry and/or move up to 15 pounds. Working Conditions: Exposure to potential hazardous conditions-robbery. Employees are to receive detailed

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