Staff Accountant

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

• Reconcile all corporate cash and correspondent bank accounts, including all Automated Clearing House (ACH) and wire transactions with related support.
• Report open items to Accounting Supervisor based on established criteria.
• Monitor and research open items and suspense entries.
• Perform daily reconciliation of the deposit and loan trial balances and resolve any out-of-balance amounts.
• Post daily cash activity, including depositing checks and coding transactions.
• Prepare monthly journal entries timely and accurately.
• Reconcile assigned balance sheet accounts regularly.
• Prepare and submit the daily Cash Letter and MoneyGram file.
• Collaborate with the Senior Staff Accountant and the Accounting Supervisor on daily cash management requirements.
• Assist with all audit requests and research as it relates to work performed.
• Aid in the preparation and review of the quarterly National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Call Report including the collection of data while maintaining compliance with NCUA instructions.
• Perform ad-hoc analysis and other job-related duties as assigned.

Knowledge And Skills

• Experience: One year of related experience in accounting is required - financial industry is preferred.
• Education: Bachelor's degree is required or an equivalent combination of education and experience with a concentration in Accounting.
• Knowledge: US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Abilities: Good verbal and written communication skills, patience, active listening, and demonstrate sound judgment. Maintain a high degree of confidentiality. Build relationships and foster positive interactions with Credit Union team members, members, and vendors by demonstrating friendly, helpful, and efficient service. Ability to work in a challenging environment without sacrificing the quality and accuracy of work performed. Must be initiative-taking, meticulous, organized, and skillful with time management. Efficient with multitasking, problem-solving, and practical application. Must have the ability to apply cognitive reasoning to daily tasks, take ownership, and work independently as well as part of a collaborative team. Ability to read and comprehend complex instructions, correspondence, and memos. Ability to dissect raw data into a summarized analysis and perform research on current and new accounting practices.

Other Skills

• Maintain current and in balance general ledger accounts.
• Produce assigned accounting and financial reports within prescribed periods without errors.
• Research and resolve internal inquiries in a timely and accurate manner.
• Create accurate journal entries.
• Easily learn and navigate core operating systems and other related software.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office and other business applications including an intermediate skill set in Excel.
• Perform functions in the following software applications - Microsoft Office Applications (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Edge / Google Chrome, ADP, Prologue Financials, Frontier Reconciliations, Quickbooks, Fiserv DNA Core