Accountant

Our client is seeking an Accountant to join their growing team. The selected individual will be responsible for performing tasks necessary to balance and update general ledger and subsidiary accounts, maintain and reconcile daily cash accounts, and manage other accounting related duties. 

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Daily balancing of member level business transactions to the general ledger. This includes matching general ledger balances to subsidiary records and daily system generated reports, preparing journal entries, preparing correcting entries and posting journal and correcting entries to the general ledger. Complete reconciliation for assigned daily balancing general ledger accounts. These would include outstanding corporate checks, cashiers checks, certain accounts payable, and any other assigned. Branch level summarization of transactions for management reporting purposes is also included in this process.
• Processing of originations, exceptions, returns, stops and disputes, as well as share draft exception processing. 
• Reconciling and maintaining subsidiary records for certain general ledger accounts including accounts receivable, accounts payable, prepaid expenses, accrual compensation and benefits, and others as needed. This includes preparing and posting journal vouchers as needed.
• Assist with the investor reconciliation process for real estate loans sold to the secondary market.
• Assist with VISA loan, debit card, and ATM accounting and reconciliation process. This includes posting daily accounting summaries and miscellaneous expense invoices received from processor.
• Primarily responsible for accounts payable function. Duties include matching vendor invoices to supporting properly authorized purchase orders, coding the general ledger expense accounts and preparing invoices for approval by the CFO or Accounting Manager prior to payment.
• Reconciling the credit unions correspondent bank accounts on a monthly basis.
• Prepare Federal and State IRA and back up withholding tax returns, annual state escheat reporting, and other reporting as assigned.
• Assist with maintaining subsidiary records for all credit union fixed assets including computer equipment, furniture and equipment, ATM equipment, and leasehold improvements. This includes calculating the gain or loss, form the disposition of any assets.
• Primarily responsible for processing wires. This includes both incoming and outgoing for members as well as credit union transfers for internal cash management.
• Assist with payroll processing. This includes posting journal entries, processing miscellaneous expense invoices and reconciling the general ledger accounts.
• Processing charge off and recoveries on share and loan accounts on a monthly basis.
• Participate and complete special projects and other miscellaneous duties as assigned.

Requirements

• One year to three years of similar or related experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or similar area.
• Professional and well developed interpersonal skills are essential.
• Extensive knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). 
• Knowledge of the Credit Union policies and procedures preferred.