PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Embody the Credit Union’s core values of Trust, Integrity, Teamwork and Making a Difference.
- Prepare and process a variety of accounting transactions following established accounting practices and generates reports within established deadlines.
- Reconcile general ledger activity along with investigate unreconciled items, research discrepancies, make recommendations, and prepare correcting journal vouchers to the general ledger.
- Assists in the preparation of assigned month-end reconciliations, providing documentation, and explanations as outlined in procedures.
- Responds to general financial inquires in a timely manner.
- Responsible for reviewing information entered for outgoing wires including proper authorizations, recording incoming wires, and gathering all documentation for wires.
- Performs weekly ATM balancing, reviews daily activity logs for unusually patterns and reports findings to Controller.
- Cross-trains on other accounting department functions to ensure uninterrupted daily operations and to improve absence management.
- Posts month-end accruals and ensures daily and monthly entries are posted in a timely manner.
- Posts monthly charge-offs following the board meeting.
- Gathers the Internal Controls for all areas outside of Accounting and reports back to the Controller and VP of Operations.
- Assist Controller and/or other team members with special projects.
- Maintain current and complete procedural documentation of assigned duties, files and maintains various accounting records.
- Post journal vouchers, transaction slips, and/or various checks on a daily basis.
- Must comply with applicable laws and regulations, including but not limited to, the Bank Secrecy Act, the Patriot Act, and the Office of Foreign Assets Control.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
- Associates Degree preferred. May substitute education for High School diploma/GED combined with accounting experience.
- Two to five years related work experience required in a professional business environment, with financial institution experience preferred.
- Experience with DNA preferred.
- Experience in preparing general ledger transactions and posting general ledger entries as well as general ledger reconciliation experience in a professional business environment, financial or banking preferred.
- Knowledge of accounting principles preferably with a financial institution.
SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
- Working knowledge of Excel, Word, and Outlook.
- Ability to analyze and solve problems.
- Ability to learn and apply new information or skills.
- Able to work independently and exercise good judgment, initiative, tact and professionalism in representing TFCU with members, managers, staff, and vendors.