Objective

This position involves analyzing financial data, understanding Finance concepts, creating, and preparing financial reports, and playing an important role in the Bank’s financial cycles and the Budget process. This is an excellent opportunity to work with a multi-functional organization that is privately owned.

Firstrust Bank is an Affirmative Action Contractor and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran

Responsibilities/Duties

GAAP Accounting:

• Establish and maintain accounting and financial reporting best practice.
• Knowledge of GAAP accounting, principally as it is applied to Firstrust’s Financials.
• Primary responsibilities will include:
  • Monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports and analysis
  • Regulatory quarterly FDIC Call Report and schedules
  • Annual Report and schedules
  • Respond to audit reviews and questions.

Finance:

The position requires Finance skills that helps drives informed decision making. Such concepts include:

• Using tools for Funds Transfer Pricing and running model and reports.
• Budgeting for Net Interest Income.
• Understanding the concepts of Profitability, Returns, and financial ratios.
• Proficiency in financial modeling and forecasting techniques.

Budget:

• This candidate should have the basic skills to learn the Budget Net Interest Income model, budget process, and analysis.

• Maintain the highest level of control environment to ensure integrity and accuracy of data through validation and reconciliation controls around budget reports, analysis, and projections.
• Learn how to modify the model as needed.

• Prepare various budget reports.
• Assists in preparations for budget meetings.
• Assist in providing analysis for developing new initiatives and projection

OTHER JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Serve as the Accounting group’s technical liaison with Information Technology to develop and maintain Management Reporting routines.
• Participate in Information Reporting initiatives within the Bank.
• While performing the essential functions of this position, the employee is regularly required to communicate with other employees at the Bank.
• This position will need to detect discrepancies in reporting and discuss and resolve issues.

Essential Functions

Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

Knowledge - Skills & Abilities

• Bachelor’s degree, Finance, or a related field.
• 2 years of public accounting experience required
• Banking experience preferred.
• Superior analytical skills.
• Superior written and communication skills with demonstrated ability to lead a project and communicate results.
• Detail oriented.
• Proficient with MS office, particularly Excel and Word.