Accounting Specialist

Position Title: Accounting Specialist – Accounts Payable

Reports To: Accounting Supervisor

Grade Level:      7

Hiring Salary Range: $20.18/hr - $25.23/hr

Primary Responsibilities:

Responsible for processing all credit union invoices including expense reports. Responsible for daily general ledger balancing. Ensure that the previous days work is in balance, correcting errors and verifying any out of balance items. Duties must be accomplished in compliance with federal and state laws and in accordance with the credit union’s policies and procedures and with constant attention to CAFCU’s creed, vision, mission and goals. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Accurate and timely preparation of accounts payable as needed weekly including verifying the validity of the payables, assigning general ledger accounts to each invoice, researching extraordinary items and late payments, scanning and filing.
2. Accurately and timely processing of monthly rent payments including monthly tracking and updating schedules according to individual contracts.
3. Balance daily a variety of general ledger accounts, research out of balance conditions and question activity that is out of the ordinary.
4. Post daily ACH transactions
5. Prepare Fixed Asset, Prepaids, and post accruals.
6. Prepare ACH and/or wire transfer requests as needed.
7. Verify and scan savings bond redemptions for electronic submission to the Federal Reserve Bank.
8. Cross-train on other departmental functions as necessary.
9. Validate scanning of fellow accounting team members.
10. Create, maintain, and update procedures as necessary.
11. All other duties as assigned. 

Qualifications:

Higher education with Accounting credits, Associate or Bachelor’s in Accounting preferred with a minimum of three years of financial industry experience with knowledge of member services, accounting or operational aspects of the financial industry.

Must be detail-oriented, a multi-tasker, have a great level of communication skills, and be a team-player who can also work independently. 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, view information on a computer screen, and enter information on a computer.   Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Benefits:

Health, Vision, Dental Insurance 

Long-term Disability Insurance 

Critical Illness 

Life Insurance 

401(k) match 

Profit sharing 

PTO 

Flexible Spending Account 

Tuition Reimbursement 

Pet Insurance 

Commuter Benefit