What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accountant I position at FIREFIGHTERS FIRST FEDERAL CREDIT UNION?
Position is in office in Pasadena, CA.
Firefighters First Federal Credit Union has proudly been serving the firefighter community since 1935. We have built trusting relationships within the fire family as the nation’s largest exclusive firefighter credit union. Our commitment to providing our members with exceptional financial products and services, along with our legendary service, has allowed us to grow our membership nationally. Join a team that values its employees, invests in professional growth, and makes an impact in the firefighter community.
Currently, we have an immediate opening for a Accountant I to work out of our office in Pasadena, CA. The Accountant I is responsible for providing general accounting support. This includes assisting with a variety of general ledger activities, accounts payable, remittances, wire transfers, research, and reconciliations while adhering to established accounting practices, standards and GAAP.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Performing multiple general accounting tasks, such as daily posting to general ledgers, conducting routine research for clearing entries, completing general ledger account reconciliations with documentation of outages, and performing Regional and Corporate Office cash balancing to the general ledger.
- Reviewing and distributing mail daily for the department including processing vendor/tenant checks.
- Performing Accounts Payable duties including managing vendor relationships, processing invoices for payment, and processing federal tax reporting forms (1099-MISC).
- Performing Accounts Receivable duties including ensuring timely collection of rental income, miscellaneous income and expense refunds.
- Processing Assets & Prepaids including maintaining subledgers in accordance with current policies and procedures.
- Performing wire transfer processing duties including processing all incoming and outgoing member and corporate wire transfers in accordance with current policies, procedures and regulations.
Basic Qualifications:
- Education: High school diploma or GED.
- Experience in general financial accounting with basic knowledge of accounting theory and principles or formal accounting training.
- Experience with Microsoft Office applications, including preparing spreadsheets in Excel and creating Word documents
Benefits:
We offer exceptional benefits to our employees, including:
- Competitive salary with a pay for performance bonus
- Fully paid Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits package for employees.
- Fully paid Life insurance, AD&D, short and long-term disability coverage
- 401k plan with a 3% safe harbor from the credit union and a matching program of up to 4%
- Education reimbursement of up to $5,250 annually, along with a 0% education loan assistance program
- Pet Insurance
- 3 weeks of PTO annually including 2 ½ days of float time.
- 9 paid holidays plus 2 half days
Firefighters First Federal Credit Union is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, age, gender, marital status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law. Firefighters First Federal Credit Union is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, contact Human Resources at careers@firefirstcu.org.
Salary : $60,279 - $66,976