Assistant Manager, Accounting

We’re always looking for diverse, talented, service-oriented people to join our exceptional team.

Assistant Manager, Accounting

The pay range for this position is listed below. Our pay ranges are built to allow for candidates with various levels of skill and experience to be considered, as well as for room for growth and tenure achieved in a role over time. Typical new hire salary offers fall within the minimum to midpoint of a pay range for many candidates. Any offer extended to a candidate will be based upon their unique set of knowledge, skills, education, and experience as well as internal equity.

Pay Range:

$96,110.00 - $153,777.00

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

What You’ll Be Doing

Assists the Accounting Manager in directing the credit union's accounting functions, focusing on accounting settlements. These functions include establishing and maintaining the organization's accounting principles, practices, and procedures. Must be familiar with a variety of accounting concepts, practices, and procedures. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.

• Prepares monthly account analysis of balance sheet accounts, develops adjusting entries as needed, and reviews status of all significant accounts with management. Coordinate the preparation and entry of month-end journal entries.
• Supervises and reviews accounting analyses and the preparation of all reports and financial statements via practical analytical techniques. Identify significant operational/financial variances, and determine reasons for variances. Interprets the meaning of accounting results and advises management.
• Audits activities of various department functions to ensure the timely, accurate and complete processing of a variety of operations, as well as compliance with regulations, policies and procedures.
• Initiates, researches, coordinates and implements department or division projects intended to benefit Members, internal teammembers or department operations.
• Responds to telephone and written inquiries, researches problems, and provides information to requesting party(s), which may include regulatory agencies.
• Oversee the daily settlement processes, accounting journal entries, and reconciliation processes in connection with the operation of our branches and our organization’s diverse portfolio of financial services products.
• Manage a team of geographically dispersed staff with diverse experience levels, with a focus on achieving departmental and organizational objectives.
• Assists with performing contract reviews for accounting implications.
• Refines daily operational processes and develops new operational processes in connection with organizational projects and business needs.
  
  

Additional Job Functions

• Supervises teammembers directly, including selection, training, performance appraisal and work allocation. Responsible for scheduling staff.
• Helps establish, communicate and achieve the credit union’s goals and standards, ensuring these are fully communicated to and understood by all department staff.
• Identifies areas to streamline department and credit union operations.
• Complies with all government regulatory policies, internal policies and procedures, audit standards, remains current on and informed of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and apprises staff.
• May act in the capacity of the Manager in his or her absence.
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with regulatory compliance and assigned training requirements including but not limited to BSA regulations corresponding to their specific job duties. Failure to do so may result in disciplinary and other employment related actions
  
  

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required
• 3-5 years previous related experience required
• 1-2 years previous supervisory experience required
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) preferred
  
  

SchoolsFirst FCU is committed to Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Hiring

At SchoolsFirst FCU we are dedicated to building and growing a diverse, inclusive, and authentic Dream Team, so if you’re excited about a position or wanting to make a career change but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. Many skills are transferrable and you may be just the right candidate for the position, or for other roles we are working on.

SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion. SchoolsFirst FCU is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibits discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, political affiliation, or genetic information.

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