Accountant II

Role: By emphasizing ONE Park, ONE Mission, One Team, the Accountant II ensures the accuracy and compliance of the credit union's accounting records and reports with established policies and generally accepted accounting practices. This role involves reviewing, verifying, and posting journal entries, reconciling bank statements and general ledger accounts, and preparing reports for management and regulatory purposes. The Accountant II assists with audits, analyzes financial reports, and coordinates accounting matters with other departments. Additionally, this position provides support for special projects and develops recommendations to enhance processes, productivity, and cost efficiency. Essential Functions & Responsibilities: Reviews, validates, and records journal entries, ensuring their accuracy and proper classification across various accounts, including loans, investments, fixed assets, prepaids, accruals, shares, income, and expenses. Examines bank statements, general ledger accounts, and accounts payable. Prepares and reviews the work of other accounting staff, including general ledger reconciliations. Coordinates accounting matters with other departments/locations. Serves as accounting resource on special projects as assigned. Ensures completion of tasks; reports work status and/or issues of concern to manager, as applicable. Prepares department, management, and board reports on a monthly, quarterly, annual, or as assigned basis. Compiles Call Report schedules for submission and completes IRS Form 945 reporting. Ensures federal tax withholdings are accurately reported within established deadlines. Analyzes financial reports and records, making studies or recommendations relative to the accounting of accruals, assets and expenditures, bringing any items needing further evaluation or analysis to manager immediately. Assist in audits of the credit unions records by examiners, CPA firms and internal auditors. Conducts special studies and develops or recommends accounting methods and procedures to improve credit union processes, productivity and/or costs. Performs other job related duties as assigned. Performance Measurements: To be an ambassador of Park's culture supporting the credit union's mission to build thriving communities together ensuring words and actions align with the Park VIBE that defines our Core Values: Vibrant Connections Inclusive Excellence Bold Compassion Endless Empowerment To provide friendly, professional and accurate service and support to all members and coworkers. To maintain all assigned accounts such that they are always in balance and current within timeframes. To produce all management reports within prescribed time frames and with zero errors. To provide informed, professional assistance to others in the Credit Union regarding accounting and finance. To keep management informed regarding key operating issues affecting the accounting functions or the credit union. To maintain a professional work environment, promote teamwork, build respect among coworkers and present a businesslike appearance. To follow all security policies and procedures and report discrepancies or suspicious activity to manager immediately. To follow the credit union’s Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering policies and procedures, including running OFAC searches, completing investigative reports of suspicious activity and currency transaction reports timely and without error. Knowledge and Skills: Experience: Three years to five years of similar or related experience. Education: A bachelor's degree, or achievement of formal certifications recognized in the industry as equivalent to a bachelor's degree (e.g., information technology certifications in lieu of a degree). Interpersonal Skills: Work involves much personal contact with others inside and/or outside the organization for the purpose of first-level conflict resolution, building relationships, and soliciting cooperation. Discussions involve a higher degree of confidentiality and discretion, requiring diplomacy and tact in communication. Other Skills: Experience with data processing systems including Excel, Word, etc. Physical Requirements The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the essential duties of this position, the employee is regularly exposed to a general office environment and interaction with customers. Physical Demands To the extent required by any applicable law, reasonable accommodations will be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions where this can be done without posing a direct threat to self or others. While performing the essential duties of this position, the employee frequently must sit, stand, and walk short distances. The employee frequently uses hands and fingers to count currency and handle, manipulate, and feel objects, documents, and office tools and equipment. Reads, writes, listens, speaks, and uses personal computers, copiers, telephones, and other office equipment and software throughout the work day. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, bend, squat, and reach overhead with hands and arms. Occasionally pushing and pulling of office furniture and other objects. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds and on occasion lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Park Community Credit Union is an Equal Opportunity Employer/ Veterans/ Disabled #J-18808-Ljbffr