Staff Accountant

Description

Are you looking for an organization that values your experience? Are you a skilled customer service professional ready to take your career to the next level? If so, keep reading!

Tropical FCU (TFCU) is a Sun-Sentinel Top Workplace EIGHT years in a row. Being part of TFCU will provide you with opportunities to engage by learning, growing, contributing, collaborating, and developing professionally. Join us for a great employee experience focused on engaging employees and members alike.

Summary: Individuals in the job are responsible for assisting Tropical Financial Credit Union with the achievement of its purpose of guiding members successfully through the financial marketplace. The Staff Accountant assists with the departmental operations, general ledger accounting, and financial analysis. Incumbent must be results oriented, able to work independently, and be capable of supporting a smooth operation and continuity of critical finance/accounting functions and systems.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

§ Provide service that meets the Service Standards defined by Tropical Financial Credit Union and achieve annual goals that are established through the Performance Management Process.

§ General Ledger Accounting : Responsible for all aspects of general ledger accounting, including; subsidiary ledger reconciliation, posting entries, maintaining accruals, and general ledger close.


§ Cash Management : Monitor, forecast, and transfer cash balances between various bank accounts. Reconcile daily cash flows to determine available funds. Maintain daily balance in Federal Reserve Bank to cover all incoming and outgoing transactions and the reserve requirement.

§ Reconcile Check Errors : Submit adjustments (encoding errors, duplicate posts, counterfeit checks, etc.) to FRB. Monitor adjustments in our Corporate One account and make sure members are adjusted for correct amount.

§ Fixed Asset Accounting: Manage the setup and maintain assets on 3rd party software, download entries to general ledger, and reconcile accounts.

§ Auto Products: Oversee the accounting and reconciling of the auto products GAP and VSA and ensure that sale proceeds are remitted to vendors.


§ Accounts Payable: Provide support to the Accounts Payable. Process payments and audit p-card purchases.

§ Participations: Post monthly entries for Consumer and Business Participations loans and reconcile related general ledger accounts

§ Audits/Examinations: Prepare reports and provide detailed information to auditors and examiners.

§ Support: Provide financial, accounting, and technical support to all departments.

§ Problem Solving: Proactively identify and resolve issues before any negative impact to the credit union.

§ Process Improvements: Identify inefficiencies and streamline processes to enhance productivity and efficiency.


§ Internal Controls: Maintain accounting controls to prevent fraud or illegal activities.

§ Disaster Preparedness: Maintain records, systems, and procedures to ensure critical accounting functions continue uninterrupted during an emergency.

§ Compliance:


o BSA Compliance - every employee is required to uphold the credit union's compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering policies and procedures. Specific functions within TFCU will take into consideration the awareness of unusual or suspicious activity that is relevant to the department.

o In addition to any other assigned training courses, online BSA and OFAC courses must be completed at least annually, as made available by the Training and/or Compliance Departments.


o Maintains comprehensive knowledge of the Bank Secrecy Act, Customer Identification Program, USA Patriot Act, OFAC, Fair Lending and Credit Card Act.


o Comply with all TFCU policies and procedures to ensure compliance with such regulations.

§ Performs other duties as required with or without accommodation.

Requirements

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently to achieve desired results.
• Very strong spreadsheet, database, word processing, and other computer skills.
• Highly motivated self-starter with strong desire to learn and grow in position.
• Dedication and determination to work hard and solve difficult problems under demanding circumstance.

Education and/or Experience

• Four-year college degree in Accounting or Finance is preferred.
• Three or more years of accounting experience required, banking industry experience is preferred.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit and use hands to handle or touch. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to focus. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

We offer Excellent Benefits such as:

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Retirement Profit Sharing 401K Plan
• Accident, Cancer and Hospital Indemnity Plan
• Prepaid Legal
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• Pet Discount Program
• Paid Time Off/ 11 Paid Holidays
• And so much More!