Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Universal 1 Credit Union is focused on supporting its financial management and operations. The Financial Specialist role involves maintaining accounting and financial records, ensuring compliance with GAAP, and performing a variety of accounting functions under minimal supervision.
Responsibilities
- Perform daily banking reconciliation, ensuring proper balances are maintained
- Process timely payment of federal withholding taxes
- Follow directions
- Effective and professional relationships with all levels of employees
- Maintain the Credit Union's professional reputation, both internally and externally
- Keep records and accounts in accordance with GAAP
- Perform accounts payable processing and pay invoices in a timely manner and maintain accurate vendor records
- Assist in managing key financial records, including journal entries, reconciliations, and month-end closing processes
- Perform daily general ledger balancing and reconcile accounts to ensure accuracy and compliance with internal controls, identify and resolve discrepancies promptly
- Record and post journal entries for daily transactions, adjustments, and reconciliations
- Process daily banking transactions, including ACH, wire transfers, remote deposits, and others as assigned
- Reconcile transactions and prepare reports
- Manage full-cycle accounts payable, including invoice review, coding, and payment processing
- Investigate and resolve discrepancies in financial records in a timely manner
- Prepare daily and monthly reconciliation reports to support audit and regulatory requirements
- Maintain accurate financial documentation in accordance with GAAP, policies, and compliance standards
- Support month-end and year-end close processes, including accruals, journal entries, and financial reporting
- Assumes responsibility for establishing and maintaining effective communication and coordination with Credit Union personnel and management
- To include; maintaining regular contact with other departments to obtain information and/or to correct transactions; meeting deadlines; completing reports, records, and documents accurately and promptly; keeping management informed of area activities and of any significant problems or concerns; attending meetings as required
- Assumes responsibility for ensuring that professional business relationships are established and maintained with the community, Credit Union members, other financial institutions and accounting professionals
- Maintains and ensures the highest degree of confidentiality
- Resolves discrepancies and errors promptly
- Represents the Credit Union in contacts with business associations and otherwise promotes the Credit Union's image
- Completes special projects as assigned
- Performs related duties as needed
- Ensures that work area is clean, secure, and well maintained
Skills
- High school diploma or equivalent
- At least two years of similar or related accounting or bookkeeping experience
- Experience in and knowledge of general ledgers and generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)
- Knowledge of basic accounting concepts and procedures including account reconciliation
- Knowledge of related computer applications
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office software
- Able to operate general office equipment including 10-key calculator and be able to use PC spreadsheet software
- Well organized and detail oriented
- Good math skills
- Strong analytical skills to identify, research, and resolve discrepancies
- Excellent analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills
- Associate's degree in accounting
- Experience with the Fed Reserve, Corporate One, and KeyStone
Benefits
- 401k
- PTO
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life
- Accident
- Short Term Disability
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