Accountant

macu; Sandy (UT); On-site; USD 52,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Mountain America Credit Union is seeking an accounting professional to review, balance, and reconcile general ledger accounts and support Sr Accountants in daily activities. The role involves reconciling ledgers, preparing entries, and assisting with various balancing tasks within a dynamic finance team.

The ideal candidate has 2+ years of accounting or credit union experience, strong Excel skills, and familiarity with Workday Financials or similar systems.

Qualifications

• Two years or more of accounting experience or credit union experience preferred.
• Experience reconciling cash and other general ledger accounts.
• Knowledge of financial statement line items, bank, GL and GL reconciliations.
• Other specific skills may also be needed to perform the duties that will be assigned.

Responsibilities

• Balance and prepare entries and reconciling the general ledger.
• Reconcile general ledger accounts to third party statements and subsidiary ledgers to ensure accuracy of accounting records.
• Propose adjusting and/or correcting entries to bring records into balance.
• Balance individual transaction reports to grand total report of all transactions to ensure accuracy of reports.
• Routinely monitor and identify reconciling items or issues and elevate aging items or issues timely.
• Assist with Mortgage Balancing, Card/ATM Balancing, Shared Branch Balancing, Payroll, Real/Personal Property Taxes, and/or Cash Management.
• Participate with cross training and stay up to date with backup functions.
• Assist and support internal team members and cross-functional team questions and requests promptly and courteously.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Accounting experience

Cash reconciliation

GL reconciliations

Financial statements

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, accounting, finance or related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Workday Financials

Job description

Job Summary

To review, balance and reconcile general ledger accounts and other accounts to maintain efficiency and accuracy in the accounting department. Support Sr Accountants and management with projects and daily accounting activity.

Job Description

• To be effective, an individual must be able to perform each job duty successfully.
• Perform daily responsibility as assigned including balancing and preparing entries and reconciling the general ledger.
• Reconcile general ledger accounts to third party statements and subsidiary ledgers to ensure accuracy of accounting records.
• Propose adjusting and/or correcting entries to the accounting records to bring records into balance.
• Balance individual transaction reports to grand total report of all transactions to ensure accuracy of reports.
• Routinely monitor and identify reconciling items or issues and elevate aging items or issues timely.
• Assist with the following but not limited to: Mortgage Balancing, Card/ATM Balancing, Shared Branch Balancing, Payroll, Real/Personal Property Taxes, and/or Cash Management.
• Participate with cross training and stay up to date with backup functions.
• Assist and support internal team members and cross-functional team questions and requests promptly and courteously.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, and ABILITIES

The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

Experience

• Two years or more of accounting experience or credit union experience in lending or branch operations preferred.
• Experience reconciling cash and other general ledger accounts.
• Knowledge of financial statement line items, bank, GL and GL reconciliations, and subledger.
• Other specific skills may also be needed to perform the duties that will be assigned.

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, accounting, finance or related field OR we will consider a pplicants accepted into an accredited Finance or Accounting program and within 6 months of obtaining a Bachelor's degree or higher.

Licenses, Certificates, Registrations

n/a

Managerial Responsibility

Has no supervisory/managerial responsibilities

Language Skills

Must have the ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instruction, and procedure manuals.

Computer/Office Equipment Skills

• Advanced skills and experience of Microsoft Office Suite, including Microsoft Excel.
• Demonstrated experience with accounting systems such as Workday Financials or equivalent systems.
• Experience in Workday Financials preferred.

Other Skills

• Must be a self-starter, able to resolve difficult situations with minimal supervision.
• Adapts to changing technology in the work environment with the ability to troubleshoot, lead, and test new solutions.
• Support and assist other team members with process improvements and enhancements.
• Demonstrates excellent communication skills.
• Proactively solves problems and actively improves processes and create efficiencies.
• Adaptive to change, responds positively to altered circumstances or conditions.
• Sound critical thinking and logic skills to problem solve.
• Collaborate with team of accountants and junior staff, including .leading on specific projects.

PHYSICAL ABILITIES / WORKING CONDITIONS

Physical Demands

Requires sitting, using hands to handle or feel, reaching with hands and arms, talks and hears.

Vision Requirements

Requires Close, Distance, Peripheral and Depth perception vision as well as the ability to focus.

Weight Lifted or Force Exerted

Frequently lifts up to 10 lbs, occasionally lifts up to 25 pounds and rarely lifts up to 100 pounds.

Environmental

Office Type conditions, indoors.

Noise Environment

Moderate Noise such as in a business office with equipment and light traffic.

***This Job is not eligible to be performed in Colorado or Connecticut, either remotely or in-person.***

Mountain America Credit Union is an EEO/AA/ADA/Veterans employer.