Accounting Specialist

Arizona Central Credit Union; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

401k with up to 6% match

Employee assistance program

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Phoenix is seeking an experienced accounting specialist. This role includes reconciling general ledger accounts, managing accounts payable, and ensuring compliance with GAAP. Candidates should have 3-5 years of relevant experience and strong financial software skills. The position offers a hybrid work model after three months, along with a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and more.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of similar or related experience.
• Ability to follow diversified procedures and specialized job standards.
• High degree of experience using financial software.
• Ability to write formulas, manage data and create professional reporting documents.
• Experience with financial software, data downloads, and modeling criteria.

Responsibilities

• Assist in compliance with GAAP and federal regulations.
• Manage the full accounts payable cycle and ensure timely processing.
• Balance general ledger accounts using basic accounting principles.
• Perform daily balancing for ACH, wires, and ATM transactions.
• Research and resolve payment discrepancies.
• Oversee preparation and reconcilement of key general ledger accounts.
• Assist internal departments with inquiries.

Skills

Accounting principles

Effective communication skills

Problem-solving capabilities

Financial software proficiency

Deadline orientation

Tools

Financial software

Job description

Arizona Central Credit Union Ranked Top 10 Best Places to Work in AZ for 2025

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Arizona Central Credit Union offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, 401k with up to 6% match, an employee assistance program, and much more.

Role

The accounting specialist position is responsible for reconciling general ledger accounts, focused heavily on the daily settlement and reconciliation of automated payment rails like ACH, FedWire, and card networks. This position also creates most month end accruals including maintaining the prepaid and fixed asset schedules.

Summary of Responsibilities

• Assists the Accounting Manager by ensuring the credit unions compliance with GAAP and adherence to federal and governing rules and regulations by compiling and analyzing data, timely and accurate reporting, and by conducting internal audits of financial records.
• Manages the full accounts payable cycle, ensuring accurate and timely processing of invoices, payments and vendor reconciliations in compliance with company policies and deadlines.
• Balance general ledger accounts using basic accounting principles including creating journal vouchers when needed. Research outstanding items thoroughly and ensure they are resolved.
• Perform daily balancing for ACH (Automated Clearing House), domestic/international wires, and ATM/ITM transactions to ensure member accounts and the general ledger match.
• Research and resolve payment discrepancies, handle returned check deposits and manage stop payments on corporate checks.
• Oversee preparation and reconcilement of the credit unions key general ledger accounts, balance sheet, income statement, activities and other month-end reports and processes.
• Act as a point person to assist within inquiries and general questions by team members and internal departments.
• Regularly maintain the prepaid and fixed asset schedules to ensure that the generalledger accounts associated with these schedules balance to the schedules.
• Calculate month end accruals and post them to the general ledger.
• Prepare materials and assist auditors and regulators during year-end and internal audits and assist with Call Report preparation.

Schedule

• Monday- Friday:9:00am - 5:30pm
• Remote work is available after threemonths (Hybrid)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Experience:
  • Three to five years of similar or related experience
• Other Skills:
  • Ability to follow diversified procedures, specialized job standards and specific policies and ability to reason effectively and employ quantitative analyses and problem-solving capabilities.
  • Capacity to use involved practices and precedents, along with theory and principles to work through situations.
  • Effective communications skills (both written and verbal) are an essential component of the position as a means to gathering data from and presenting results to different audiences.
  • Ability to write formulas, manage data and create professional level reporting documents.
  • High degree of experience using financial software, setting up configurations, downloading and review of data, and ongoing upkeep of modeling criteria.
  • The ability to meet deadlines is critical.