Trust Accountant — Reconciliation & Trust Reporting

Socket.dev; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 57,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

UKG is seeking a Trust Accountant to ensure the accuracy and integrity of client trust funds through daily reconciliation, cash management, account analysis, and financial reporting. This role collaborates with cross-functional partners to maintain records, resolve variances, and support regulatory and audit requirements.

Duties include daily reconciliations, GL analysis, journal entries, and year-end closes, plus SOX/compliance support and opportunities to automate processes.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of accounting and treasury experience.
• Strong account reconciliation and analytical skills.
• Advanced Excel and financial systems experience.
• Must be onsite 3 days/week.

Responsibilities

• Perform daily bank reconciliations and ensure transactions clear correctly.
• Reconcile general ledger accounts and investigate variances.
• Research and resolve reconciliation exceptions, uncleared items, and outstanding checks.
• Prepare and review journal entries and month-end activities.
• Track and validate customer and trust account balances to ensure funds are accurately recorded.
• Support audit requests, SOX/internal controls, and regulatory compliance activities.
• Maintain process documentation and identify opportunities for automation and operational improvements.
• Reconcile general ledger accounts and investigate variances or out-of-balance conditions.

Skills

Account reconciliation

Analytical skills

Accounting principles

Onsite work

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Excel

Job description

UKG is seeking a Trust Accountant to ensure the accuracy and integrity of client trust funds through daily reconciliation, cash management, account analysis, and financial reporting. This role collaborates with cross-functional partners to maintain records, resolve variances, and support regulatory and audit requirements.

Duties include daily reconciliations, GL analysis, journal entries, and year-end closes, plus SOX/compliance support and opportunities to automate processes.