Accountant - Mutual 1st Federal Credit Union

We are currently hiring an Accountant to join our well established Accounting team. This position is located at our Millard branch. The Accountant position will assist in preparing financial reports, processing monthly balance sheets, maintaining general ledger accounts, processing month-end financials, maintaining and reconciling daily cash accounts, and managing other accounting related duties.

Is this you?

• Highly motivated, collaborative, and detail oriented.
• Proven history meeting regulatory and internal guidelines and deadlines.
• Extensive knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles(GAAP).
• Problem solving mentality that won't settle for "good enough".

Some of the essential functions & responsibilities:

• Primarily responsible for daily balancing of member level business transactions to the general ledger. This includes matching general ledger balances to subsidiary records and daily system generated reports, preparing journal entries and preparing correcting entries Complete reconciliation for daily balancing general ledger accounts to include outstanding corporate checks, cashiers checks, certain accounts payable, and any other assigned. Branch level summarization of transactions for management reporting purposes is also included in this process.
• Primarily responsible for ACH processing of originations, exceptions, returns, stops and disputes, as well as share draft exception processing. This includes preparing and posting daily journal entries to the general ledger.
• Primarily responsible for reconciling and maintaining subsidiary records for certain general ledger accounts including accounts receivable, accounts payable, prepaid expenses, accrual compensation and benefits, and others as needed. This includes preparing and posting journal vouchers as needed.
• Assist with VISA loan, debit card and ATM accounting and reconciliation process. This includes posting daily accounting summaries and miscellaneous expense invoices received from processor.
• Primarily responsible for accounts payable function. Duties include matching vendor invoices to supporting properly authorized purchase orders, coding the general ledger expense accounts and preparing invoices.
• Primarily responsible for reconciling the credit unions correspondent bank accounts on a monthly basis.
• Participate and complete special projects and other duties as assigned.

Experience: Minimum two years of similar or related experience. Strongest candidates will have a financial services industry background.

Education: Strongest candidates will have a degree in Accounting or Finance.

About Us:

In business since 1949, Mutual 1st Federal Credit Union is a not-for-profit, member-owned credit union. That means we are focused on our members. We pass along savings by paying higher dividend rates on checking and savings accounts, charging lower fees (or no fees) and provide lower interest rates for loans than banks.

We are local, friendly, and genuinely care about the community. Our unique culture and service philosophy is based on our core values: Respect, Integrity, Passion, Service, Community, and Learning. Our goal is simple: To improve the financial well-being of our members.

Mutual 1st Federal Credit Union an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

This description reflects assignment of essential functions; other tasks may be assigned, and the job description is subject to change at any time.