Accounting Associate

Job ID#: 35949

Accounting Associate
Contract Role
To $20.69 hourly
Great DeerPark area location!

Responsible for general accounting activities, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger entries and reconciliations, financial reporting, and system maintenance.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities
• Consistently meet all Client Service Commitments; Client Employee Creed and Client Service Distinctions.
• Accountable to maintain knowledge of and comply with all applicable rules and regulations required within the scope of duties, including, but not limited to, the Bank Secrecy Act.
• Required to attend annual training sessions as instructed or scheduled.
• Perform job duties and responsibilities in compliance to Client policies, procedures, philosophy, and standards of performance.
• Responsible for processing accounts payable remittances as needed and closing accounts payable during month-end.
• Responsible for invoicing accounts receivables as needed.
• Process employee expense reimbursement requests.
• Reviewing, coding, and preparing journal entries for monthly corporate credit card expense reports.
• Reconcile general ledger balances to subsidiary ledgers after month-end closing.
• Assist with preparing the month-end marketing report.
• Assist with maintaining fixed asset inventory list and posting of monthly depreciation expense to general ledger.
• Assist with fixed asset inventory audit as needed.
• Assist with maintaining credit union prepaid expenses and processing of monthly amortization.
• Assist with preparing the capitalized purchases report for the Board.
• Updates budget versus actual report for management.
• Reconciles general ledger accounts as needed.
• Responsible for scanning Accounting & Finance department documents.
• Research problems and notify appropriate department of corrections needed on member accounts.
• Must be able to maintain confidentiality of information.
• Must be able to work independently with little assistance or supervision.
• Assist with financial statement preparation, ALCO packet, and Board Reports.

• Assist with GL variance analysis as needed.
• Reconciliation of general ledger balances to subsidiary ledgers after month-end closing.
• Personal property tax report for Harris County.
• Prepare and submit FR2900 report weekly.
• Ensure annual property taxes are paid annual for all properties owned by Client.
• Maintain, review, and verify annual tax reporting as it relates to accounts payable remittances performed throughout the tax year.

Experience Needed:
1+ yrs of similar or related experience.
2 yr Associates college degree, completion of a specialized course of study at a business or trade school, or completion of a specialized and extensive in-house training program. ***Experience may satisfy educational requirement on a 2 for 1 basis.

Requirements:
• Possess the desire to accept additional responsibilities.
• Possess well-developed, professional communication skills using tact and persuasiveness to reach an objective and maintain goodwill.
• Possess a highly positive, member-service oriented attitude and the ability to anticipate member needs and initiate assistance beyond duties assigned.
• Proficient computer skills, including working knowledge of the MS Office Suite, with special emphasis on Excel.
• Strong math aptitude and ability to work accurately with numbers.
• Ability to perform detail work with numerical data and make arithmetic computations rapidly and accurately.
• Maintain a high level of knowledge and procedural expertise in credit union products, services, and promotions.
• Perform all work within established policies and procedures.
• Ability to work in open-concept workspace/environment.

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