Full Time Accounting Clerk

Benefits Package

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance, 70% employer paid for eligible full-time employees
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with Employer Match
• 401(k) Company Profit Share Contribution
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) Program
• Ten paid holidays in addition to PTO
• Bereavement Pay
• Life/AD&D Insurance at no cost to eligible full-time employees
• Short-term Disability and Long-Term Disability Insurance at no cost to eligible full-time employees

First American Credit Union is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, gender, gender identify, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected status.

Please be advised that in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act, section 604(b)(2)(A), First American Credit Union may obtain a credit and background report on all individuals who are extended a conditional offer of employment.

First American Credit Union is seeking an experienced Accounting Clerk to provide friendly, prompt and excellent service to members and coworkers in order to perform a variety of routine and support duties related to the accounting department. This position is full-time and will work a flexible schedule Monday-Friday at our Casa Grande, AZ branch.

The Accounting Clerk performs duties under moderate supervision according to existing procedures, methods and systems for the Accounting department. Adheres to all credit union operations policies and procedures, maintains member confidentiality and performs transactions accurately. Maintains records of financial transactions by posting, balancing, reconciling General Ledger accounts, processing accounts payable and performing other accounting duties in a manner which aligns with the Credit Union's mission of enhancing our member-owners’ financial lives and becoming their preferred financial partner.

Essential Duties:

• Perform various accounting transactions in support of day-to-day operations of the accounting department.
• Processes and enters a variety of transactions into the core system to member accounts, general ledgers and subsidiary ledgers efficiently and accurately.
• Provide operational support and assistance to all branch locations and team members.
• Prepare accounts payable checks after receiving proper authorization. Sets up and maintains vendor files. Processes invoices and department payment requests. Distributes checks to vendors. Responds to internal and external inquiries regarding invoice status. Tracks invoices to ensure all received invoices are paid in a timely manner.
• Contact other departments and/or outside vendors to resolve problems.
• Verify accuracy, completeness, and consistency of accounting information received from all sources.
• Process and posts payments for employee expense reports after receiving proper authorization.
• Journalize daily transactions and verify entries balance.
• Maintain accounting files, including filing and scanning of general ledger journal entries, accounts payable documentation, dispute documents and other miscellaneous items in an organized fashion for the accounting department.
• Process and balance share draft exceptions, card exceptions, loan payments, manual payrolls and CPI.
• Perform minor reconciliations and assumes responsibility for effectively researching, tracking and resolving (or properly referring) documentation problems and discrepancies.
• Review daily operating cash balances and transfer funds as needed
• Process ACH exceptions, Surepay originations, share draft exceptions, and other misc postings.
• Assist accounting management with any audit requests.
• Post daily entries for ATM transactions as well as reconcile and resolve discrepancies.
• Process debit card disputes to include posting provisional credit and determine when to reverse provisional credit or write off.
• Reconcile debit card disputes as well as maintain log for tracking purposes
• Post Investment interest checks.
• Post member fee reversal requests upon management approval.
• Process, verify and/or approve ACH origination files and wires.
• Assist with projects as needed.
• Utilize tact and experienced based knowledge, researches and resolves inquiries while representing the credit union in a professional manner and maintaining positive member, vendor, and customer relations.
• Adheres to all credit union operations policies and procedures, maintains member confidentiality and performs transactions accurate.
• Other duties as assigned

Essential Skill Qualifications:

• Strong desire to help others

• Ability to multi-task with competing deadlines, apply attention to detail and accuracy, and communicate progress.

• Must maintain a high level of confidentiality and professionalism.
• Contribute to and support a positive work environment to ensure an effective, high performing and cohesive team.
• Strong interpersonal and member service skills
• Effective written and verbal communication skills

• Must possess mature judgment and be able to coordinate with several parties in a transaction.
• Good organizational and problem-solving skills
• Must have good typing skills and the ability to operate general office equipment, including copiers, scanners, telephones, fax machine, calculators, computers and printers.
• Ability to learn the credit union’s core computer programs and applications.
• Ability to perform basic and advanced math calculations.

Education/Training and Experience:

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Microsoft Excel knowledge is required.
• One year of continuing education in business or work related field such as Accounting, Finance or Management preferred, but not required.
• Experience in a credit union, bank or other financial institution is preferred, but not required.
• Experience with debit/credit card processing preferred, but not required.

First American Credit Union is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, gender, gender identify, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected status.

Please be advised that in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act, section 604(b)(2)(A), First American Credit Union may obtain a credit and background report on all individuals who are extended a conditional offer of employment.