Accountant

Shift Hours: 

Monday - Friday - 8:00 am - 5:00 pm & Rotating Saturdays

The Accountant is responsible for general accounting activities, including preparation and analysis of monthly financial statements, external reporting, investment accounting, accounts payable, fixed assets, and general ledger reconciliations and system maintenance.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Consistently meet all Shell FCU Service Commitments; Shell FCU Employee Creed and Shell FCU 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 Shell FCU policies, procedures, philosophy, and standards of performance.
• Prepare and post month-end closing book entries, review month-end reports, prepare monthly financial statements, and ensure accuracy of reporting.
• Assist with explaining actual month-end GL variances from month-to-month.
• Preparation of monthly ALCO packets and Board presentations.
• Assist with monitoring cash accounts and cash flow activities.
• Preparation of daily, weekly, and monthly general ledger reconciliations and ensure timely resolution of outstanding items.
• Maintain regulatory compliance reporting, including NCUA 5300 Call Report and Federal Reserve Regulation D filings FR 2900.
• Assist with internal audits, external audits, and NCUA examinations including documentation requirements.
• Maintain integrity of all accounting and financial information, ensure accurate posting of general ledger entries, and monitor subsidiary ledger postings and clearings.
• Ensure that daily, weekly, and monthly processes are completed in an accurate and timely manner.
• Identify opportunities and recommend methods to improve financial performance, work processes, and member service.
• Assist with design and implementation of quality improvement initiatives at departmental and organizational levels.
• Assist team members in completion of tasks and assignments to ensure continuity of service.
• Process accounts payable remittances as needed and close accounts payable during month-end.
• Process invoicing for accounts receivables as needed.
• Process employee expense reimbursement requests as needed.
• Reviewing, coding, and preparing journal entries for monthly corporate credit card expense reports.
• Prepare month-end budget versus actual reports at departmental and organizational levels.
• Maintain fixed asset inventory and post monthly depreciation expense to general ledger.
• Audit fixed asset inventory in accordance with Shell FCU policy and prepare status reports for management.
• Maintain credit union prepaid expenses and post monthly amortization.
• Prepare the monthly capitalized purchases report for committee reporting.
• Research problems and notify appropriate department of corrections needed on member accounts.
• Complete the personal property tax rendition report for Harris County.
• Must be able to maintain confidentiality of information.
• Must be able to work independently with little assistance or supervision.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Shell Federal Credit Union is an equal opportunity and an affirmative action employer and committed to providing equal opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment, without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, citizenship status, marital status, protected veteran status, mental and/or physical disability, pregnancy, or any basis prohibited by State or Federal law.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Knowledge and Skills

Experience:

Three years to five years of similar or related experience within the banking or credit union industry.

Education / Training:

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or completion of a specialized and extensive in-house training program. Experience may satisfy educational requirement on a 2 for 1 basis.

Job 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 detailed 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.

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to bend and stand. May at times be able to lift, carry and/or move up to 15 pounds.

Working Conditions

Exposure to potential hazardous conditions-robbery. Employees are to receive detailed instructions and procedures to be followed to minimize risk.

In accordance with the American with Disabilities Act, it is possible that requirements may be modified to reasonably accommodate disabled individuals. However, no accommodations will be made which may pose serious health or safety risks to the employee or others or which impose undue hardships on the organization.

This Job Description is not a complete statement of all duties and responsibilities comprising this position. Job descriptions are not intended and do not create employment contracts. The organization maintains its status as an at-will employer. Employees can be terminated for any reason not prohibited by law.

This organization uses E-Verify® in its hiring practices to achieve a lawful workforce.