Sr Trust Compliance Accounting

Why Work for Park Lawn Houston Support Center?

Service

• At every level, our dedicated team members display a strong work ethic and commitment to our core values, respect for the family, the profession, and the individual.
• Work with leading experts in the funeral and cemetery profession.

Benefits

• Financial assistance programs encouraging employees through education and development in industry related subjects.
• Robust Health and Welfare Plans, and savings account options, designed to support your personal needs, enhance well-being and help navigate life’s challenges.
• Rich 401k and Roth Retirement Plan options available for both Full Time and Part Time employees along with a Company Match.
• Variety of Vacation, Personal Days and Sick Days based on your role emphasizing the importance of physical and emotional replenishment for our team.
• Employee Discounts on services, merchandise, and property to help our team members in their time of need.

Culture

• We value honesty, courage, integrity, ethical behavior and the development of personal growth.
• We are rooted in the communities to provide a personal touch to every family we serve.
• We believe in the value of funeral and cemetery service, drawing on decades of experience to create the best experience for our families.

Summary/Objective

This position is responsible for performing day to day operations and administration of duties associated with financial reporting, trust accounting and trust and regulatory compliance for the organization.

Essential Functions

• Understands and follows policies and procedures to ensure compliance with regulations and advise organization on trust activities.
• Reconciles transactions (endowment care, funeral, and merchandise and services trust) to general ledger and trust statements.
• Reconciles accrual accounts and other accounts in the general ledger to supporting schedules for endowment care trust and preneed trust.
• Creates supporting schedules and journal entries for monthly accruals.
• Reviews of monthly endowment care trust and preneed trust transactions for regulatory compliance.
• Researches items within financial statements as needed and collaborating with individual business locations as needed to complete such research.
• Executes trust process on a day-to-day basis, including processing of withdrawals, information and funds transfer to trustee, proper upload/allocation of earnings to customer accounts and monitoring of investments.
• Maintains calendar of deadlines and monitor and notify as due dates approach.
• Maintains summary schedules of transactions and other regular processes.
• Collaborates with individual business locations to ensure trust reporting is being filed timely.
• Collaborates with individual business locations to ensure trust deposits are being filed timely.
• Provides support as necessary for annual financial audits and regulatory audits.
• Provides support as necessary for documentation and completion of various trust tax returns for multiple jurisdictions.
• Ad-hoc reporting and analysis as needed.
• Stays informed on changes to all related preneed and trust regulations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Competencies

• Communication Proficiency.
• Teamwork Orientation.
• Detail Orientation.
• Thoroughness
• Customer Service Orientation.
• Time Management.

Required Education, Experience, Certifications and Licensure

• Four-year degree in Accounting or Finance, or equivalent combination of education and experience preferred.
• At least 5 years of experience in accounting, with a focus on financial and/or trust reporting preferred.
• Cemetery and funeral Industry experience strongly desired.
• Valid state issued driver’s license in good standing and acceptable driving record.

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

• Ability to read, write, and speak English fluently.
• High degree of overall computer proficiency.
• High degree of proficiency in local and virtual data management tools (Internet, Dropbox, Microsoft file management structure).
• High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Effective and professional communication skills, with an emphasis on verbal skills and the ability to resolve and respond to issues in a professional manner.
• Ability to maintain a positive attitude and working environment through organization, willingness to learn, and communication.
• Ability to simultaneously manage multiple projects, prioritize tasks, and exercise good judgment.
• Attention to detail and follow-through.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• The duties associated with this position are generally performed in an indoor office setting; however, some duties may be performed outdoors. 
• Outdoor duties may require exposure to natural elements such as inclement weather, extreme temperatures, uneven ground, dust, gas, and/or fumes. 
• Equipment used to perform the essential function of this position includes, but is not limited to; computer, fax, copier, multi-line phone system, AV system, personal or company owned vehicle.
• Employees in this role must have enough strength and manual dexterity and must be willing to work safely and comply with the Company’s safety procedures, including wearing any personal protective equipment that may be required. 
• Employees in this role are regularly required to climb, sit, stand, bend, kneel, and frequently lift to 25 pounds. 
• Performance of this position’s duties also requires power reaching, pushing, and pulling. 
• This position’s duties require routine exposure to chemicals and/or blood borne pathogens.  Exposure risk is considered: Low
• Employees must be able to drive a company vehicle and maintain a good driving record and must be insurable under company vehicle insurance. 

Travel

• This position may require up to 15 percent out of area and overnight travel.
• Travel is primarily local occurring during the business day only.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.