Financial Services - Account Specialist

American Bar Association • Chicago, IL

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About The Position

This position prepares transactions for input into the Association's financial systems, processes the transactions, validates and balances input, researches and responds to questions regarding accounting transactions from staff, vendors, customers, and members. Sorts and files documents and performs calculations. Prints and validates various accounting documents, including checks, statements, and deposit totals depending on specialized accounting area assigned.

Requirements

• High School Diploma of general education degree (GED) (or equivalent experience).
• Good verbal and written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience processing clerical financial transactions.

Responsibilities

• Prepares transactions for input after verifying that proper accounting policies and procedures have been followed.
• Inputs transactions into financial system.
• Validates and balances input.
• Phone communication with Vendors/Customers.
• Prints and validates various accounting documents, including checks, statements, and deposit totals depending of specialized accounting area assigned.
• Follows up on processing exceptions.
• Researches and responds to questions regarding accounting transactions from staff, vendors, customers, and members.
• Performs other related duties as required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees