Accountant I (Banking)

BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina•Columbia, SC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for entry level accounting activities relating to the maintenance of a complete and accurate general ledger and/or the resultant managerial reports and/or financial statements. This position is responsible for completing journal entries, analyzing balances, account payables, bank reconciliations, researching data and ability to identify and resolve variances. Responsibilities include reconciliation of incoming and outgoing payments. In addition, this position ensures that all regulations are followed and the applicable reporting needs are met timely and accurately. This is a full-time position, working an 8-hr. shift (40-hours/week) Monday-Friday 8:00am – 4:30pm with primary location at 17 Technology Circle Columbia SC, Columbia, SC 29203.

Requirements

Bachelor's in a job-related field with 24 semester hours in accounting. (Anyone hired prior to August 1, 2008 in an accounting position only requires 21 semester hours of accounting.)
Knowledge of fundamental accounting concepts, practices and procedures.
Good communication, organizational, customer service, and analytical skills.
Ability to work independently.
Ability to handle confidential or sensitive information with discretion.
Microsoft Office.
Ability to use data retrieval applications.

Nice To Haves

Strong MS Excel skills with ability to write queries using database software.
Banking experience
2+ years of accounting experience.

Responsibilities

Reconciles assigned accounts.
Initiates and/or processes general ledger, and/or journal entries into various accounts.
Prepare spreadsheets and/or ensures that entries are entered into the accounting system.
Assist coworkers in preparation and/or/or review of daily activity, monthly, quarterly and/or annual filings as required by regulatory agencies and/or internal requirements, as well as entries made to various systems.
Prepares reports for financial analysis, forecasting, budgeting, trending, and/or results analysis to ensure transactions in the ledger tie to statistical files and/or various financial reports.
Performs analysis of financial data to identify problem areas and/or report to management.
Maintains accurate general ledger (G/L) accounts.
Performs monthly, weekly and/or daily reconciliations.
May assist with special projects as assigned by the manager to include coordination between areas, allocation of resources, formulating solutions to problems, providing timely feedback to the manager and/or developing and/or implementing job procedures/controls in accordance with policies.