Senior Accountant

Patriot Bank•Stamford, CT

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About The Position

The incumbent is responsible for posting to the general ledger, reconciling accounts, inputting fixed assets. The Senior Accountant also does the personal property taxes once a year in October. Helps with special projects as needed and also responsible for cash receipts and posting ACH items. The incumbent will monitor the day-to-day transactions into the Company's financial accounting systems. Although no direct reports, this individual is an integral resource for the effective operation of all department processes.

Requirements

A minimum of an Associate Degree in Accounting.
Prior experience in an automated accounting environment.
Ability to handle multiple tasks and manage multiple priorities.
Good oral and written communication skills.
Strong sense of integrity and personal ethics.
Conscientious and detail oriented.
Five years or relevant experience at least three years in banking.
Demonstrated proficiency with spreadsheet and word processing applications.
Power user of the Open Solutions Accounting System.
Working knowledge of word processing.

Responsibilities

Daily posting of the corporate General Ledger application while coordinating and managing interfaces from all subsidiary applications.
Manage the reconciliation of general ledger accounts to subsidiary ledgers and the reconciliation of primary bank accounts.
Notify management about significant transactions, account balances, and account discrepancies requiring attention.
Manage all aspects of the fixed asset/prepaid system including determination of asset useful lives.
Assist in compiling data for audits and financial and regulatory report filings.
Daily reconciliation of the FRD and FHLB bank accounts via retrieval of statements from FRB Fedline and the FHLB website. Notify CFO or Controller about discrepancies or potential risk issues.
Work with the Controller to ensure that all monthly transactions have been processed accurately.
Train staff on primary system applications and department processes.
Ensure preset entries are accurate and properly documented. Propose additional transactions for the preset process.
Coordinate the reconciliation of personal property taxes for the CT branches.
Maintain and post transactions to the investments system.
Manage billing and cash receipts from rental properties, including appropriate accounting treatment.
Maintain and post ACH items as needed.
Maintain general ledger chart of accounts including determination of new accounts needed and cost centers impacted.
Maintain purchase order LOG & update purchase order and T&E for beginning of year.
Ensure that journal entries are properly prepared prior to input.
Other duties as assigned.
All employees are responsible for compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and in some roles, OFAC regulations. Depending on your job responsibilities, more or less aspects of the regulations may apply, but at a minimum , all employees are responsible for reporting suspicious activity they identify in the course of performing their job duties. This includes activities conducted by customers, fellow employees, board members, and vendors.