Staff Accountant

Seneca Savings Bank N.A.•Village of Baldwinsville, NY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Seneca Savings is a community bank with over 95 years of service in Central New York. We offer big bank technology with a personal touch, aiming to foster growth, empower success, and uplift our communities. Our mission is to guide customers, employees, and partners toward achieving their financial dreams. We operate five branches and pride ourselves on a workplace culture defined by our core values: Driven Towards Success, Team Oriented, Customer First, and Positive Attitude. Join our innovative team to deliver exceptional service and make a difference.

Requirements

An Associate's degree in accounting, finance, or similar field of study.
Two to five years similar or relatable experience.
Must have pleasant, personable, and professional relationship skills for customer and coworker contact.
Professional image
Must work well with others as a team player.
Proficient in MS Excel.
Understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
Must have effective verbal and written communication skills.
Must have the ability to work successfully in a team environment and collaborate with team members to complete department functions effectively.
Maintain a level of discretion and confidentiality while dealing with sensitive customer information.
Must be reliable and able and flexible on short notice.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Performs daily balancing for various ledger accounts, prepares daily general ledger voucher and generates and disperse internal reports for leadership.
Performs research, data entry, maintenance, troubleshooting, transaction tracking and reconciliation reporting. Responsible for helping create internal data analytics reports.
Provides exceptional customer service to our internal and external customers of the bank.
Processes Accounts Payable on a weekly basis – inputs invoices on the A/P platforms, prepares and mails vendor checks and files paid bills and other documents.
Balances remote ATM's and assist with ATM cash ordering services.
Processes Foreign Checks as needed.
Reviews MRS to GL Balancing Report to the General Ledger.
Reviews essential reports.
Acts as back up to the AVP Accounting Manager and VP Controller on general reconciliations.
Reviews daily branch teller work which includes negotiable items, branch cash limits, teller balancing differences. Works with branch personnel to identify differences involving cash or cash letters.
Assists in various daily and month end reconciliations.
Assists in preparation for any required information for regulators or auditors.
Back up to processing ACH rejects and exceptions, including manual corrections, notice of change (NOC), stop payments, and reclamations as needed; balances receiving files to FRB reports.
Back Up to Return Item Maintenance (RIM)-work with SVP - Operations on decisioning, unposted transactions and submitting to Fiserv; coordinating NSF notices.
Back-up processing incoming and outgoing wire transfers including required documentation retention.