Accounting Assistant Manager

Company Description

STCU is consistently rated one of the top-performing credit unions in the nation, and has been named one of Fortune Magazine’s Great Places to Work. We look for employees who have a strong desire to serve others, are lifelong learners, are committed to working hard, have a fun-loving attitude, and who want to make a difference in our members’ lives. We love people who share our core values: Joyfulness, generosity, belonging, goodness, and striving. We believe in being a force for good in the community, while helping members achieve their financial goals and dreams.

STCU offers excellent benefits:

• Paid time off—plus 11 paid holidays!
• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• Training and career development
• Success sharing plan
• 401(k) matching contributions
• Tuition reimbursement

An overview of the benefits can be found here.  
Salary range: $35.67 - $49.94 per hour

Job Description

The Accounting Assistant Manager position is responsible for daily oversight of accounting operations including accounts payable, corporate cards, reimbursements and daily reconciliations and processing.  This position also serves as a mentor to the team by providing leadership, training, coaching and recognition. The Accounting Assistant Manageralso leads meetings, suggests and implements department efficiencies, and provides support functions to the Accounting Manager and Payroll.

Core Job Requirements/Outcomes

• Serve as a leader and mentor to the accounting team by providing training, coaching and development opportunities to the accountants, creating standards of work and identifying process improvements to enhance team member knowledge and growth, eliminating errors and mitigating risk.
• Lead the day-to-day operations for the accounting team by reviewing work completed by accountants and providing constructive feedback for corrections, improvements, and efficiencies. Ensure work completed in accounting has proper segregation of duties and adequate cross training for accurate, timely processing.
• Act as primary back up coverage for the credit union payroll processing by becoming fully cross trained and familiar with our payroll operations. Maintain payroll knowledge by staying involved with the process and covering tasks regularly.

Core Leadership Principles

• Lead by example by aligning actions with shared values.
• Embrace and communicate organizational direction by enlisting others in a common vision in support of organization values, goals and decisions.
• Effectively lead organizational change by demonstrating and fostering a growth mindset by inspiring your team to do things differently, seizing opportunities, working through challenges and persevering toward a better future.
• Lead performance by providing direction and delegation to create a climate where people are motivated to do their best.
• Encourage the heart by exhibiting empathy, actively listening and celebrating to cultivate team engagement.

Other Essential Functions

• Represent the Accounting department by providing timely, professional and friendly communication to all we encounter, including staff, members and vendors.
• Support departmental initiatives and projects by contributing as an effective project team member and complete all tasks and assignments in a timely manner.
• Continually cover, complete and cross train on all daily tasks assigned to all Accountants to ensure all daily tasks can be completed independently and accurately each day.
• Proactively recommend and implement efficiencies within any task in the Accounting department.
• Provide leadership to Accountants by training new employees, mentoring, assisting in problem solving, reviewing Accountants work for accuracy and providing constructive and timely feedback about job performance.
• Assists leadership and payroll with support functions, suggest recommendations and communicate through presentations and/or reports.
• Ensure proper accounting controls by completing daily processes timely and accurately.

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field required.

Job Experience: Minimum of three years’ experience in an accounting or finance position required, preferably in a financial institution or in a public accounting/auditing position. Minimum one year of successful supervisory experience and/or demonstrated leadership skills in directing, delegating, facilitating change, problem solving, co