Senior Accountant

Position Description

Title:                           Senior Accountant

Department:              Finance

Reports to:                 Accounting Supervisor

Supervises:                 None

Classification:            Non-exempt

Date Prepared:          November 14, 2025

Summary / Objective

The Senior Accountant is responsible for providing a wide range of accounting support by using knowledge of accounting and financial institutions to perform daily responsibilities and communicate effectively with team members.  This individual is responsible for proficiency in various accounting software to process transactions in all accounting modules (accounts payable, general ledger, investments and fixed assets).  The Senior Accountant will also use a variety of software applications to prepare both internal and regulatory reports for the department and to gather information for reconcilements and any necessary research.

Experience & Education Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Accounting/Finance
• Three or more years of accounting experience is preferred
• Banking experience is preferred
• Background and general knowledge of accounting principles
• High-intermediate to advanced in excel spreadsheets and other Microsoft Office products

Essential Job Functions:

• Provides accounting support to the department.
• Reviews, analyzes, and processes accounting transactions of moderate complexity, while adhering to GAAP accounting, and communicating issues to supervisor.
• Uses critical thinking skills to work through assigned tasks while retaining good judgement of when to escalate an issue or problem with timelines in mind.
• Reconciles various general ledger accounts and ensures that all outstanding items are resolved within a reasonable length of time, not to exceed 30 days without explanation.
• Creates and posts general ledger entries.
• Performs accounts payable functions and assists in managing related record keeping.

• Processes and reconciles fixed asset and prepaid activity and is responsible for analyzing month end depreciation expenses for reasonableness.
• Performs the annual retirement of assets no longer in service.
• Assists in tax & regulatory reporting.
• Processes and reconciles investment activity.
• Prepares disbursements, maintains financial records for and creates reports for the Charitable Foundation.
• Functions in accordance with established Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and regulatory standards for financial institutions.
• Functions as the record storage and retrieval coordinator for the department.
• Reconciles the Federal Reserve Bank account daily and escalates any outstanding issues to supervisor.
• Is able to work independently under time-sensitive deadlines in a fast paced, challenging environment with multiple and competing priorities.
• Prepares financial and administrative expense analysis exhibits and narrative for Management.
• Prepares the semi-annual uninsured deposits reporting.
• Maintain knowledge of how to execute the Accounting Assistant’s job functions to serve as depth in a disaster recovery scenario.

Required knowledge, skills & abilities:

• Good understanding of accounting systems and the ability to learn more
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• High-intermediate to advanced excel skills and a strong knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Accuracy and attention to detail