Senior Accountant

At Stearns Bank, we’re helping people, entrepreneurs, small businesses, and local communities nationwide reach their full financial potential. Sound like something you want to be a part of? If so, we’re currently looking for a Senior Accountant to join our team! This is a fully remote position.

Come see how we’re doing business unusual and charting our own path to reimagine a more inclusive financial services and banking ecosystem for all.

BENEFITS

Stearns Bank understands and respects that everyone is managing unique career, family, and wellness needs. That’s why we offer industry-leading benefits to employees to help them live healthy lives and bring their full selves to work every day. Benefits may vary for part-time positions. Some of those benefits include:

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan & 401k Plan
• Healthcare (Medical, Dental, Vision, Telehealth, Life insurance)
• 12-week Paid Medical Leave
• Paid Parental Leave: 21-weeks Primary Care Parent, 14-weeks Secondary Care Parent
• $5,000 Family Care Reimbursement: Childcare, Elder Care, Student Loan Debt, Pet expenses, down payment assistance
• $1,000 Self Improvement Allowance
• PTO from 13 to 23 days depending on tenure. Cashout and Carryover options.
• 10 Days Sick Time
• 11 Paid Holidays
• 4 Days Volunteer Time
• 2 Days Self Allowance Time
• Tuition Assistance

For this position, we anticipate an annual salary between $75,000 and $100,000. Final employment offers will be dependent upon the selected candidate’s relevant qualifications and experience.

JOB SUMMARY

Prepare financial statements and reports. Conducts research and analysis to provide management throughout the company with definitive financial data.  

RESPONSIBILITIES

Financial Reporting

• Prepares various GL entries/analysis to close monthly financial statements to include subsidiary companies
• Prepares various Regulatory Reports:
• Call reports for Bank Charters 
• Call reports for Holding Company – SBNA 
• Call reports for Trust Preferred Trusts
• Prepare quarterly consolidation for SFSI and all subsidiary companies

• Prepares various internal management financial reports:

• Profit Center reporting and analysis.
• Cost of Funds Allocation
• Assist with reviewing and maintaining general ledger account setup

• Prepares and assist Controller/Assistant Controller in preparing year-end financial statements for consolidated company:

• Assists in preparing year-end financial statements for consolidated company
• Assists in preparing data tables for year-end financial statement footnotes

Financial Analysis and General Ledger

• Completes various financial analyses for CFO and Controller.
• Responsible for reconciliation of various general ledger accounts and bank-controlled deposit accounts and reviewing reconciliations prepared by others.
• Maintains accrual calculation for Audit, Tax and Accounting, OCC, and FDIC premiums.
• Coordinate information gathering for external auditors related to annual audit and quarterly tax estimates:
• Publish audit and tax planning letters internally and monitor collection of information
• Upload information to auditors as requested.  Assist in research as needed
• Coordinate customer and non-customer confirmation process

Investment Securities

• Assist personal with collateral needs for public entities.
• Pledges collateral and tracks collateral pledged on deposits (backup).
• Records purchase & sales of transaction and maintains file documentation (backup)

Other

• Schedules state income tax payments and assists in researching State income tax inquiries.
• File various state filings as needed (Secretary of State, Personal Property Tax, Business Registrations)
• Monitor internal Bank owned accounts
• Back-up for ALM modeling as needed
• Assist other subsidiary companies as needed (i.e. integration, financial close, etc)
• Performs other tasks requested by CFO and Controller as they relate to the bank and its functions.   
• Complete all required training.
• Maintain a solid understanding of all legal and regulatory compliance issues as they pertain to this position.
• Loss prevention and security as applicable for this