Utility Specialist Accounting - Wealth Operations

Utility Specialist Accounting – Wealth Operations

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Compensation Range: Hourly: $23.20 - $30.75 based on relevant experience, skills, and competencies.

Location: 922 Walnut St, Kansas City, Missouri 64106

Employment Type: Full time

About This Job: The main purpose of this job is to coordinate and provide processing of backup during periods of high volume and staff absences for various functions of higher complexity.

• Process all daily wealth accounting processes, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Perform end‑of‑day balancing routines, publish projected cash for final balancing daily as needed, and monitor and post entries.
• Assist internal customers with processing questions as needed.
• Research and clear reconciliation outages.
• Assist department leadership to ensure processes and audits are completed timely and accurately.
• Serve as a backup during periods of high volume and/or staffing deficiencies.
• Train and develop team members in the assigned area of procedures and the knowledge behind the procedures.
• Learn tasks independently using a wide variety of systems and procedures.
• Perform analysis on department data to identify trends and root causes to enhance the overall client experience.
• Independently assist department leadership with reporting as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Intermediate knowledge of banking industry and wealth management operations, including best practices and regulations of reconciliations.
• Strong analytical and critical‑thinking skills with the ability to solve challenging issues and make decisions.
• Ability to train team members on department processes.
• Ability to think strategically with a growth mindset and look for ways to streamline processes for efficiency.
• Motivated and organized self‑starter with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Inquisitive, agile, and strong team player with excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to remain adaptable and resilient to all situations with an optimistic outlook and cast a positive shadow aligned with our culture and core values.
• Intermediate level proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Teams, and Outlook.

• Associate’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
• 2+ years financial services industry‑related experience required.
• Level of role is determined by knowledge, experience, skills, abilities, and education.
• For individuals applying, assigned and/or hired to work in areas with pay transparency requirements, Commerce is required by law to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for some roles. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for any applicable differentials (geographic, bilingual, or shift).

• Employer‑sponsored health, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Life insurance.
• Paid vacation and paid personal time.
• Career development and education assistance.
• Voluntary supplemental benefits.