Financial Accounting Analyst - Manitowoc

Financial Accounting Analyst
- Manitowoc

Bank First Manitowoc
- Manitowoc, WI 54220

Position Summary:

The Financial Accounting Analyst is responsible for creating information that is used for decision making purposes by collecting, analyzing, investigating and reporting financial data. This position ensures financial information has been recorded accurately in the general ledger. The Financial Accounting Analysis works on the month-end close, consolidation of bank related entities, liquidity risk management, investment security reporting and manages the pledging of the investment security portfolio for certain municipal and business deposit relationships.

The Financial Accounting Analyst has daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual accounting and reconcilement responsibilities. The Financial Accounting Analyst reports to the VP-Controller with daily interface with other staff of the Finance Department. The department is located in the headquarters location on 8th Street in Manitowoc. This is an in-office position. For the right candidate, the position has flexibility to be full or part time.

• Processes daily invoices and issue payments in the Accounts Payable software
• Reviews general ledger accounts and prepares journal entries
• Maintains the fixed asset SAGE software for recording depreciation expense for bank owned property
• Prepares monthly statements for the holding company, real estate subsidiary and investment subsidiary of the bank
• Maintains the books and records of the Holding Company
• Analyzes the bank monthly net income results, and investigates variances to plan and prior year
• Reconciles general ledger accounts on a daily and monthly basis
• Participates in annual budgeting process by working with department and office heads to gather projections and incorporate them into the budget worksheets
• Completes quarterly regulatory reporting for the call report to the FDIC and the Y-9 to the Federal Reserve Bank
• Participates in educational opportunities
• Participates in professional organizations.
• Completes schedules for external, internal, and regulatory auditors
• Other duties as assigned

Competencies:

• Honesty - ability to act in a fair and just manner
• Integrity - ability to act free from deception
• Ethics- ability to be guided by the company's accepted principles of moral conduct
• Accountability- ability to accept responsibility
• Adaptability- ability to embrace a change in the workplace
• Decision Making- ability to select an effective course of action while controlling resources and expenditures
• Customer Oriented- ability to develop and maintain relationships with other stakeholders
• Trust- ability to serve both external and internal clients by focusing efforts on meeting the clients' needs, understanding their concerns and seeking to build trust

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting preferred;
  Bachelor's degree in Finance will be considered
• Prior work, internship or education experience
• Must have strong computer skills including Excel, Word, and Power Point
• Detailed and deadline oriented