Accounting Clerk

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Full Time Clerical Home Office/Resource Center Jackson, Jackson, MI, US

Salary: $21.13 Annually

Do you sound knowledge of general ledgers, balancing, and record keeping? Are you you tech savvy and comfortable learning new accounting software?
Are you committed to excellent member service? We invite you to consider a career at American 1 Credit Union! Read on for more information!

• Wage: $21.13/hour (Competitive)
• Benefits start on day one:
  Health, Dental, Vision, Time Off
• All offers of employment are contingent upon background screens.

The Accounting Clerk I is responsible for general ledger transactions, and balancing, and item processing. This position processes various general ledger entries and performs multiple support functions as required as a part of the accounting and record-keeping functions of the credit union. This position requires the ability to work effectively with others on a standard task, to take actions that respect the needs and contributions of others, and the ability to work independently.

• Focus on Purpose/Mission: Focuses on the Credit Union's Purpose purpose and Mission mission Statement statement of creating financial wellness in our community through personal, everyday banking.
• Attention to Detail: Perform daily general ledger transactions and reporting support to the accounting team. Collaborative:
  Supports Item Processing for ACH, Draft, and Wires.
• Focused, Decision Making, and Problem Solving: Process adjustments and exceptions for share drafts, ACH (both ODFI and RDFI), cash letters, and shared branching, returns, and return check items.
• Engaged and Collaborative: Supports supply ordering for the credit union. Support item processing for ACH, drafts, and wires.
• Employee Culture: Committed to building and supporting an engaging and inclusive culture for all.
• Core Process, Policy, and Procedure Review: Follows all company processes, policies, and procedures, including customer identification and all BSA requirements.
• People-focused and Strong Communication: The ideal candidate empathetically seeks understanding of what members and employees require, and expect, and uses available resources, policies, and opportunities in their best interest without compromising institutional core values and core focus.
• Achiever, Initiative, and Goal Driven: The employee drives strives for results and success, is committed to their job, sets high-performance standards, pursues aggressive goals, works hard to achieve them, displays a high level of effort and commitment to work, and takes ownership. The ideal candidate applies new ways of thinking and creates offers new ideas. They plan work and carry out tasks without detailed instructions;
  
  makes constructive suggestions; prepares for problems or and opportunities in advance; undertakes additional responsibilities; responds to situations as they arise with minimal supervision; and creates novel innovative solutions to problems. The employee pays particular attention to close detail and is committed to accuracy.
• Focused, Decision Making and Problem Solving: The ideal candidate has a strong sense of urgency about proactively solving problems and getting work done; gains support by collaborating effectively for ideas, proposals, projects, and solutions; takes the initiative; makes and facilitates decisions considering impact on others and the credit union; reaches sound decisions and exercises good judgment based on balanced consideration of facts, priorities, and alternatives;
  
  makes decisions in agreed-upon time frame; takes initiative to identify and resolve problems; and demonstrates an ability to examine existing problems/issues in new ways.
• Engaged and Collaborative: The employee will work with others to achieve common organizational goals in a spirit of honoring diversity and mutual respect. They will effectively communicate by actively listening and sharing relevant information with co-workers, supervisor(s), and members to anticipate problems and ensure the…