Financial Accounting Staff Accountant II

Financial Accounting Staff Accountant II

Herring Bank is seeking an analytical, execution-focused Financial Accounting Staff Accountant II to join our Financial Accounting team. This position plays an important role in supporting the Bank's accounting, financial reporting, and audit functions while helping ensure the accuracy and integrity of financial records.

Reporting to the Financial Accounting Manager, this role will execute recurring close activities, including accruals, prepaids, fixed assets, reconciliations, and other month-end and quarter-end responsibilities. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, comfortable working with deadlines, and motivated to identify opportunities to improve and automate accounting processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and post recurring journal entries, including accruals, prepaids, depreciation, and other close-related entries.
• Maintain the fixed asset subledger, including depreciation calculations, additions, disposals, and capital expenditure tracking.
• Execute assigned portions of the monthly and quarterly close checklist and ensure tasks are completed accurately and on schedule.
• Prepare and maintain balance sheet substantiations and general ledger reconciliations.
• Research and resolve general ledger discrepancies and unusual account activity.
• Maintain and reconcile bank-specific accounting schedules, including amortization and accretion schedules, acquired loans and securities, FDIC assessments, premises and equipment, OREO, and other applicable accounts.
• Assist with accounting treatment and schedules related to deferred fees and other banking-specific transactions.
• Prepare supporting schedules and documentation for financial reporting.
• Maintain organized, audit-ready work papers and assist with internal and external audit requests.
• Collaborate with Accounting, Finance, and other departments to research and resolve accounting-related issues.
• Identify opportunities to streamline, automate, and strengthen recurring accounting processes and controls.
• Perform additional accounting and financial analysis as needed.

What We're Looking For

A Control Mindset:
You understand the importance of accuracy, documentation, reconciliations, and maintaining strong financial controls.

Analytical Rigor:
You're comfortable digging into financial information, identifying discrepancies, and determining the underlying cause.

Deadline Discipline:
You can manage recurring monthly and quarterly responsibilities while maintaining accuracy in a deadline-driven environment.

Process Improvement Drive:
You look for opportunities to make accounting processes more efficient, consistent, and scalable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting required.
• CPA or CPA eligibility is a plus.
• 3–5 years of progressive accounting experience.
• Previous experience in banking, financial services, or another high-volume transactional environment is preferred.
• Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP and double-entry accounting.
• Knowledge of general ledger accounting, account reconciliations, fixed assets, deferred fees, and financial statement preparation.
• Experience with banking general ledger systems, core banking platforms, or ERP systems is preferred.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Why Join Herring Bank?

This is an opportunity to join a collaborative Finance team where you'll have ownership of key accounting processes while contributing to the continued improvement of the Bank's financial operations. We're looking for someone who enjoys getting into the details, solving problems, and helping build efficient and reliable accounting processes.

This is a remote position.