Northfield Bank is hiring: NB1439- Accounting Associate in Woodbridge

The Accounting Associate is responsible for maintaining the general ledger, performing daily and monthly reconciliations, monitoring loan and deposit operational accounts, working with payroll to coordinate the payroll accounting process, data analysis, and assisting with financial reporting as needed.

Essential Functions:

1. Process daily and month-end journal entries
2. Perform monthly accrual entries
3. Perform daily and monthly general ledger reconciliations
4. Monitor and analyze various general ledger accounts for loan and deposit operations to identify errors or irregularities. Follow up on reconciliation issues by collaborating with various departments to address and recommend solutions.
5. Assist in month-end reporting process for journal entries by ensuring all entries have been inputted into accounting system for specified period
6. Assist with financial reporting, including quarterly earnings release, board reporting and quarterly SEC filing, as needed. Compare current year data to prior year, identify any discrepancies and notify management of any differences.
7. Backup- Collect payroll data from Payroll Manager and upload to accounting system.
8. Assist with ACCOUNTS Payable process at least two days per week including the inputting of invoices into the system, the maintenance of the AP filing system, verifying proper approval of invoices, responding in a timely manner to vendor inquiries, etc.
9. Review Check and ACH payments to ensure input accuracy.
10. Assist with scanning of Accounts Payable invoices.
11. OTHER: May require occasional travel for business meetings or training.

Core Competencies:

1. Attention to Detail/Accuracy - Accomplishes tasks by considering all areas involved, no matter how small. Shows concern for all aspects of the job. Accurately checks processes and tasks. Being watchful over a period of time. Ensures that work is complete and without error. Verifies information.

2. Analytical Skills - Ability to take large volumes of data and then analyze trends and produce a result. Ability to breakdown complex problems into simpler, more manageable components. Ability to gather all information necessary to solve a problem, recognize underlying issues based on data and trends, and organize all relevant information to provide insight and ideas on how to draw appropriate conclusions that will help the solve problem.

3. Technical Expertise - Demonstrates the ability to use current and new technology effectively and productively to meet job needs (e.g., computers). Continually updates skills and knowledge to meet position demands and requirements.

4. Business Unit Knowledge - Understands all Bank departments and functions; and product and service offerings.

5. Accountability - Takes responsibility and ownership for decisions, actions and results. Follows through on commitments. Takes responsibility for both how and what is accomplished.