Accounting Specialist

Job Description

The Accounting Specialist is responsible for performing a variety of accounting duties at Northwest Bank.  These duties include accounts payable tasks, general accounting tasks, posting information, entering and adjusting purchase orders, processing payments, compiling payment information when requested, solving problems, and providing excellent customer service. 
 
Essential Functions
•    Process checks and ACH for bill payment when needed
•    Find, update, or assign invoices when needed in Workday
•    Ensure compliance with third party vendors
•    Apply and adjust purchase orders to invoices
•    Post items to Accounts
•    Research and correct posting errors
•    Process adjustments
•    Place stops and voids
•    Reconcile bank accounts when needed
•    Identify and resolve specific account/spend category problems
•    Assist with quarterly SOX control requests
•    Compile monthly closing information when requested
•    Compile segments of annual reports when requested
•    Prepare statistics and reports
•    Open, sort, distribute and action accounts payable mail
 
Additional Essential Functions
•    Ensure compliance with Northwest’s policies and procedures, and Federal/State regulations
•    Navigate Microsoft Office Software, computer applications, and software specific to the department in order to maximize technology tools and gain efficiency
•    Work as part of a team
•    Work with on-site equipment
 
What You Bring to the Team
•    Complete other duties and special projects as assigned by management
 
Safety and Health for those without supervisory duties 
•    Abide by the rules of the safety and loss prevention program
•    Perform work tasks in a safe manner
•    Report any and all injuries to supervisor
•    Know what to do in case of an emergency
 
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
 
Education
Associate's Degree    Or equivalent  
 
Work Experience  
2 - 3 years    Customer Service experience And
2 - 3 years    Administrative experience         
 
General Employee Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
•    Ability to establish effective working relationships among team members and participate in solving problems and making decisions    
•    Ability to present and express ideas and information clearly and concisely in a manner appropriate to the audience, whether oral or written    
•    Ability to actively listen to what others are saying to achieve understanding, sharing information with others and facilitating the open exchange of ideas and information  
•    Ability to establish courses of action for self to accomplish specific goals, develop and use tracking systems for monitoring own work progress, and effectively use resources such as time and information  
•    Ability to make right decisions based on perceptive and analytical processes, practicing good judgment in gray areas  
 
Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
•    Knowledge of accounting systems  
•    Knowledge of Microsoft Excel  
•    Knowledge of AFRM system and able to import EIB templates    
•    Excellent customer service skills    
 

Northwest is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.