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Staff Accountant

BPAS

(Huntingdon Valley PA / Hybrid)

Overview

At Community Financial System, Inc. (CFSI), we are dedicated to providing our customers with friendly, personalized, high-quality financial services and products. Our retail division, Community Bank, N.A., operates more than 200 customer facilities across Upstate New York, Northeastern Pennsylvania, Vermont and Western Massachusetts. Beyond retail banking, we also offer commercial banking, wealth management, investment management, insurance and risk management, and benefit plan administration.

Just as our employees are committed to helping our customers manage their finances, we’re committed to our employees. After all, they make it happen for our customers every day.

To ensure our people can enjoy long and successful careers here at CFSI, we offer competitive compensation, great benefits, and professional development and advancement opportunities. As an equal-opportunity workplace and affirmative-action employer, we celebrate and support a diverse workplace for the benefit of all: our employees, customers and communities.

Responsibilities

The responsibilities include performing the various functions of the Accounting Department including Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, General Ledger, HR/Payroll, and Purchasing. 

Essential Duties:

• Perform Accounts Payable functions:
  • Code all accounts payable invoices for approval by Accounting Supervisor.
  • Process employee expense reports – personal and corporate card. Review & validate all charges and manage online approval process.
  • Copy all approved invoices and file. Send approved invoices to Corporate Headquarters for payment.
  • Verify payment of invoices to check registers from Corporate Headquarters and file when paid.
  • Handle vendor calls and coordinate with Corporate Accounting as needed.
• Perform Accounts Receivable functions:
  • Creation and maintenance of customer accounts for multiple companies on VAM system.
  • Monitor and process billing task desk items for multiple companies.
  • Produce monthly invoices for multiple companies.
  • Prepare and process all customer deposits for multiple companies and process using remote deposit machine.
  • Post cash receipts for multiple companies to appropriate company in VAM system.
  • Create journal entries for all cash receipts transactions and post in CBSI accounting system (Silverlake)
  • Generation and mailing of monthly invoices for multiple companies. This is coordinated with collection efforts and any special billing requests.
  • Answer all billing-related telephone calls for multiple companies.
  • Responsible for AR collection process. This includes client contact and possibly requesting funds from plan assets.
• Perform HR/Payroll Functions:
  • Process any needed time adjustments to the payroll system.
  • Back-up HR partner as needed, i.e. proctoring tests for interviewees, getting needed paperwork from new hires/terms etc.
• Perform Purchasing Functions:
  • Process and follow up on Capital Expenditure requests.
• Perform General Ledger Functions:
  • Prepare and post monthly journal entries for multiple companies.
  • Monthly G/L Account Analysis and Cross platform reconcilement for multiple companies.
• Perform Special Projects as needed.
•  Maintain proficient knowledge of, and demonstrate ongoing compliance with all laws and regulations applicable to this position, ensure ongoing adherence to policies, procedures, and internal controls, and meet all training requirements in a timely manner

Ancillary Duties:

As an integral member of the organization, this position is also responsible to provide assistance wherever necessary to help the department and the Company in achieving their goals.

Qualifications

Education, Training and Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or Two-year degree with at least 3 years experience.
• All applicants must be 18 years of age or older.

Competencies:

• Well-developed written and oral communication skills
• Ability to be highly organized and show attention to detail
• Ability to prioritize work assignments and multitask
• Display an intermediate level of competency with Microsoft Word and Excel, as well as personal computer skills including experience with accounting software and spreadsheets
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with deadlines. 

Experience:

• Minimum two years prior accounting experience required.

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