Location: Bloomington,IL, USA
As a Banking Accountant, you'll be responsible for account reconciliation processes and state-mandated unclaimed property reporting, ensuring compliance with defined controls, standards, and regulations. You'll serve as lead administrator on departmental systems, primarily our account reconciliation and unclaimed property systems. You'll train department employees and provide technical support on departmental systems and procedures. You'll also be challenged to recommend improvements to departmental operations and controls, streamline existing processes, drive efficiencies, and represent the department on operational and system project teams.
This position offers a hybrid work schedule and is based out of our corporate offices in Bloomington, IL.
How does a Banking Accountant make an impact?
* Review and approve journal entries and account reconciliations prepared by department specialists, ensuring compliance with defined controls and standards. Provide guidance to department specialists on research methods and actions needed to clear reconciling items within expected deadlines.
* Analyze control reports at scheduled intervals, analyzing exceptions and variances in account balances. Assign and monitor completion of follow-up work. Coordinate with Financial Reporting on required action for material items.
* May serve as lead administrator on departmental systems. Research and resolve system-related issues. Recommend, develop, and implement improvements to departmental systems, operations, and controls. Complete cost/benefit analysis on system upgrades to departmental systems and provide management with findings and recommendation. Serve as departmental planner and lead tester on system upgrades.
* Responsible for all operational and regulatory processes and activities related to unclaimed property administration and reporting. Performs necessary tasks to recover corporate unclaimed funds as required.
Do you have what we're looking for?
* Ability to think strategically and problem solve.
* Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, set priorities, work under pressure, and follow through with assigned tasks with limited supervision.
* Candidate must have the ability to get along and cooperate with co-workers, desire to be considered an integral part of a services team and contribute to the success of the group.
* Candidate must possess strong analytical skills and demonstrate initiative when investigating issues.
* Possess a strong knowledge of business systems and understanding the flow of transactional data.
* Typically requires 4 years of relevant experience or a combination of related experience, education and training.
This position is part of a job family. Placement will be determined by skills and qualifications of the candidate.
Why work with us?
Our employees and representatives serve nearly one million households with our diverse range of personal and business insurance products as well as retirement and investment services. We build relationships and work together to create a stronger, more secure future for our clients and our communities. We're a big company, yet small enough you can make an impact and won't get lost in the shuffle. You'll have the opportunity to learn and grow throughout your career, either within this role or by exploring other areas of our business.
You'll be able to take advantage of our benefits package, which includes insurance benefits (medical, dental, vision, disability, and life), 401(k) with company match, parental leave, paid time off, paid company holidays and time off to volunteer in your community. Please click here to learn more about who we are and the many benefits we offer our employees.
COUNTRY Financial is committed to providing equal opportunity in all areas of employment, and in providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, national origin, disability, or any other status protected by applicable laws or regulations.
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COUNTRY Financial does not generally sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position.