Staff Accountant

Who We Are:

Seneca Savings is a proud community bank that has been serving the Central New York region for over 95 years. With deep roots in the area, we're committed to exceeding expectations by delivering big bank technology with a personal touch.

As a locally focused institution, our mission is to foster growth, empower success, and uplift the communities we serve, guiding our customers, employees, and partners toward achieving their financial dreams.

We operate five branch locations in Baldwinsville, Liverpool, North Syracuse, Bridgeport, and Manlius, and take pride in offering a workplace culture grounded in our core values:

• Driven Towards Success
• Team Oriented
• Customer First
• Positive Attitude

These values define who we are and how we work, both with each other and with the communities we proudly serve.

Join our innovative team and be part of a company that's committed to delivering exceptional service, enhancing lives, and making a difference every day.

Job Summary:

The Staff Accountant will develop a mastery of day-to-day department functions, including general ledger, operational duties, routine clerical tasks and report review. This position supports our customers and the banks' routine balancing. General responsibilities may include reconciling, research, troubleshooting, and vendor relations.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities: (Additional duties as assigned)

• Performs daily balancing for various ledger accounts, prepares daily general ledger voucher and generates and disperse internal reports for leadership.
• Performs research, data entry, maintenance, troubleshooting, transaction tracking and reconciliation reporting. Responsible for helping create internal data analytics reports.
• Provides exceptional customer service to our internal and external customers of the bank.
• Processes Accounts Payable on a weekly basis – inputs invoices on the A/P platforms, prepares and mails vendor checks and files paid bills and other documents.
• Balances remote ATM's and assist with ATM cash ordering services.
• Processes Foreign Checks as needed.
• Reviews MRS to GL Balancing Report to the General Ledger.
• Reviews essential reports.
• Acts as back up to the AVP Accounting Manager and VP Controller on general reconciliations.
• Reviews daily branch teller work which includes negotiable items, branch cash limits, teller balancing differences. Works with branch personnel to identify differences involving cash or cash letters.
• Assists in various daily and month end reconciliations.
• Assists in preparation for any required information for regulators or auditors.
• Back up to processing ACH rejects and exceptions, including manual corrections, notice of change (NOC), stop payments, and reclamations as needed; balances receiving files to FRB reports.
• Back Up to Return Item Maintenance (RIM)-work with SVP - Operations on decisioning, unposted transactions and submitting to Fiserv; coordinating NSF notices.
• Back-up processing incoming and outgoing wire transfers including required documentation retention.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None

Required Experience and Education:

• An Associate's degree in accounting, finance, or similar field of study. Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Two to five years similar or relatable experience.
• Must have pleasant, personable, and professional relationship skills for customer and coworker contact.
• Professional image
• Must work well with others as a team player.
• Proficient in MS Excel.
• Understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Must have effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Must have the ability to work successfully in a team environment and collaborate with team members to complete department functions effectively.
• Maintain a level of discretion and confidentiality while dealing with sensitive customer information.
• Must be reliable and able and flexible on short notice.

Equipment, Machines and Software Used:

• Basic Equipment and Machinery: Basic personal computer skills that include the ability to send/receive e-mail messages, post information to a database or spreadsheet, and perform basic word processing, bookkeeping, and/or data entry. Ability to create spreadsheets, graphics, and reports using standard software applications.
• Ability to operate a computer, printer, scanner, copier, facsimile machine, telephone, adding machine, postage meter and calculator.
• Computer Software: Ability to utilize word-processing, excel spreadsheet and Adobe Acrobat with the willingness to learn new software, as necessary.

Physical and Mental Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this position, the Staff Accountant is regularly required to, stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, sit, stand, walk, push, pull, lift, use fingers, grasp, feel, talk, hear, and perform repetitive motions.
• The physical requirements of this position call for the ability to lift, move, push, pull, or otherwise exert up to 10-25 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
• Close mental and visual attention required to perform work dealing primarily with preparing and analyzing data and figures, performing accounting duties, using a computer terminal, and/or extensive reading.

Environmental Conditions:

There is no exposure to adverse environmental conditions. Work is performed in a typical office work environment.

Benefits:

• Paid Time Off
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Plans
• 401k with Matching (5%)
• Employee Stock Option Plan
• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Opportunities For Advancement
• Employee Discounts

The base pay range for this position is $25 - $30 per hour. Exact offers will be determined based on job related knowledge, skills, and experience.