Staff Accountant

Position Description

Title: Staff Accountant

Department: Finance

Reports to: Accounting Supervisor

Supervises: None

Classification: Non-exempt

Date Prepared: November 14, 2025

Summary / Objective

The Staff Accountant is responsible for providing a wide range of accounting support by using knowledge of accounting and financial institutions to perform daily responsibilities and communicate effectively with team members. This individual is responsible for proficiency in various accounting software to process transactions in all accounting modules (accounts payable, general ledger, investments and fixed assets). The Staff Accountant will also use a variety of software applications to prepare both internal and regulatory reports for the department and to gather information for reconcilements and any necessary research.

Experience & Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Accounting/Finance
• Two or more years of accounting experience is preferred
• Background and general knowledge of accounting principles
• High-intermediate to advanced in excel spreadsheets and other Microsoft Office products

Essential Job Functions:

• Provides accounting support to the department
• Reviews, analyzes, and processes accounting transactions of moderate complexity, while adhering to GAAP accounting, and communicating issues to supervisor

• Uses critical thinking skills to work through assigned tasks while retaining good judgement of when to escalate an issue or problem

• Reconciles various general ledger accounts and ensures that all outstanding items are resolved within a reasonable length of time, not to exceed 30 days without explanation

• Creates and posts general ledger entries
• Performs accounts payable functions and manages related record keeping
• Processes and reconciles fixed asset and prepaid activity and is responsible for analyzing month end depreciation expenses for reasonableness
• Assists in tax & regulatory reporting
• Assists in the processing and reconciling of investment activity
• Prepares disbursements, maintains financial records for and creates reports for the Charitable Foundation
• Functions in accordance with established Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and regulatory standards for financial institutions
• Performs the cost accounting for COCC
• Assists with the record storage and retrieval coordinator for the department
• Shares responsibility for reconciling the Federal Reserve Bank account daily and escalates any outstanding issues to supervisor
• Is able to work under time-sensitive deadlines in a fast paced, challenging environment with multiple and competing priorities
• Assists in the preparation of data for pledging collateral with the Federal Reserve Bank and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston

Required knowledge, skills & abilities:

• Good understanding of accounting systems and the ability to learn more
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• High-intermediate to advanced excel skills and a strong knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to apply critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Ability to determine work priorities and meet schedules and deadlines
• Successful completion of in-house training programs or other approved training programs
• Compliance with BSA regulations as appropriate to the position

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• Ability to use standard equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers
• Requires manual dexterity and sitting for longer periods of time
• Must be able to work schedules that meet the needs of the Bank, which may include early morning, evening and /or weekend hours

Other Duties

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. It is expected that from time to time other duties, both related and unrelated to the above, may be assigned and therefore, required.