Staff Accountant

Description:

In-Person Requirement: Fully On-Site at our Austin office located off Far West and MoPac. Remote applicants will not be considered.

About Us

First National Assets Management is a specialty financing private equity group that acquires and services tax lien certificate portfolios in various states. Organized in 1999, First National Assets has grown to become one of the nation’s premier firms in the tax lien industry, servicing more than $500 million in tax lien certificates. First National Assets Management is a subsidiary of First National Holdings, along with sister companies Propel Financial Services, Hunter Kelsey of Texas and Stronghill Capital.

The Staff Accountant at First National Assets Management is responsible for performing full-cycle accounts payable function, including but not limited to reviewing, verifying, coding, and entering invoices for multiple business entities. Responsibilities also include preparing payment for approved invoices, mailing payments, responding to vendor inquiries and maintaining each entity’s accounts payable, vendor, and contract files. This position will be required to performing non-complex month-end accounting reconciliations as needed. The role is mainly to ensure that invoices are accurate and that proper accounting procedures are followed for payment.

Essential Functions

• Process 75-100 invoices per week
• Record monthly corporate credit card expenses submitted by managers
• Verify expense reports through Paylocity
• Ensure proper support and approval for each invoice
• Complete timely and correct payment distributions via ACH, wire, check and web portal
• Respond to internal and external inquiries
• Record payables payments auto-debited from all bank accounts
• Process Positive Pay for all required bank accounts daily
• Resolve billing discrepancies
• Administrate and process all company corporate credit cards
• Manage daily reconciliation of various bank accounts
• Reconcile select liability accounts monthly
• Prepare selected end of month expense accrual entries
• Assist with lender and year-end financial audit deliverables
• Special projects as assigned
• Recommend Process and Workflow changes for continuous improvement

Requirements:

• BS or Associate degree in Finance, Accounting or Business Administration preferred
• 6 months of Accounts Payable (AP) experience
• Understanding of basic bookkeeping and accounting payable principles
• Customer service orientation and negotiation skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Must have a strong ability to pay attention to detail
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills
• Ability to be an effective team member and display initiative
• Experienced in Microsoft Office