Accounting Specialist

Position Summary

The Accounting Specialist operates with guidance from the Financial Services Manager, and specializes in various areas such as Accounts Payable, Receivable and Client Billing.

This is an on-site position located in Decatur, IL.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Responsible for large volume of daily and monthly reconciliations, both general ledger and bank, which includes follow up and resolution of outstanding items on reconciliations
• Responsible for preparing the monthly A/R Client Invoice Billings
• Preparing Monthly Internal Billing Reports
• Complete various data entry tasks including daily and monthly general ledger entries
• Expected to cross-train and provide back-up for various other accounting duties
• Willingness to take on additional responsibilities and tasks as assigned

Education & Experience

Knowledge of:

• Good working knowledge of accounting principles and good analytical skills
• Strong organizational skills and detail oriented
• Strong oral and written communication skills
  

Ability to:

• Complete all duties, including data entry, with a high degree of accuracy
• Work independently and perform duties under frequent time pressures and deadlines
• Be proficient on 10 key calculator
  

Education and Training:

• Requires a an Associate's Degree in Accounting, bachelor's strongly preferred
• Requires knowledge of Microsoft Office with a strong emphasis on Excel, database experience preferred

Every day, our associates live Busey’s core values, doing better business, building stronger relationships and creating thriving communities—while delivering meaningful value to shareholders.

Compensation and Benefits 

Salary offered is based on factors, including but not limited to, the job duties, required qualifications and relevant experience, and local market trends. The role may be eligible for bonus or incentives based on company and individual performance. 

(Base Pay Range: $20 - 25/hr) 

Busey provides a competitive Total Rewards package in return for your time, talents, efforts and ultimately, results. Your personal and professional well-being—now and in the years to come—are important to us. Busey’s Total Rewards include a competitive benefits package offering 401(k) match, profit sharing, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, company-paid life insurance and long-term disability, supplemental voluntary life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, wellness incentives and an employee assistance program. In addition, eligible associates may take advantage of pre-tax health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts. Visit Busey Total Rewards for more information.  

Equal Opportunity  

Busey values a diverse and inclusive workplace and strives to recruit, develop and retain individuals with exceptional talent. A team with diverse talent, working together, is essential to Busey’s commitment of delivering extraordinary excellence. Busey is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets. Visit Busey.com/Careers to learn more about Busey’s Equal Opportunity Employment. 

Unsolicited Resumes 

Busey Bank, and its subsidiaries, does not accept any liability for fees for resumes from recruiters or employment agencies ("Agency"), without a binding, written recruitment agreement between Busey and Agency describing the services and specific job openings ("Agreement"). Busey may consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume and explicitly reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the Agency, unless an Agreement is in place. Any email or verbal contact with any Busey associate is inadequate to create a binding agreement. Agencies without an Agreement are requested not to contact any associates of Busey with recruiting inquiries or resumes. Busey respectfully requests no phone calls or emails.