Manager, Trust Accounting
Zenith American
- Oak Brook, IL
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Manages trust accounting staff, demonstrating leadership qualities consistent with management values and mission.
- Develops staff through performance management, goal setting, training, and effective employee relations.
- Oversees quality and quantity of work produced ensuring that appropriate quality and production internal service level agreements have been met, and insuring employees are held accountable and expectations are consistently met.
- Oversees internal systems, policies and procedures to ensure trust accounting operations are in compliance with client needs, new developments, regulations, and reporting requirements.
- Resolves escalated trust accounting issues for customer/client.
- Maintains communications and effective working relationships with management (including client services and all other operational units) and staff as well as clients, government agencies, unions, participants, attorneys, and consultants.
- Reviews financial statements completed by staff to ensure accuracy before releasing to the client
- Manages year-end audits with outside CPA firms so problem solving is required.
- Performs other similar and related duties as required.
- Normal degree of physical effort in typical office environment with comfortable, constant temperatures and absence of objectionable elements.
- May be subject to interruptions.
- May be required to lift a maximum of 25 lbs.
- Must be able to have flexible work schedule when workflow requires.
- Must meet established attendance and punctuality guidelines.
- Bachelor's Degree in business, management or related-field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience may be acceptable.
- CPA preferred
- 5 or more years of accounting experience
- Management experience preferred.
- Strong computer skills including Excel and Microsoft Word.
- We focus on relationships
- We take risks thoughtfully
- Ethical behavior
- Performance and accountability
- We strive to win, but not at all costs
- Zenith American Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Zenith does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, physical or mental disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, pregnancy, status as a parent, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment decisions on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.