Bookkeeper

Peoples State Bank is a growing community-focused company seeking hard-working individuals to join our family! The ideal person for this position is someone experienced in a professional office setting or embodies exceptional customer service, and has the ability to maintain confidentiality, and can communicate effectively with staff at all levels within the organization.

Essential Functions

To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help qualified individuals with disabilities perform the essential functions.

Please see below for duties and responsibilities for this position that include, but are not limited to:

• Process customer transactions.
• Review records of money and negotiable instruments.
• Balance various accounts.
• Learn and understand various banking products offered.
• Physical and electronic filing and document safekeeping.
• Ability to assist customers in a professional, friendly manner.
• Support the Bank’s operations as needed.

What you need to be successful in this position:

• Motivation to learn, desire to grow, and flexibility to adapt to changes.
• Willingness to start as a bank teller to gain necessary training.
• Excellent customer service.
• Proficiency with computers and ability to learn new software applications.

-General office equipment (computer, printer, fax, copy machine), scanner, adding machine, calculator.
-Computer knowledge in a Windows environment.

Work Environment:

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• Work is in an office setting and must be performed on-site.

Physical Abilities: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear, stand and use hands to grasp, manipulate or feel objects. The employee is frequently required to walk, and occasionally required to sit, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, climb or balance and reach with hands and arms.
• May be required to lift, carry or move and position items weighing up to 25 lbs. as necessary.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Requires daily work on a computer for 6 hours or more viewing the screen and fingering the keys.
• Ability to move about the branch to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
• Able to work in a fast-paced, multi-tasked environment.

Competitive wage based on your knowledge and experience. In addition, we offer benefits including medical, dental, vision, retirement, paid time off, AFLAC and life insurance for regular, full-time employees.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus opportunities

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

Experience:

• Banking: 1 year (Preferred)
• Customer service: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: In person