Staff Accountant

Summary

Join Oportun as a Staff Accountant and oversee daily banking operations, ensuring accurate and timely payment processing. Coordinate with Capital Market, Treasury, and Finance teams to manage banking access and reconcile cash movements. Conduct ad-hoc research, compile audit support documentation, and maintain relationships with banking partners and vendors. The ideal candidate is highly motivated, detail-oriented, and thrives in dynamic, cross-functional environments. Responsibilities include payment setup and approval, consolidating banking activity summaries, coordinating banking access, reconciling vendor deposits, identifying process enhancements, assisting with audits, and conducting ad-hoc research and analysis. The role requires a good understanding of banking and accounting systems, accounting principles, and strong Microsoft Office skills.

Requirements

• Good understanding of banking and accounting systems (preferably experience with CashPro and Workday)
• Good understanding of the basic cash flows within the loan industry
• Basic understanding of accounting principles
• Strong experience using Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, etc.)
• Ability to meet strict deadlines
• Extreme attention to detail
• Problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to prioritize multiple functions and work with limited or no supervision
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Must be able to work well and collaborate well with internal and external partners
• Positive attitude and ability to adapt to change
• Time & schedule flexibility
• Fluent in verbal and written English and Spanish

Responsibilities

• Ensure that all daily payments are setup and approved in an accurate and timely manner
• Consolidate and share daily and weekly summaries of US banking activity with Capital Market and Finance teams
• Coordinate banking access and other core bank account administrative activities with the Finance and Treasury management executives
• Oversee that on a daily basis all vendor deposits are reconciled to the loan level detail
• Analyze, identify, and implement potential process and systems enhancements to create efficiencies and reduce resource allocation for routine tasks, procedures, and reports
• Assist with any internal/external audits to ensure all deliverables are met by designated due dates
• Assist with ad hoc research, analysis, and reconciliations for the Finance and Treasury departments