Trust Operations Analyst

First American • Santa Ana, CA

1d • $27 - $36

About The Position

This role serves as a lead or subject matter expert within Trust Operations, handling complex trust accounting functions, monthly certifications, reconciliations, and system controls to ensure accuracy and data integrity. The position also resolves exceptions, supports daily processing, mentors junior staff, and contributes to procedure development and special projects.

Requirements

• High School Diploma required.
• 7+years in a Bank Trust department or at a Trust company in an operations role.
• Experience with a Trust Accounting system.
• Strong reconciliation and audit expertise, with experience performing monthly account certifications, posting accounting entries, researching discrepancies, and ensuring accuracy, compliance, and data integrity.
• Demonstrated lead or subject matter expert experience, serving as a key resource for the team, providing backup support across functional areas, troubleshooting issues, and contributing to procedure development and process improvements.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead or subject matter expert for the department or function providing backup support in all.
• Functional areas within the department.
• Performs complex accounting functions related to trust accounts including cash receipts, cash disbursements, income collection, trade settlement and control of the trust accounting system.
• Performs monthly certifications (audits) of critical general ledger and other accounts.
• Identifies discrepancies for management to review and correct.
• Inputs accounting entries, prepares and balances/reconciles daily blotter to the trust accounting system, balances and processes checks.
• Reviews and processes reject items; receives, distributes and files related documents.
• Troubleshoots problems.
• Ensures data integrity including daily back-up and prepares the systems for transmission of daily data and activity.
• Prepares, controls, and processes complex disbursements, income, note and other liability payments, and trust fees to and from trust accounts ensuring accuracy and timeliness of transactions in accordance with established procedures.
• Processes settlement instructions and settles funds for assigned accounts in accordance with instructions.
• Answers questions for less experienced employees, helps resolve problems, and provides resources and information.
• Works on special projects assigned by the department manager.
• Assists in creation and monitoring of all procedures.

Benefits

• Based on eligibility, First American offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401k, PTO/paid sick leave and other great benefits like an employee stock purchase plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED