VP Senior Accountant Officer

Address We’re always looking for bright individuals to join our growing organization. As a part of the First Financial Family, we will invest in your development and provide a dynamic work environment where you’re challenged, valued and empowered every day. We strive to be the best destination for the industry’s top talent, creating a diverse, collaborative workplace that celebrates innovation and change.

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Job Description:

Office

Location:

Abilene, Texas, United States

POSITION SUMMARY:

This role supports accurate and timely financial close, management and regulatory reporting, internal controls, and accounting analysis. The position owns or supports recurring monthly, quarterly, and annual work across fixed assets, prepaids, accruals, investments, leases, equity compensation, cash flow disclosures, and SEC reporting. The role coordinates with business leaders, external auditors, and accounting partners to obtain support, resolve variances, maintain documentation, and deliver review-ready work papers.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Prepare quarterly binders, cash-flow work papers, projections, management-control signoffs and memos, and supporting schedules for earnings releases, and Form 10-Q, 10-K and Proxy filings.

Support SEC and regulatory reporting through tie-outs, prior-year roll forwards, disclosure population, commitment and fair-value tables, securities footnotes and filing reviews.

Coordinate SOX testing, external-audit walkthroughs, confirmations, sample requests, signatures, and supporting documentation; track requests and serve as a liaison among auditors and internal stakeholders.

Execute and support month-end and quarter-end close activities, including journal-entry preparation, account reconciliations, roll forwards, reasonableness reviews, and investigation of variances.

Perform fixed-asset and depreciation analysis across accounting books; review capitalization and depreciation profiles, identify newly capitalized and fully depreciated assets, and maintain alignment with tax guidance.

Prepare and analyze specialized accounting schedules and checks.

Analyze leases, securities activity, investments, loan and deposit trends, safekeeping balances, and other financial information to confirm completeness, accuracy, and appropriate presentation.

Support during mergers and acquisitions for due diligence, accounting and related SEC activities, as requested.

Communicate clearly with Chief Operations Officers, finance and accounting personnel, executive leadership, and external auditors; escalate issues and deliver organized, review-ready work papers on schedule.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field; CPA or progress toward CPA is preferred. Previous banking, SEC reporting and other relevant accounting experience is strongly preferred.

Progressive accounting experience with financial close, reconciliations, financial reporting, internal controls, or external-audit support; financial-services experience is preferred.

Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP, SOX controls, SEC reporting concepts, and financial-statement preparation and tie-out procedures.

Advanced Excel skills and experience with general-ledger, fixed-asset, reporting, or enterprise systems;
Workday and Jack Henry experience are beneficial.

Strong attention to detail, problem solving skills, and ability to prioritize work to execute tasks in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment is required.

Ability to manage confidential information, competing deadlines, detailed work papers, and cross-functional follow-up with sound judgment and accuracy.

CORE COMPETENCIES Technical accounting and analytical judgment

Attention to detail and documentation discipline

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