Senior Accountant

The Senior Accountant is an experienced accounting professional responsible for supporting complex accounting, financial reporting, reconciliation, and control-related activities across the Bank’s accounting operations. This role requires progressively responsible accounting experience and sound technical judgment in areas such as month-end close, journal entries, complex general ledger reconciliations, audit support, internal controls, and financial reporting. In addition to core senior accountant responsibilities, this position supports specialized and higher-complexity accounting functions, including tax provision and deferred tax entries, consolidation accounting and multi-entity accounting for the Banks and Holding Company, CECL ACL Reserves, regulatory reporting and support for charitable foundations.

• Prepare, analyze, and evaluate tax-related journal entries for all legal entities, including monthly tax provision entries, quarterly deferred tax entries, supporting schedules, and follow-up on items requiring additional review.
• Prepare, analyze, and support monthly journal entries for all Investments in Subsidiary Entities and related consolidation eliminations.
• Prepare, analyze, and support monthly journal entries and quarterly reporting related to CECL ACL reserves, including review of related data, assumptions, and documentation.
• Prepare, analyze, and support monthly journal entries for the two charitable foundations.
• Complete and analyze quarterly regulatory reporting for both Banks and the Holding Company, ensuring reports are accurate, complete, timely, and supported by appropriate documentation.
• Assist in the completion and analysis of the Annual Report, ensuring accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and appropriate documentation support.
• Perform and review complex monthly reconciliations of general ledger accounts within assigned areas of responsibility, ensuring appropriate support, accuracy, timely resolution of variances, and alignment with internal control expectations.
• Research reconciling items, evaluate root causes, recommend corrective action, communicate interdepartmental items, monitor responses, and escalate aged or complex matters as appropriate to strengthen accounting accuracy and reporting quality.
• Respond to accounting, reporting, reconciliation, regulatory, and control-related inquiries from department team members, auditors, and business partners, providing informed guidance and timely resolution.
• Participate in departmental and bank-wide projects, including process improvements, system-related initiatives, accounting research, and other efforts requiring accounting knowledge and independent analysis.
• Support internal and external audits by preparing schedules, responding to auditor inquiries, researching accounting matters, and providing complete and accurate documentation.
• Maintain a strong understanding of general ledger reporting and apply that knowledge to evaluate how transactions, reconciliations, and financial reporting outputs impact Bank and Holding Company results.
• Assist with other complex accounting, financial reporting, regulatory, reconciliation, and control-related functions within the department as assigned.
• Complete all internal Company training as assigned and required.
• Adhere to the Company’s privacy and data security policies, including safeguarding sensitive information and complying with relevant regulations to protect non-public information.
• Exhibit the ability and desire to embrace and enhance the Company culture.