Sr Staff Accountant

Job Overview

At Citizens, we’re more than a bank! Here, you’ll experience new things, create new opportunities, think beyond your role, and make an impact!

As a Senior Staff Accountant
, you will ensure that all assigned account reconciliations are prepared by staff in a timely manner and are consistent with corporate policies. Additionally, you will coordinate workflow, ensure deadlines are met, and assist managers with departmental oversight. You may drive the month‑end close process and prepare complex financial and regulatory reporting. The incumbent may perform analytical or more technically difficult projects as assigned and may coordinate and control input to automated financial systems, databases, or spreadsheets.

While in this role you are autonomous and will perform your responsibilities within a wide scope of acceptable practices.

Most importantly, as part of our team you’re prepared for a fulfilling career with exciting challenges and opportunities to stretch yourself!

• Perform complex reconciliation, research, control (quality and/or financial), reporting functions, and serve as a source of information for junior level accountants.
• Ensure that all assigned account reconciliations are prepared by staff in a timely manner and are consistent with corporate policies.
• Coordinate workflow, ensure deadlines are met, and assist manager with departmental oversight.
• Coordinate and control input to automated financial systems, databases, or spreadsheets.
• Drive the month‑end close process and prepare complex financial and regulatory reporting.
• Perform analytical or more technically difficult projects as assigned.

Bachelor’s degree in accounting.

• Relevant accounting and/or reconciliation experience in a large multi‑divisional/multi‑entity company (banking preferred).
• Experience with large general ledger systems (experience with the Oracle general ledger system is strongly preferred).
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent deadlines in a fast‑paced environment.
• Intermediate to advanced skills in Microsoft Office (Excel, Access & PowerPoint).
• Strong quantitative, analytical, interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Experience preparing & presenting reports to senior management.

• Hours per Week: 40
• Work Schedule:
  
  8:00 – 4:30

Citizens, its parent, subsidiaries, and related companies (Citizens) provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, citizenship, physical or mental disability, perceived disability or history or record of a disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, genetic characteristic, marital or domestic partner status, victim of domestic violence, family status/parenthood, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, pregnancy/childbirth/lactation, colleague’s or a dependent’s reproductive health decision making, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by federal, state and/or local laws.

At Citizens, we are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that enables all colleagues to bring their best selves to work every day and everyone is expected to be treated with respect and professionalism. Employment decisions are based solely on merit, qualifications, performance and capability.

At Citizens, you'll find a customer‑centric culture built around helping our customers and giving back to our local communities. When you join our team, you are part of a supportive and collaborative workforce, with access to training and tools to accelerate your potential and maximize your career growth.