Senior Accountant

WHAT YOU WILL DO EVERYDAY

As an Associate, Senior Accountant, you will play a critical role in maintaining and analyzing complex financial records. You will ensure financial transactions are accurately recorded, reconciled, and reported, while identifying and resolving discrepancies independently. You’ll oversee more complex reconciliations, participate in financial analysis and forecasting, and support the month-end close process. You will also provide mentorship to junior accountants, oversee and review their work, and partner cross-functionally with other departments to drive process improvements and ensure compliance with accounting standards and institutional policies.

Serve as a key support to the Manager Controller, overseeing financial trend analysis, and identifying opportunities for process improvements. You will also be actively involved in adjusting existing workflows to drive greater efficiency. In addition to supporting external audits by preparing and providing work papers to auditors, you will be assigned projects to oversee.

Direct Reports:
None

40% Lead the reconciliation and analysis of high-risk or complex general ledger accounts and internal DDA accounts on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis. Investigate and resolve reconciling items independently, escalating only when necessary. Review reconciliations from other staff.

30% Prepare and post advanced month-end journal entries related to loans (e.g., student loans, loan pools, complex interest accruals, allowance for loan losses). Ensure accuracy and completeness of entries with minimal supervision and collaborate in the design of new accounting entries as needed. Oversee month end process and review month end work by other staff.

20% Analyze trends to support budgeting, forecasting, and audit preparation. Identify process improvement opportunities and collaborate on implementing enhancements to accounting systems and workflows. Support auditors during examinations as well as completing budget comparisons based on financial trends.

10% Provide subject matter expertise and guidance to accountant I and internal stakeholders. Assist in documentation of procedures, cross-training efforts, and serve as a backup to the Manager Controller role as needed.

-- Must comply with all company policies and procedures, applicable laws, and regulations, including but not limited to, the Bank Secrecy Act, the USA PATRIOT Act, and the Office of Foreign Assets Control.

5+ years' financial reporting with a strong understanding of accounting principles in financial industry or related field.

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related discipline required.

• Familiarity and knowledge of electronic data processing systems.
• Must be able to work in a team environment with the ability to interact in a positive manner with peers, management, and other departments.
• Professional level of verbal and written communication skills are essential to the position.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Strong organizational skills and ability to multi-task.
• Capable of analyzing credit and financial information.
• The ability to motivate or influence internal staff and external members is a critical part of the job, requiring a significant level of influence and trust.
• Ability to evaluate pros and cons, risks, and benefits of different solution options by asking the right questions and acquiring data from multiple and diverse sources when solving problems.
• Demonstrated ability to plan and prioritize work to meet commitments by breaking down objectives into appropriate actions and anticipate and adjust plans as needed.
• Ability to…