Accounting Lead

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Accounting Lead

You will serve as an Accounting Lead supporting our business unit with hands‑on operational accounting and high‑impact financial insights. In this role, you’ll function as a senior individual contributor responsible for supporting the close process, reviewing accounting outputs, and ensuring accurate financial reporting for the business unit. This role partners with cross‑functional teams on revenue, expense and contract‑related accounting, maintains strong internal controls, supports audits, and drives process improvements.

• Analyze operational and financial data to validate activity, identify trends, and translate findings into clear business insights.

• Support the month‑end close by preparing journal entries, performing balance sheet reconciliations, and partnering with Accounting to ensure timely, accurate results.

• Train, provide guidance and review the work performed by accounting staff to ensure transactions are processed in accordance with company policy.

• Help maintain a strong control environment by executing key controls and documentation in alignment with Sarbanes‑Oxley requirements.

• Build and deliver recurring reporting, variance analysis, and commentary to deepen understanding of assigned balance sheet and P&L areas.

• Partner with business leaders to provide ad‑hoc analysis, scenario support, and decision‑ready recommendations.

• Deliver timely, accurate financial updates and dashboards to management and cross‑functional partners, highlighting risks, opportunities, and actions.

• Support internal and external audit requests by preparing documentation, explaining processes, and partnering to address findings and improvements.

• Ensure financial results are presented fairly in accordance with GAAP and company policy, with a focus on accuracy, transparency, and consistency.

• Maintain and continuously improve process documentation, bringing a “how can we make this better?” mindset to controls and workflows.

• Take on additional projects as needed to help the Accounting organization scale and succeed.

• Perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned; responsibilities listed are not intended to be all‑inclusive and may be modified as necessary.

• 4+ years of experience in accounting.

• Experience with month‑end close process, including journal entries, account reconciliations, and variance investigation.

• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, and data modeling); comfort working with large datasets and summarizing insights for both finance and non‑finance partners.

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education, related experience and/or military experience.

• Strong understanding of GAAP and financial statement presentation; familiarity with SEC reporting concepts is a plus.

• Experience working in SAP, Oracle, or other ERP/financial systems.

• Experience with improving processes through standardization, automation, and clear documentation.

• This role is on‑site Monday through Friday in Omaha, NE. Fiserv considers in‑person collaboration to be an essential part of this role as in‑person office experiences help you with your overall onboarding experience and lead to stronger productivity.

• This role may require extra hours the week of month‑end close.

• This role requires use of a computer and audio equipment.

• You must currently possess valid and unrestricted U.S. work authorization to be considered for this role. Individuals with temporary visas (including, but not limited to, F‑1 (OPT, CPT, STEM), H‑1B, H‑2, or TN, or any candidate requiring sponsorship, now or in the future, will not be considered for this role.

• Fuel Your Life program to support your physical, financial, social, and emotional well‑being.

• Paid holidays and generous time away policies.

• No‑cost mental health support through Employee Assistance Programs.

• Living Proof program to recognize your peers’ extra effort with points redeemable for rewards.

• Eight Employee Resource Groups to foster a collaborative culture and expand your network.

• Unparalleled professional growth with…