Senior Accountant Auditor

The Senior Accountant/Auditor will provide financial examination, audit, and regulatory compliance support for Kingstonville's work supporting the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), Office of Investment and Innovation (OII), Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) Examinations and Related Services. The position will conduct financial and compliance examinations, analyze financial transactions and records, evaluate internal controls, identify risks, and determine compliance with applicable federal requirements, contractual terms, policies, and other relevant guidelines.

This position is primarily remote, with occasional travel for examinations, meetings, training, or special projects, including attendance at SBA Headquarters in Washington, DC, as required.

• Provide oversight and support for financial programs and operations, including reviews for compliance with applicable federal requirements, contractual terms, policies, procedures, and other relevant guidelines.
• Plan and conduct external and internal financial and compliance audits and examinations.
• Analyze complex financial transactions, financial statements, organizational and capital structures, operating procedures, policies, and related financial information.
• Evaluate the adequacy of internal controls over portfolio assets, including the reasonableness of values assigned to portfolio investments.
• Develop and implement examination tests, procedures, and methods used during financial and regulatory compliance examinations.
• Apply accounting and auditing principles, practices, and techniques when reviewing financial transactions and business operations.
• Identify financial, operational, internal-control, and compliance risks and recommend improvements to controls, processes, and procedures.
• Prepare clear, accurate, complete, and well-supported examination work papers and reports; support leveraged, non-leveraged, limited-activity, and special-purpose SBIC examinations and reviews, as assigned.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Minimum of five (5) years of relevant professional experience in accounting, auditing, financial analysis, regulatory compliance, financial examinations, or a related field.
• Experience analyzing complex financial transactions and determining compliance with regulations pertaining to banking, investment, or other financial institutions.
• Experience reviewing organizational and capital structures, operating procedures, policies, financial statements, and internal controls.
• Experience evaluating internal controls over portfolio assets, including the reasonableness of values assigned to portfolio assets.
• Experience implementing examination tests, procedures, and methods used during financial or regulatory compliance examinations.
• Experience applying accounting or auditing principles, practices, and techniques involving financial transactions.
• Experience identifying financial and compliance risks and documenting findings and recommended improvements.
• Experience preparing audit, examination, or regulatory compliance work papers and reports. Experience as an examiner of SBICs, FDIC, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Reserve, another U.S. Government regulator of financial institutions, or equivalent experience is preferred.
• Knowledge of regulations governing the SBA SBIC Program is preferred. Must be able to pass the required SBA background investigation and comply with applicable confidentiality and conflict-of-interest requirements.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

This position is primarily remote. Occasional travel or on-site attendance may be required for examinations, meetings,…