Senior Accountant

Job Type

Full-time

Description

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.

Consider this description to be the foundation of your job, not its boundaries. Expect to participate in internal and external training sessions and activities not described here which enhance the quality of service to the client.

• 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 elevate 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.

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Requirements

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…