931 - Accountant, Senior

This position will focus on the accounting for the Bank's investment portfolio and the daily clearing and recording of the Treasury function of the bank. This includes, but is not limited to daily and monthly reconciliations, analysis and certification of various General Ledger accounts and research of outstanding items and adjustments.

What you'll do as a Senior Accountant:

• Prepare journal entries for the clearing of daily wire activity within Treasury function.
• Prepare and File Sales Tax Returns.
• Assist in the recording, processing and reconciliation of the Bank's investment activities (using TPG software), including daily payments and monthly income accruals.
• Identify, research, investigate, and problem-solve GL account reconciliation issues.
• Under some circumstances, contact other departments to resolve outstanding issues.
• Perform monthly certifications to certify assigned General Ledger accounts within daily, monthly and quarterly deadlines.
• Prepare schedules in support of management financial analysis, including trend/variance analysis and write-ups for senior management.
• Prepare quarterly PBCs to support external reporting function within deadlines.
• Assist in providing detailed support to Accounting Management on financial reports and schedules and regulatory reporting such as the 10Q & 10K and the Call Report.
• Support the accounting team in meeting month end closing in a fast manner.
• Assist management on responding to inquiries from internal and external auditors.
• Organize and maintain updated accounting procedures respective to assigned tasks.
• Assist in various projects as needed.

• 2+ years of experience in Accounting and/or Banking Environment
• Strong understanding of GAAP
• Knowledge in investment accounting a plus
• Experience with general ledger functions and the month-end/year-end close process
• Oracle and Hyperion knowledge desired
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Ability to execute tasks, handle multiple priorities and respond quickly to meet deadlines
• Must be able to effectively communicate with various groups
• Self-starter, Team oriented, accuracy and attentive to detail, good analytical skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (vlookup, pivot tables)
• Team Player, ability to interact with many different business units
• Provides extraordinary service