Lead Accounting Analyst

Tennessee Housing Development Agency • Nashville, TN

12h • Hybrid

About The Position

Performs advanced professional accounting related to recording, analyzing, and maintaining the financial records of Tennessee Housing Development Agency by adhering to the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license in good standing.
• Three (3) years of experience in responsible professional accounting work and financial statement preparation.
• Ability to perform professional accounting work of considerable difficulty.
• Ability to apply accounting theory and technique to the solution of varied and complex fiscal problems and to devise workable solutions.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Maintains credibility through sincerity, honesty, and discretion.
• Builds and maintains positive relationships with internal and external constituents.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Strong time management skills; uses time effectively; consistently meets deadlines.
• Maintains a high level of confidentiality.
• Documents regularly, thoroughly, accurately, and completely.
• High level of detail and accuracy.
• Exercises good and consistently fair judgment, courtesy, and tact in dealing with the staff and public in giving and obtaining information.
• Computer literate; proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and the internet; able to effectively adapt to and use other computer systems as needed for daily activities; extensive knowledge and skill of professional accounting software.

Nice To Haves

• Five years preferred experience in responsible professional accounting work and financial statement preparation.

Responsibilities

• Prepares the Agency’s financial statements (including the notes to the financial statements, management discussions and analysis section, or other sections as applicable) and ensures all sections are complete and accurate.
• Prepares supporting schedules and documentation for periodic reports.
• Ensures financial statements are properly posted in the public domain and in MBS investor portals.
• Prepares a variety of professional accounting and other reports that relate to financial statements, quarterly and other reports.
• Provides financial data to the organization’s management as requested so that management may consider such information in the management of such programs.
• Periodically reviews federal grant guidelines for changes that impact accounting and financial reporting of grants, with the objective of maintaining compliance with such grantor requirements.
• Prepares and submits the Agency’s annual indirect cost rate proposal.
• Prepares and submits the Agency’s quarterly Mortgage Bankers Financial Reporting Form (MBFRF) to Ginne Mae.
• Assists in the review of the major accounting system processes; identifies internal control deficiencies; offers recommendations for process improvements that consider both internal controls as well as process flow efficiencies; may serve as a subject matter expert for one or more professional software systems.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees