Senior Accountant Fund
About The Position
Grow your career with a growing organization Whether they’re helping people reach their long-term financial goals or providing personal wealth management strategies, every associate contributes to changing the lives of those we serve for the better. When it comes to job satisfaction, that’s hard to beat. And from a personal satisfaction perspective, you’ll enjoy the freedom to support causes that matter to you and experience a truly inclusive work environment. Your future starts now. Under general supervision, performs the daily accounting and valuation of the Great West Funds. Assists in training new portfolio accountants, and assists the Manager in reviewing monthly reports and daily reconciliations.
Requirements
- Bachelors Degree in Accounting
- Four to five years Mutual Fund Valuations, Accounting and/or Financial Reporting experience.
- Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.
- We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time, including CPT/OPT.
Nice To Haves
- Without a specialized Bachelors degree, an additional four years directly related experience is required.
Responsibilities
- Processes daily cash transactions, post accounting entries, prepare wire requests, research transaction exceptions, and assure timely clearing of cash activity.
- Review new security master file set-up for new portfolio security purchases.
- Processes daily accounting journals, reconciles daily trial balance accounts and bank statements, analyzes account activity, posts manual adjusting entries, and calculates timely and accurate monthly portfolio valuations.
- Reconciles portfolio contributions and withdrawals to Transfer Agent Activity.
- Prepares and distributes monthly reconciliation reports for the Funds.
- Reconciles GL accounts, investigate reconciling items, and resolves open issues
- Prepares various daily, monthly, quarterly and annual financial and compliance reports
- Assists the Manager by reviewing monthly reports and reconciliations.
- Assists with training new staff.
- Leads support activities for internal and external audit requests
- Assists with department projects to meet annual bonus objectives
- Other duties as assigned
Benefits
- We offer an array of diverse and inclusive benefits regardless of where you are in your career. We believe that providing our employees with the means to lead healthy balanced lives results in the best possible work performance.
- Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
- Retirement savings – 401(k) plan with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%), financial advisory services, potential company discretionary contribution, and a broad investment lineup
- Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
- Business-casual environment that includes the option to wear jeans
- Generous paid time off upon hire – including a paid time off program plus ten paid company holidays and three floating holidays each calendar year
- Paid volunteer time — 16 hours per calendar year
- Leave of absence programs – including paid parental leave, paid short- and long-term disability, and Family and Medical Leave (FMLA)
- Business Resource Groups (BRGs) - internal networks that rally around common interest, experiences and identities such as race, ethnicity, gender, ability, military status and sexual orientation. BRGs play a vital role in educating and engaging our people and advancing our business priorities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
