Senior Accountant
FMHC•Lakewood, OH
•Hybrid
About The Position
The Senior Accountant is responsible for researching and recommending new accounting standards in compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and the review and preparation of financial reports and supporting documents.
Requirements
- Experience in Accounting in financial services or banking is required.
- Experience in banking/lending laws, regulations or guidelines is required.
- Experience in using financial reporting systems is required.
- Proficiency in MS Office [Outlook, Excel, Word] or similar software is required.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance, or equivalent experience, is required.
- 2 to 5 years is required.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in mortgage lending is preferred.
- EasyLender, Cleartouch, OnBase, various government and investor software/web portals is preferred.
- CPA is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Understands the business, financials, industry, customers and strategy.
- Prepares the month, quarter and year end close; prepares the footnotes to the annual report and all required disclosures.
- Maintains accounting models used for significant financial estimates.
- Develops and maintains proper controls for safeguarding assets and accurate reporting of financial position and performance; participates in internal control meetings and discussions; ensures two-party control, FIDICIA compliance; COSO compliance and fiduciary reporting duties is maintained.
- Responds to questions in absence of the Controller.
- Maintains knowledge and capabilities of banking core systems and systems of profitability; loads general ledger balances to profitability system and verifies accuracy.
- Facilitates with department managers to develop a budget and forecasting; reports budgeting to senior management.
- Works with internal audit and compliance to ensure accounting department is in compliance.
- Keeps up-to-date with current financial reporting and accounting procedures and regulations.
- Completes various projects and accounting duties such as time studies for accounting estimates, verifying secondary market pipeline report accuracy, 401K and pension plan reporting, REO workout activities, secondary market derivative accounting, etc.
- Other duties as required.
Benefits
- 401K and pension plan reporting
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
