Senior Accountant

KeyBank•For Those Who Work At Home, OH

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Accountant role involves a range of critical financial tasks, including reviewing balance sheets and income statements, investigating general ledger variances, and actively participating in month-end close processes. The position requires account reconciliation, management of accruals, and serving as a liaison between Financial and Servicing Operations. A key aspect of this role is ensuring compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and completing audit requests. The role also includes maintaining recurring reports, creating ad-hoc queries, and translating technical data into actionable reports for non-technical stakeholders. Additionally, the Senior Accountant will resolve reconciliation exceptions, prepare and analyze regulatory reporting, document departmental procedures, and participate in testing for corporate and departmental projects, communicating any associated risks or defects. Monitoring and testing internal controls, including quality reviews and GRC testing, is also a responsibility. The role emphasizes proactive identification and implementation of improvements in current functions, requiring in-depth Excel skills for complex calculations. The position also involves other duties as assigned by management and adherence to all KeyBank policies and procedures, including professional conduct, ethical business practices, and acting in the best interests of Key’s clients and Key.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in Accounting, Finance, or Audit.
Understanding and interpreting both manual and subsystem entries
Managing accruals, amortizations, and identifying inconsistencies
Ensuring financial statements align with accounting standards
Completing audit requests and maintaining documentation
Investigating causes of fluctuations in financial data
Using data to support strategic decisions
Leveraging tools like Power BI or Tableau to communicate insights
Experience with platforms like SAP, Oracle, or Workday
Familiarity with BlackLine or similar
Including macros, pivot tables, and formulas
Bridging Financial and Servicing Operations
Tailoring messages for different stakeholders
Presenting findings and driving decisions
Coaching junior staff and fostering accountability
Working alongside AI and RPA tools
Especially in client-facing or sensitive scenarios

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

Maintain recurring reports and ad-hoc queries to support business needs.
Ability to translate technical data findings into clear, actionable reports for non-technical stakeholders
Resolve moderate to complex reconciliation exceptions
Prepare, analyze, coordinate and review regulatory reporting
Document new departmental procedures, update changes to existing procedures, and/or review procedures
Complete audit requests
Participate in testing of corporate and departmental projects and communication of risks, issues or defects
Support monitoring and testing of internal control including completing quality reviews for moderate to complex departmental functions/ GRC testing and coordination
Proactively identify and implement areas of improvement in all aspects of current functions
In depth excel skills for developing/creating complex calculations in workbooks
Performs other duties as assigned; duties, responsibilities and/or activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice
Complies with all KeyBank policies and procedures, including without limitation, acting professionally at all times, conducting business ethically, avoiding conflicts of interest, and acting in the best interests of Key’s clients and Key.