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About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.
• Progressive accounting experience with financial close, reconciliations, financial reporting, internal controls, or external-audit support.
• Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP, SOX controls, SEC reporting concepts, and financial-statement preparation and tie-out procedures.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with general-ledger, fixed-asset, reporting, or enterprise systems.
• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills, with the ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Ability to manage confidential information, competing deadlines, detailed workpapers, and cross-functional follow-up with sound judgment and accuracy.

Nice To Haves

• CPA or progress toward CPA.
• Previous banking, SEC reporting, and other relevant accounting experience; financial-services experience is preferred.
• Experience with Workday and Jack Henry.
• Technical accounting and analytical judgment.
• Attention to detail and documentation discipline.
• Ownership, organization, and deadline management.
• Clear written and verbal communication.
• Cross-functional coordination and professional skepticism.
• Adaptability during system, process, and reporting changes.

Responsibilities

• Prepare quarterly binders, cash-flow workpapers, projections, management-control signoffs and memos, and supporting schedules for earnings releases and Form 10-Q, 10-K, and Proxy filings.
• Support SEC and regulatory reporting through tie-outs, prior-year rollforwards, disclosure population, commitment and fair-value tables, securities footnotes, and filing reviews.
• Coordinate SOX testing and external-audit walkthroughs, confirmations, sample requests, signatures, and supporting documentation; track requests and serve as a liaison among auditors and internal stakeholders.
• Execute and support month-end and quarter-end close activities, including journal-entry preparation, account reconciliations, rollforwards, reasonableness reviews, and investigation of variances.
• Perform fixed-asset and depreciation analysis across accounting books; review capitalization and depreciation profiles, identify newly capitalized and fully depreciated assets, and maintain alignment with tax guidance.
• Prepare and analyze specialized accounting schedules and checks.
• Analyze leases, securities activity, investments, loan and deposit trends, safekeeping balances, and other financial information to confirm completeness, accuracy, and appropriate presentation.
• Support mergers and acquisitions through due diligence, accounting, and related SEC activities as requested.
• Communicate with Chief Operations Officers, finance and accounting personnel, executive leadership, and external auditors; escalate issues and deliver organized, review-ready workpapers on schedule.