Corporate Accountant
Hankey Group · Los Angeles, CA · 1 mo ago
Accounting$70k–$85k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: h3 headings for sections present: About the role? Actually posting includes "Summary" which is like about the role. Use h3 for section headings: e.g., About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We need to include sections only if posting has real specific content.
We have:
- About the role: we have "Summary" paragraph describing role. So we can have
About the role
thenwith that summary. - Responsibilities: list of duties. Use
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- Qualifications: list of qualifications. Use
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- Skills: maybe separate? The posting includes "Key Competencies" and also "Advanced Microsoft Excel skills..." etc. Could treat as Skills section. But we have Qualifications already includes many skill items. Might combine? The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have Qualifications and Skills separate if content distinct.
We have "Key Competencies" which could be Skills. Also there is "Education/Experience" duplicate of qualifications. We'll need to preserve all substantive info, not repeat.
We have Pay Rate: "$70,000 - $85,000 per year". So we need Pay section.
We have Benefits: list of benefits under "What do we offer?" So Benefits section.
Schedule: not mentioned; no schedule info. So omit Schedule.
Requirements: maybe we can treat Qualifications as Requirements? But we have both Qualifications and Education/Experience. Could combine into Qualifications. Requirements maybe not needed. We'll include Qualifications and maybe Skills.
We need to avoid boilerplate: EEO, equal opportunity, etc. Remove those paragraphs.
Also remove navigation, cookie, legal, duplicated lines.
We must preserve all substantive info: company description, summary, responsibilities, qualifications, key competencies, pay, benefits.
We need to not repeat job title as heading.
We must not include Job ID/requisition numbers.
We must not include placeholder text like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We need to output only HTML fragment.
Let's extract content:
Company description: "Westlake Financial Services is the largest privately held auto finance company in the United States. We specialize in the acquisition and servicing of prime to subprime automotive retail installment contracts in all 50 states. Headquartered in Los Angeles, we have been a diversified lender for over 30 years and employ over 5,000 team members. Westlake Financial is still one of the fastest growing multi-billion dollar companies in the United States, currently managing over $20 Billion in receivables."
That's substantive; could be part of About the role or maybe a separate "About Westlake". But headings list doesn't include About company. Could put under About the role? The instruction: use h3 for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we should follow those headings. The company description could be part of About the role (makes sense). We'll include it in the About the role paragraph along with summary.
Thus About the role paragraph: combine company description + summary.
Summary: "The accountant will report to the Corporate Accounting Manager. The ideal candidate is naturally curious, enjoys understanding the business behind the numbers, and is comfortable connecting information across multiple systems and data sources. This individual will use strong accounting fundamentals, analytical thinking, and technology - including SQL, automation, and AI tools - to investigate issues, improve workflows, and turn financial data into actionable insights."
We'll combine.
Responsibilities: list items as given.
Let's list them:
- Maintain and analyze daily cash balances and support treasury and cash management activities, including the review of bank activity and funding requirements.
- Prepare month-end journal entries, supporting schedules, and account analyses, including an evaluation of the business purpose and financial statement impact of proposed entries.
- Reconcile balance sheet accounts, including cash, loan receivables, intercompany balances, accruals, and other assigned accounts; investigate reconciling items and drive timely resolution.
- Perform financial statement fluctuation analysis, research significant variances, and clearly explain the operational or accounting drivers behind the results.
- Analyze financial and operational data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
- Validate data across the general ledger, bank platforms, subledgers, source systems, and reporting tools to ensure completeness and accuracy.
- Collaborate with Treasury, Finance, Operations, Tax, and Technology teams to resolve accounting issues and improve end-to-end processes.
- Assist with supporting schedules and documentation for annual business license filings, interim and year-end audits, and other compliance requests.
- Participate in system implementations, data validation, workflow redesign, and other cross-functional projects.
- Use Excel, SQL, AI tools, and automation solutions to reduce manual work and build scalable accounting processes.
Qualifications: list:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required.
- One to three years of general, corporate, or public accounting experience; relevant internships may be considered.
- Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and core accounting concepts, with a desire to continue developing technical accounting knowledge.
- Experience preparing journal entries, performing account reconciliations, and supporting month-end close preferred.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including lookups, PivotTables, formulas, and data analysis; Power Query experience is a plus.
- Basic SQL knowledge or a demonstrated willingness to learn how to query, analyze, and validate financial data.
- Experience with ERP systems, reconciliation tools, banking platforms, or financial reporting systems preferred.
- Comfort using or learning AI-enabled productivity tools to support research, analysis, documentation, and process improvement.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to manage competing priorities, meet deadlines, and communicate clearly.
Education/Experience duplicate: "Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and/or Finance. Two to four years of general accounting experience. Minimum two years of full-cycle close". This is similar to qualifications but we should not duplicate. We'll incorporate unique info: maybe mention "Minimum two years of full-cycle close". We'll add to qualifications if not already there. Not present; we can add as bullet.
Key Competencies (Skills):
- Attention to detail - Able to interpret financial and operational data, identify trends and exceptions, and translate findings into practical insights and actions.
- Process improvement - Continuously evaluates workflows, identifies inefficiencies and control risks, and recommends automation or process improvements that enhance accuracy and scalability.
- Ownership mentality - Demonstrates accountability for assigned responsibilities, proactively follows issues through resolution, and takes initiative without waiting for direction.
- Curiosity and Continuous Learning - Seeks to understand the "why" behind accounting transactions, asks thoughtful questions, and actively pursues opportunities to expand technical accounting and technology skills.
We'll put these under Skills section.
Pay: "$70,000 - $85,000 per year". Also note "The exact starting compensation to be offered will be determined at the time of selecting an applicant for hire and will be dependent on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to geographic location, skill set, experience, education, credentials, and licensure when applicable." That's substantive; we can include in Pay section.
Benefits: list:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits
- Life Insurance and Long-term disability plans
- Flexible Spending Account
- 401K matching
- Employee Stock Ownership Program in a $18.2 Billion Company, plus company matching
- Wellness Programs
- Metro Tap Card and Metro-link Reimbursement (for Los Angeles, CA employees only)
- Career Path Opportunities
- Discounts on Parks, Museums, Movie Tickets, and Attractions
- Employee Loan Assistance
- Annual Flu Shot
- Paid Vacations Days
- Paid Sick days
- Paid holidays
- HGym (available in our Los Angeles, CA & Dallas,TX office)
- Rental Car Discounts, Dell Member Purchase Program
- UKG Wallet
We need to keep as list.
We must not include boilerplate like "Acknowledgment", EEO, etc.
Now construct HTML:
About the role
Westlake Financial Services is the largest privately held auto finance company in the United States. We specialize in the acquisition and servicing of prime to subprime automotive retail installment contracts in all 50 states. Headquartered in Los Angeles, we have been a diversified lender for over 30 years and employ over 5,000 team members. Westlake Financial is still one of the fastest growing multi-billion dollar companies in the United States, currently managing over $20 Billion in receivables. The accountant will report to the Corporate Accounting Manager. The ideal candidate is naturally curious, enjoys understanding the business behind the numbers, and is comfortable connecting information across multiple systems and data sources. This individual will use strong accounting fundamentals, analytical thinking, and technology - including SQL, automation, and AI tools - to investigate issues, improve workflows, and turn financial data into actionable insights.
Responsibilities
- Maintain and analyze daily cash balances and support treasury and cash management activities, including the review of bank activity and funding requirements.
- Prepare month-end journal entries, supporting schedules, and account analyses, including an evaluation of the business purpose and financial statement impact of proposed entries.
- Reconcile balance sheet accounts, including cash, loan receivables, intercompany balances, accruals, and other assigned accounts; investigate reconciling items and drive timely resolution.
- Perform financial statement fluctuation analysis, research significant variances, and clearly explain the operational or accounting drivers behind the results.
- Analyze financial and operational data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
- Validate data across the general ledger, bank platforms, subledgers, source systems, and reporting tools to ensure completeness and accuracy.
- Collaborate with Treasury, Finance, Operations, Tax, and Technology teams to resolve accounting issues and improve end-to-end processes.
- Assist with supporting schedules and documentation for annual business license filings, interim and year-end audits, and other compliance requests.
- Participate in system implementations, data validation, workflow redesign, and other cross-functional projects.
- Use Excel, SQL, AI tools, and automation solutions to reduce manual work and build scalable accounting processes.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required.
- One to three years of general, corporate, or public accounting experience; relevant internships may be considered.
- Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and core accounting concepts, with a desire to continue developing technical accounting knowledge.
- Experience preparing journal entries, performing account reconciliations, and supporting month-end close preferred.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including lookups, PivotTables, formulas, and data analysis; Power Query experience is a plus.
- Basic SQL knowledge or a demonstrated willingness to learn how to query, analyze, and validate financial data.
- Experience with ERP systems, reconciliation tools, banking platforms, or financial reporting systems preferred.
- Comfort using or learning AI-enabled productivity tools to support research, analysis, documentation, and process improvement.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to manage competing priorities, meet deadlines, and communicate clearly.
- Minimum two years of full-cycle close experience.
Skills
- Attention to detail - Able to interpret financial and operational data, identify trends and exceptions, and translate findings into practical insights and actions.
- Process improvement - Continuously evaluates workflows, identifies inefficiencies and control risks, and recommends automation or process
- .
- Skills: maybe separate? The posting includes "Key Competencies" and also "Advanced Microsoft Excel skills..." etc. Could treat as Skills section. But we have Qualifications already includes many skill items. Might combine? The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have Qualifications and Skills separate if content distinct.
We have "Key Competencies" which could be Skills. Also there is "Education/Experience" duplicate of qualifications. We'll need to preserve all substantive info, not repeat.
We have Pay Rate: "$70,000 - $85,000 per year". So we need Pay section.
We have Benefits: list of benefits under "What do we offer?" So Benefits section.
Schedule: not mentioned; no schedule info. So omit Schedule.
Requirements: maybe we can treat Qualifications as Requirements? But we have both Qualifications and Education/Experience. Could combine into Qualifications. Requirements maybe not needed. We'll include Qualifications and maybe Skills.
We need to avoid boilerplate: EEO, equal opportunity, etc. Remove those paragraphs.
Also remove navigation, cookie, legal, duplicated lines.
We must preserve all substantive info: company description, summary, responsibilities, qualifications, key competencies, pay, benefits.
We need to not repeat job title as heading.
We must not include Job ID/requisition numbers.
We must not include placeholder text like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We need to output only HTML fragment.
Let's extract content:
Company description: "Westlake Financial Services is the largest privately held auto finance company in the United States. We specialize in the acquisition and servicing of prime to subprime automotive retail installment contracts in all 50 states. Headquartered in Los Angeles, we have been a diversified lender for over 30 years and employ over 5,000 team members. Westlake Financial is still one of the fastest growing multi-billion dollar companies in the United States, currently managing over $20 Billion in receivables."
That's substantive; could be part of About the role or maybe a separate "About Westlake". But headings list doesn't include About company. Could put under About the role? The instruction: use h3 for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we should follow those headings. The company description could be part of About the role (makes sense). We'll include it in the About the role paragraph along with summary.
Thus About the role paragraph: combine company description + summary.
Summary: "The accountant will report to the Corporate Accounting Manager. The ideal candidate is naturally curious, enjoys understanding the business behind the numbers, and is comfortable connecting information across multiple systems and data sources. This individual will use strong accounting fundamentals, analytical thinking, and technology - including SQL, automation, and AI tools - to investigate issues, improve workflows, and turn financial data into actionable insights."
We'll combine.
Responsibilities: list items as given.
Let's list them:
- Maintain and analyze daily cash balances and support treasury and cash management activities, including the review of bank activity and funding requirements.
- Prepare month-end journal entries, supporting schedules, and account analyses, including an evaluation of the business purpose and financial statement impact of proposed entries.
- Reconcile balance sheet accounts, including cash, loan receivables, intercompany balances, accruals, and other assigned accounts; investigate reconciling items and drive timely resolution.
- Perform financial statement fluctuation analysis, research significant variances, and clearly explain the operational or accounting drivers behind the results.
- Analyze financial and operational data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
- Validate data across the general ledger, bank platforms, subledgers, source systems, and reporting tools to ensure completeness and accuracy.
- Collaborate with Treasury, Finance, Operations, Tax, and Technology teams to resolve accounting issues and improve end-to-end processes.
- Assist with supporting schedules and documentation for annual business license filings, interim and year-end audits, and other compliance requests.
- Participate in system implementations, data validation, workflow redesign, and other cross-functional projects.
- Use Excel, SQL, AI tools, and automation solutions to reduce manual work and build scalable accounting processes.
Qualifications: list:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required.
- One to three years of general, corporate, or public accounting experience; relevant internships may be considered.
- Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and core accounting concepts, with a desire to continue developing technical accounting knowledge.
- Experience preparing journal entries, performing account reconciliations, and supporting month-end close preferred.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including lookups, PivotTables, formulas, and data analysis; Power Query experience is a plus.
- Basic SQL knowledge or a demonstrated willingness to learn how to query, analyze, and validate financial data.
- Experience with ERP systems, reconciliation tools, banking platforms, or financial reporting systems preferred.
- Comfort using or learning AI-enabled productivity tools to support research, analysis, documentation, and process improvement.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to manage competing priorities, meet deadlines, and communicate clearly.
Education/Experience duplicate: "Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and/or Finance. Two to four years of general accounting experience. Minimum two years of full-cycle close". This is similar to qualifications but we should not duplicate. We'll incorporate unique info: maybe mention "Minimum two years of full-cycle close". We'll add to qualifications if not already there. Not present; we can add as bullet.
Key Competencies (Skills):
- Attention to detail - Able to interpret financial and operational data, identify trends and exceptions, and translate findings into practical insights and actions.
- Process improvement - Continuously evaluates workflows, identifies inefficiencies and control risks, and recommends automation or process improvements that enhance accuracy and scalability.
- Ownership mentality - Demonstrates accountability for assigned responsibilities, proactively follows issues through resolution, and takes initiative without waiting for direction.
- Curiosity and Continuous Learning - Seeks to understand the "why" behind accounting transactions, asks thoughtful questions, and actively pursues opportunities to expand technical accounting and technology skills.
We'll put these under Skills section.
Pay: "$70,000 - $85,000 per year". Also note "The exact starting compensation to be offered will be determined at the time of selecting an applicant for hire and will be dependent on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to geographic location, skill set, experience, education, credentials, and licensure when applicable." That's substantive; we can include in Pay section.
Benefits: list:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits
- Life Insurance and Long-term disability plans
- Flexible Spending Account
- 401K matching
- Employee Stock Ownership Program in a $18.2 Billion Company, plus company matching
- Wellness Programs
- Metro Tap Card and Metro-link Reimbursement (for Los Angeles, CA employees only)
- Career Path Opportunities
- Discounts on Parks, Museums, Movie Tickets, and Attractions
- Employee Loan Assistance
- Annual Flu Shot
- Paid Vacations Days
- Paid Sick days
- Paid holidays
- HGym (available in our Los Angeles, CA & Dallas,TX office)
- Rental Car Discounts, Dell Member Purchase Program
- UKG Wallet
We need to keep as list.
We must not include boilerplate like "Acknowledgment", EEO, etc.
Now construct HTML: