Senior Accountant

Responsibilities

• Oversee the bank’s accounting operations, including account reconciliations, daily balancing of GL and bank accounts, loan settlements, daily processing, mortgage closing and funding, clearing suspense items, and other duties.
• Review daily balancing performed by accounting staff and serve as the primary back-up for operational functions.
• Manage the processing of Accounts Payable in a timely and accurate manner, including proper classification of invoices to the general ledger while ensuring accurate accounting for capital expenditures, prepaid expenses, and expense accruals.
• Manage the expense reimbursement process, including reviewing expense reports and managing the corporate credit card program.
• Review monthly account reconciliations performed by accounting staff and prepare high level or complex reconciliations; take responsibility for ensuring outstanding items clear on a timely basis.
• Calculate mortgage sales commissions and work with HR to ensure proper processing in accordance with respective incentive compensation plans.
• Research and ensure compliance with the proper accounting for other items, including periodic monthly, quarterly, and annual transactions in addition to irregular and non-recurring transactions; this includes participation in the adoption of new accounting standards updates.
• Facilitate the general ledger closing process each month, including variance analysis and proposing journal entries.
• Maintain the bank's general ledger as an accurate and useful accounting resource; in coordination with the operations department, this includes account structure and system parameter setup, deferred fee/cost parameters and maintenance, as well as relevant interfaces with core system modules and integration with other systems essential to the bank’s accounting function.
• On an as-needed basis, participate in cross-departmental teams for the implementation of new products or other procedural changes that have an impact on accounting processes and/or general ledger interface.
• Responsible for the accurate preparation and timely filing of sales tax returns and Form 1099’s.
• Ensure compliance with abandoned property/stale dated check rules.
• Participate in self-development activities to understand and continuously grow knowledge of bank transactions, GAAP, treasury functions, and other industry knowledge.
• Work with other finance personnel to fulfill the requirements for any internal audits, external audits, and regulatory examinations related to the finance function.
• Actively participate in demonstrating the behaviors outlined in The GRB Experience.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting with a minimum of 5 years’ accounting experience, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Competency with Microsoft applications including Excel, Word and Outlook.
• CPA preferred but not required.
• Public accounting and/or supervisory experience preferred.

Skills