Senior Accountant

Title:Senior Accountant

Location: Remote

Contract:8+ Month

Job Description

Client Corporation, along with its wholly owned subsidiaries, is a pro-consumer financial technology innovator with a mission to provide a full range of affordable and accessible financial services to the masses. Client is a leading provider of reloadable prepaid debit cards and cash reload processing services in the United States. Client is also a leader in mobile technology and mobile banking with its award-winning GoBank mobile checking account and a top 20 debit card issuer among all banks and credit unions in the country. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, TPG, client is additionally the largest processor of tax refund disbursements in the U.S. Client's products and services are available to consumers through a large-scale "branchless bank" distribution network of approximately 100,000 U.S. locations, including retailers, neighborhood financial service center locations, and tax preparation offices, as well as online, in the leading app stores and through leading online tax preparation providers.

Job Summary

Client Accounting Department is seeking a Senior Accountant to play an integral role in supporting the team scale with the growth and complexity of a company on the cutting edge of the Financial Technology industry. The right person for this role is an outstanding communicator, sets a high bar for him/herself and their work product, has strong leadership skills, is proactive and intellectually curious and can effectively problem solve in a fast-paced environment.

Job Responsibilities

The qualified individual would be responsible for assisting in the reconciliation of cardholder funding sources and usage for Client Bank. This role will specifically be primarily responsible for the daily reconciliation of Client Bank related accounts or activity, including:

Gathering and validating all funding sources and usage transaction

Importing and matching all transactions in the reconciliation system

Research and analysis of all non-matching or reconciling items

Responsible for assisting with consolidated accounting, principally for revenue recognition accounting and related transactional expenses including journal entries (daily, weekly, monthly, ad hoc, etc.), account reconciliations, and collaboration with other internal teams

Prepare journal entries by analyzing and interpreting financial transactions

Identify and establish key metrics and analytics (daily, weekly, monthly or annual) to assist with the monitoring of the recorded results throughout the month and as part of the month-end close process

Contribute to the month/quarter/year-end close process, including internal control related aspects and internal/external audit deliverables

Assist with other areas of the Accounting team, including enhancements to documentation (month-end account reconciliations, internal control documentation etc.), as well as research of accounting standards and preparation of accounting treatment memos

Identify improvements for existing processes and internal/external systems through collaboration with other departments

Support team with special projects and process improvements

Perform other duties as needed

Skills/Experience

Job Requirements

Strong understanding of US GAAP and foundational accounting concepts (such as debits and credits)

Bachelors degree in accounting or finance

Public Accounting Experience Required

Minimum of 3 years of accounting or reconciliation experience

Big 4/Big 8 Public Accounting Experience Preferred

Additional private accounting experience, including general ledger, account reconciliations, internal controls and variance analysis, is preferred.

CPA license is preferred

Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to interact effectively with all levels of employees and various departments within the company

Capable of handling multiple tasks/projects in a fast-paced, hyper-growth environment

Detail oriented with good problem solving and analytical skills

Advanced Excel skills, with interest and aptitude to work with large amounts of data

Knowledge and experience with a large-scale ERP, preferably Oracle Financials