Job Description
Job Description
We are seeking a detail-oriented Accountant to join our team and support critical reconciliation, reporting, and month-end close activities. This role is responsible for ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial data related to lease and asset-backed securities portfolios, performing complex account reconciliations, researching discrepancies, and supporting audit and project initiatives.
The ideal candidate will have a strong accounting foundation, experience with reconciliations and general ledger analysis, and the ability to work collaboratively across multiple departments to resolve accounting issues.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform accurate and timely monthly reconciliations, including AHFC lease accounts and bank account reconciliations for Asset Backed Securities portfolios.
- Complete complex account analyses and investigate out-of-balance conditions.
- Ensure all securitization General Ledger (GL) accounts across multiple business units are properly reconciled.
- Partner with internal departments to research and resolve reconciliation discrepancies.
Daily Reconciliations (30%)
- Perform daily GL-to-system reconciliations.
- Research and resolve out-of-balance conditions in a timely manner.
- Provide accounting support and guidance to regional offices and business operations teams regarding accounting issues and discrepancies.
- Support month-end and year-end close activities.
- Prepare journal entries and adjusting entries to ensure accurate financial reporting.
- Analyze GL account fluctuations and provide supporting explanations.
- Prepare intercompany billings and chargeback transactions.
- Prepare monthly and quarterly accounting schedules.
- Support internal and external audit requests as needed.
- Assist with tax-related reporting schedules and documentation.
- Represent Accounting Operations in business initiatives and system enhancement projects.
- Define accounting requirements and participate in System and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
- Work closely with Financial Reporting to ensure compliance with accounting standards.
- Document testing results and maintain project records.
- Analyze GL accounts to identify trends, errors, and improvement opportunities.
- Recommend process improvements and internal controls.
- Initiate system change requests when appropriate to improve efficiency and accuracy.
Qualifications
Required Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting
Required Experience
- 3–5 years of accounting experience.
- Experience with dealer, lease, or loan accounting preferred.
- 1–2 years of experience using Oracle, PeopleSoft, and/or Hyperion Financial Management (HFM).