Job Description
Roles & Responsibilities
- Support the lease accounting team ensuring timely execution of accounting processes in an effective manner and in compliance with Company policies, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and U.S. GAAP and applicable federal reporting requirements.
- Execute assigned month end close deliverables accurately and on schedule.
- Research and resolve discrepancies related to general ledger account reconciliations, recommend and champion process changes to improve efficiency and/or avoid on-going issues.
- Support numerous annual financial audit cycles by compiling timely and accurate responses to assigned inquiries.
- Participates in necessary development, testing, and stabilization efforts for systems implementations and upgrades.
- Review accounting tasks with a continuous focus on improving processes and enhancing financial controls.
- Contributes to the overall success of the Accounting team, ensuring that the US financial results are presented accurately and timely, with corresponding analytics.
- Act as liaison between the Accounting team and the business - Communicating and Educating.
- Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with internal customers to ensure proper understanding and execution of processes and controls that impact accounting.
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting.
- 3+ years progressive experience in a banking or financial services firm, preferably equipment leasing.
- Advanced Excel skills (e.g. vlookups, pivots)
- Strong attention to detail
- Financial systems experience, encompassing spreadsheet, queries, data analysis including large volume data manipulation and reconciliation, and month-end accounting close processes.
- Self-starter obtaining results through a focused and disciplined workstyle with the ability to work cohesively with team members. Capable of managing multiple deliverables within agreed timeframes.
- Strong analytical and verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate with team, among peers and business partners.
- Ability to work onsite (2-3 days per week) in the Wayne office
Additional Information :
Desired Skills
- Lease accounting experience
- IFRS reporting experience
- SOX experience
- Oracle experience
- Power BI nice to have but not required