Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant 

Omaha Nebraska

Financial Services - Commercial Banking 

Exp 5-7

Deg Bachelors

Relo

Bonus

Occasional Travel

Job Description

Responsible for applying accounting principles and procedures in analyzing financial information, prepare accurate and timely financial reports; ensure appropriate accounting control procedures and execute complex accounting functions for our Corporation and subsidiaries. In addition, this position will also serves as internal consultant conducting analysis and reports for the business units providing strategic recommendations and maintain solutions to business and financial problems

Responsibilities

Review and analyze accuracy of data from general ledger and various financial systems and provide in-depth business analysis, research and response to questions regarding financial information for our company and subsidiaries.

Primary responsibility is to ensure the accuracy of the general ledger data by developing, executing and documenting complex accounting functions and processes, applying extensive specialized knowledge.

Will provide functional advice in accounting policy and procedures, while making recommendations and implementation for accounting processes and procedures.

As a result of research and analysis, will recommend, implement or communicate practices and procedures for financial control; Ensures all inter-company accounts eliminate properly in final consolidation.

Analyze, review and verify accuracy of account balances and classifications. Develops and maintains appropriate schedules and models for accruals, eliminations, securities, amortization and other accounting transactions, implementing automations and leveraging various systems where beneficial. Review changes in balances to identify potential errors and risk, assisting business units in correction of errors and developing enhanced control processes.

Analyze, develop, validate and execute variety of financial reports to communicate results, trends and issues, incorporating statistical and ration analysis as well as other necessary management accounting review. Working with management and business units to identify needs and requirements, recommending prioritizations and alternative solutions to resolve of conflicting needs of various departments. Coordinate with accounting IT support to document necessary business requirements to automate reports in Hyperion Systems as appropriate.

Provide support to staff conducting routine accounting functions including but not limited to, month end close support, budget support, preparation of journal entries, invoice processing, amortization schedules, accruals, elimination and consolidation entries, account reconciliations, and certifications of balance sheet accounts as assigned.

Duties also include providing support, recommendations and/or training to lower level accounting positions and non-accountants, including backup support for routine accounting functions.

Maintains familiarity with changes in US GAAP and other pertinent regulatory requirements.

Performs other duties as assigned or requested.

Qualifications

• 5+ years accounting/finance experience

Must have experience with incorporating advanced knowledge of MS Excel and Access into accounting processes, including building macros, templates and queries to reduce processing time.

Conducts work with high degree of independence, managing conflicting deadlines and priorities as assigned. Quickly adapts to changing priorities, managing and clearly communicating deadline risks as new tasks and projects arise.

Excellent knowledge of US GAAP and Financial Industry policies and practices within the Financial Industry.

Working knowledge of Hyperion Financial Management (HFM), Hyperion Smart View (Essbase), and Hyperion Interactive Reporting preferred.

Strong understanding of accounting theory

Ability to act and operate independently with minimal daily direction from manager to accomplish objectives

Ability to work concurrently on multiple assignments (multi-task)

Ability to meet assigned deadlines

Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with all levels of employees, management, and external agencies to maximize performance, creativity, problem solving, and results.

Ability to analyze data from multiple sources

Project management skills

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a customer service focus

Analytical and research skills

Planning and Organizational Skills

Proficiency Microsoft Office applications