["Staff Accountant","Staff Accountant"]

Job Description

Job Description

We are seeking a detail-oriented ** Staff** 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).