Accounting Specialist

Kforce has a client in Minneapolis, MN that is seeking an Accounting Specialist that provides hands-on operational support for complex reconciliations, financial reporting research, settlement validation, exception investigation, and controls support across Bankcard Reconciliation processes. The Accounting Specialist independently manages assigned reconciliations, performs financial reporting research and variance analysis, and supports audit and control activities in a high-volume, regulated environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform daily, monthly, and ad-hoc reconciliations for assigned accounts
• Validate settlement activity, balances, conversions, and totals across multiple source systems
• Ensure assigned accounts are balanced, supported, and cleared within required timelines
• Capture balances from source systems and update reconciliation accounts and documentation
• Identify reconciling items, age differences appropriately, and document root cause and resolution
• Run and prepare routine financial reports and analyses supporting reconciliations and management reporting
• Perform financial reporting research by investigating and explaining variances between reports and supporting data
• Reconcile reporting outputs back to source workpapers and document variance resolution steps
• Partner with internal teams to resolve reporting discrepancies in a timely manner
• Research reconciling items, breaks, and discrepancies, including aged and high-risk items
• Analyze exception reports and implement corrective actions within established timeframes.
• Maintain documentation that meets control and audit standards
• Provide reconciliation support, evidence, and explanations for audit and SOX activities