Senior Accountant

MUST HAVE:

4-7 years of progressive financial reporting and accounting experience, in the financial services industry or with a major public accounting firm

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (U.S. GAAP) and IFRS

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

PAY AND BENEFITS:

Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive.

Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location.

Retirement benefits

Paid Time Off and other leave of absence.

DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, and a third day unique to each team or employee).

BONUS: 0 To 10% (Based on the company and candidate performance)

• The FR&A Senior Accountant will actively participate and drive several routine and ad hoc functions in FR&A. The Sr Accountant will be part of a small team of multidisciplinary accountants that excel at cross-collaboration and teamwork with other members of FR&A and the CFO organization. This team will be looked to assist other FR&A teams during peak times of the year, work on process improvements throughout the organization, assist with reporting functions, participate in testing/validations for system implementations or system changes, participate with year-end audit work, assist in mergers, acquisitions, or divestitures, researching of accounting guidance and writing of accounting transaction memos.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Executes month-end close activities across our multi-currency, multi-entity, and jurisdictional environment such as preparing and/or posting journal entries to accounts (transfer pricing, revenue accruals, LE accruals, etc.), maintaining the general ledger, and review of trial balances.
• Prepare fluctuation analysis of balance sheets and income statements for assigned legal entities.
• Prepare and/or review account reconciliations for balance sheet accounts impacting assigned legal entities and processes.
• Assist the reconciliation center of excellence with the resolution of open reconciling items.
• Assist external auditors with year-end audits.
• Actively participate in DTCC-wide projects, such as reporting systems upgrades and process improvements.
• Identify control gaps and work with the line Manager to devise resolutions for risk and control process documents.
• Establish, maintain, report, and continually improve performance against a set of effectiveness and efficiency benchmarks.
• Work and communicate with the various departments i.e., Accounts Payable, Payroll/HR, Billing, Collections, Treasury, and General Ledger Reconciliation teams in order to ensure a smooth month-end close.
• Other duties as assigned from time to time.
• Aligns risk and control processes into day-to-day responsibilities to monitor and mitigate risk; escalates appropriately.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience.
• 4-7 years of progressive financial reporting and accounting experience, in the financial services industry or with a major public accounting firm
• Intense attention to detail
• Fondness towards fixing broken processes and being unafraid to challenge the norm.
• High problem-solving and analytical skills, ability to connect the dots.
• Good understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (U.S. GAAP) and IFRS

ABOUT: DTCC safeguards the financial markets and helps them run efficiently, in times of prosperity and crisis. We are uniquely positioned at the center of global trading activity, processing over 100 million financial transactions every day, pioneering industry-wide, post-trade solutions, and maintaining multiple data and operating centers worldwide. From where we stand, we can anticipate the industry's needs and were working to continually improve the world's most resilient, secure, and efficient market infrastructure. Our employees are driven to deliver innovative technologies that improve efficiency, lower cost, and bring stability and certainty to the post-trade lifecycle. DTCC proudly supports Flexible Work Arrangements favoring openness and giving people the freedom to do their jobs well, by encouraging diverse opinions and emphasizing teamwork. When you join our team, you'll have an opportunity to make meaningful contributions at a company that is recognized as a thought leader in both the financial services and technology industries. A DTCC career is more than a good way to earn a living. Its the chance to make a difference at a company that's truly one of a kind.