Our great client is committed to maintaining excellence in financial reporting and accounting and is looking for a talented and dynamic Senior Accountant to join our team! This is an exciting opportunity to make a positive impact at a growing institution, working with a dedicated team of professionals in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. As a Senior Accountant, you will support the Accounting Manager and Senior Leadership with complex accounting tasks and reporting responsibilities. You'll also serve as an informal leader within the Accounting team, providing mentorship and guidance. If you're a subject matter expert in financial reporting, compliance, and accounting processes and are passionate about driving change and innovation, we want to hear from you!
Worksite Location: This hybrid position can be based in Eau Claire, WI, or White Bear Lake, MN.
Salary: $84,500 to $105,725/yr + bonus and benefits
Benefits: Besides the comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans, they offer a 5% 401k employer match, paid family and sick leave, vacation and sick time accruals, childcare reimbursement, tuition and student loan debt assistance, pet insurance, and much more!
Role & Responsibilities:
- Financial Reporting Accuracy: Ensure that financial statements are accurate, complete, and transparent. Take ownership of preparing detailed financial statement footnotes and supporting documentation, providing clarity and precision to stakeholders.
- CECL Framework Management: Oversee the management of the CECL framework, ensuring accurate estimation and reporting of credit losses in compliance with GAAP. Lead and collaborate with the CECL working group to develop and refine models that meet all regulatory standards.
- Subject Matter Expert & Project Leadership: Serve as the subject matter expert on corporate projects, providing insights and implementing solutions according to GAAP. Lead Accounting departmental projects and collaborate with external departments, ensuring the successful completion of cross-functional initiatives.
- Mentorship & Team Development: Mentor and guide accounting staff, fostering an environment of growth and professional development. Provide on-the-job education and resources to enhance team knowledge and skills.
- General Ledger Management: Maintain complex and/or confidential general ledgers, ensuring the accuracy and completeness of all financial records. Manage postings in line with GAAP, including accruals and discrepancies. Responsibilities include posting complex entries related to hedge instruments, derivatives, overhead expense allocations, and more.
- Core & General Ledger Systems Management: Maintain general ledgers and mapping within core and general ledger systems to ensure full compliance with GAAP and institutional standards.
- Governmental and Internal Reporting: Administer, review, prepare, and submit critical governmental and internal reports, ensuring compliance with all relevant regulations and standards. Maintain up-to-date documentation for reporting to agencies, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in all submissions.
- Compliance & Regulatory Updates: Stay current on the latest accounting standards, regulations, and best practices. Communicate updates across the team and organization to ensure the organization remains fully compliant with evolving accounting standards.
- Consolidation & M&A Accounting: Lead multi-company consolidation and accounting for mergers and acquisitions, ensuring all related transactions are accurately recorded and reported.
- Process Enhancements & Automation: Identify process improvements and automation opportunities within the accounting function. Play a key role in driving efficiency and innovation across the team.
Required Skills & Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Business with an emphasis in Accounting or Finance
- Minimum of five (5) years of progressive accounting experience or three (3) years financial services related accounting experience.
- Strong analytical and accounting skills.
- Communicate and live our core purpose and values; these define and drive our organizational culture
Preferred Skills & Experience:
- Cost Accounting and Financial Data Analysis Experience.
- Financial services accounting experience.
- Previous leadership/mentoring experience.
- Data extraction system experience (SQL, PowerBI, etc.)
About Versique:
Versique: /ver-seek/ adj. being both versatile and unique; n. a high-performance recruiting firm specializing in executive leadership search, direct hire, and interim hiring solutions.
Versique Executive, Professional, & Interim Recruiting is a locally owned and operated hiring and placement firm based in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. With specialized practice areas across our three divisions, Versique delivers tailored expertise to a wide range of industries. What sets us apart is our team of recruiters—seasoned professionals who have worked in the very fields they now hire for, providing unmatched industry insight and connections.
We believe people are more than just resumes—they are transformative, unlocking the potential for organizational growth and success.
Versique is proud to be award-winning, earning recognition on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies and the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal's Fast 50 list for 2023. We are also consistently recognized as a Star Tribune Top Workplace and were named a Best Place to Work in 2022 by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.
Let's find your people, together.
Versique is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse workforce. We consider all qualified applicants regardless of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.
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