Senior Staff Accountant, Structured Finance

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Staff Accountant with a CPA designation. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in accounting, specifically loan accounting and loan sales, financial reporting, and auditing with a focus on handling complex financial tasks.

Essential Functions

• Lead the accounting for new securitizations, loan sales and new lines of credit
• Communicate the impact of new transactions to various teams.
• Evaluate new accounting standards and perform accounting research on new business transactions to determine appropriate accounting.
• Evaluate financial risk and design controls for mitigation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Operations, Treasury, and Finance to provide accounting expertise on specific projects.
• Complete weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual internal and external reporting duties.
• Assist with external financial statement and bank auditor requests.
  
  

Required Education And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• CPA required
• 6 years of progressive experience in accounting, handling complex accounting, required, some public accounting experience preferred
• Financial industry experience required, particularly loan accounting and loan sales
• Experience with structured finance and asset-backed or mortgage-backed securities, preferred
• Excellent reasoning and critical thinking skills
• Attention to detail and accuracy required
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills required
• Proficient in the utilization of Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience working with large sets of data and advanced Excel skills
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced work environment
  
  

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, stand, walk, visualize, talk, hear, and handle or touch objects or controls. The employee may occasionally lift, push, or pull up to 20 pounds.

This position is an office-based position where you must be able to sit for long periods of time. The employee will be working on a computer 90% of the time.