The Senior Investment Accountant - Derivatives accounts for the normal course of business investment and derivative activity on a US GAAP and Statutory basis.
This department requires local residency for a hybrid work schedule.
W2- US Person required
Education and Experience
Required:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting/Finance or equivalent related work experience
- 2+ years accounting or auditing experience
Responsibilities
- Performs weekly cash and transactional reconciliations for derivative activity.
- Performs weekly collateral position reconciliations with counterparties.
- Monitors Hedge accounting reports and reconciliations to provide ongoing status updates to Director.
- Maintains hedge accounting amortization schedules and monitors early maturities of hedged items.
- Prepares regular monthly journal entries
- Assists in regular hedge effectiveness testing
- Navigates through substantial quantities of data/reports and/or statements to detect errors and gather financial information for reporting and/or makes recommendations to set up new portfolios in all systems and setup reconciliation /reporting files
- Assists in investment reporting and analysis for department projects.
- Refines accounting/financial reporting procedures and guidelines to ensure accurate consolidation of existing and emerging domestic and international accounts.
- Works with other functional areas in the Company to achieve efficient and effective accounting and reporting practices and procedures and responds to and requests from other functional areas on various inquires.
Requirements
Skills and Abilities
Required:
- Knowledge of accounting/finance theory and application
- Ability to be flexible when needed, take initiative, and demonstrate accountability.
- Intermediate oral and written communication skills demonstrating ability to share and impart knowledge.
- Ability to quickly adapt to new methods, work under tight deadlines and stressful conditions.
- Intermediate level of investigative, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Intermediate interpersonal skills
- Ability to set goals and handle multiple tasks, clients, and projects simultaneously; Ability to appropriately balance priorities, deadlines, and deliverables
- Ability to work well within a team environment and participate in department/team projects
- Ability to balance detail with departmental goals/objectives
- Ability to translate business needs and problems into viable/accepted solutions
- General business acumen
- Basic Word, intermediate Excel and SQL/Query skills
