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Staff Accountant
Discover Financial Services
Riverwoods, IL, United States
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Job Description
Role will focus on a specific business activity or subset of activities. Engage with business partners to understand transactions and activities impacting areas of responsibility. Ensure that reports and transactional information is appropriate support for financial reporting, recording in accounting records, inclusion in filings, or making payments. Completion of control activities in support of accurate books and records. Applies independent judgement and decision making in execution of job responsibilities and the appropriate application of Corporate Policy, GAAP, or Regulation as applicable. Will routinely need to make evaluations of facts and circumstances leading to recommendations. Requires managerial guidance or support in advancement of less routine responsibilities. Ensure compliance with corporate and department policies and procedures in performing responsibilities. Promote a risk-aware culture, ensure efficient and effective risk and compliance management practices by adhering to required standards and processes.
Major Responsibilities
◦ Completes accounting control activities, such as account reconciliations, journal entries, and month-end close review. Each requires gathering the relevant supporting details from source reporting and/or business partners and taking action based on independent review. Role may also require review of work completed by others within team. Must demonstrate subject matter expertise and ability to routinely apply judgement of the facts and circumstances presented.
◦ Performs monthly close routine in support of responsibilities within the team. This will include attending specific meetings and sharing information regarding variances. May also include completion of financial reporting schedules.
◦ Provides financial reporting, audit, and compliance support by satisfying all request timely and accurately with requested information.
◦ Represents role in cross-functional teams to support the advancement of priorities in areas of responsibility, new business initiatives and/or resolution of production events, the scopes of which may evolve over time and be long-term in nature.
◦ Manages the flow of transactions through various internal and external systems as well as support related system testing and requirements gathering testing efforts. Ensures such transactions are appropriately reflected to support accurate financial reporting.
◦ Identifies and implements control improvements and process efficiencies relating to role, supporting automation and a stronger control environment.
Promote a risk-aware culture, ensure efficient and effective risk and compliance management practices by adhering to required standards and processes.
Skills
Education/Experience/Skills Required:
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.
• At least 1 year of work experience.
• Strong writing experience desired.
• Knowledge of accounting principles and practices.
• Ability to work in a regulated environment.
• Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems and implications of interdependencies.
• Ability to independently take action to achieve work related goals.
• Ability to interact and work cooperatively with others.
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