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Accounting Specialist
Prudential Securities
Dallas, TX, United States
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Description
• Performs monthly close reasonableness reviews including but not limited to income analysis, interest accruals, & book value roll forwards.
• Responsible for reconciling the general ledger for both GAAP and Statutory accounts on a monthly basis, between the mortgage loan servicing system and the GL, and other downstream reporting systems (e.g. unpaid principal balance, escrows, reserves, premium/discount amortization, fee income, interest income, etc.
• Responsible for the accounting and maintenance of deferred income/expense items and reconciliation of the system calculated yield to ledger book yields.
• Prepare month end trial balances and other financial reports for all portfolios, as requested. (e.g. fee income, misc. income, gains/losses, statutory Schedule B, GAAP supplemental, etc.)
• Assist with audit requests, SOX experience helpful.
• Assist Accounting Manager with other ad hoc financial analysis, reconciliation as needed.
• Completes all work to meet critical deadlines for month-end and time lines for reconciliations.
• Maintains orderly and complete accounting records for audits or management inquiry.
• Advise Manager and management of financial items/issues.
• Prepare daily valuations, financial statements and remittances files while coordinating with both internal and external parties related to reporting. Interpreting servicing agreements, government regulations, accounting manuals, and loan documents to ensure accounting and reporting requirements are being met. Prepare applicable journal entries based on reconciliations.
• Prepare monthly accruals and market value adjustments.
• Assist with process automation.
Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related business degree required with a minimum of Intermediate Accounting I & II.
• 3-5 years of accounting experience in a financial services environment or 2-3 years public accounting required
• 1-3 years of experience with Information Systems related to Accounting functions. Ideally the successful candidate would possess working knowledge of sub ledger to general ledger feeds as well as databases and how they function.
• The candidate should possess excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills are essential.
• Must possess strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Exceptional Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Word) is required. Experience with MS Access, SQL is a plus.
• The candidate should have the ability to multitask, self-motivate, and prioritize work effectively in a face paced environment. They should enjoy problem solving and collaborating in a team environment.
• Mortgage or Insurance industry accounting experience and/or CPA preferred but not required.
• Experience with foreign investments (FX conversions) is helpful but not required.