Lead Accountant Jobs

Location:

For Those Who Work At Home - Various, Ohio 44145

Perform project management and business analyst responsibilities for the Operational Balance and Control (OB&C) Team to ensure that all project tasks are completed on time and within budget, and that all project results are properly documented.

Provide support for general ledger and internal DDA reconciliation’s for various Bank applications. Perform research and analysis on reconcilement exceptions.

Essential Job Functions:

• Other, as needed by management
• Proactively identify and implement areas of improvement in all aspects of current functions
• Lead cross-training efforts for individual team members
• Prepare, analyze, coordinate and review regulatory reporting
• Provide support for basic to moderate critical incidents or production issues
• Support monitoring and testing of internal control including completing quality reviews for moderate to complex departmental functions/ GRC testing and coordination
• Process APA batch or funding (ACH, Wire, etc) entries and complete 2nd level approvals
• Manage small initiatives and projects involving OB&C teams
• Participate in testing of corporate and departmental projects and communication of risks, issues or defects
• Resolve moderate to complex reconciliation exceptions, and manage stales
• Complete audit requests
• Review departmental access and complete new hire onboarding
• Document new departmental procedures, update changes to existing procedures, and/or review procedures
• Prepares and analyzes LOB and stale reporting / scorecarding and analytics
• Perform moderate to complex reconciliations, fundings or settlements
• Subject matter expert in at least one product / system
• Write and execute test cases/scripts for corporate projects

Competences:

• Basic understanding of department, accounting & operations
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience
• Audience - Team, Manager, LOB, And Vendor
• Listens and questions effectively
• Works under limited direction and supervision
• Demonstrates emerging leadership competencies
• 5+ years of experience in Accounting or Finance Audit
• Ability to communicate a basic understanding of department goals, objectives, and deliverables
• Sees problems and raises awareness
• Learns from feedback setbacks, and mistakes to drive personal improvement
• Adjusts communication to audience
• Good decision-making on assignments
• Assesses strengths and developmental needs of team members
• Independently seeks feedback from management and peers
• Knows when to escalate decision
• Possess basic written, verbal, and presentation skills
• Responsible for task results
• Ability to identify and assess governance risk and controls and notify management when appropriate
• Demonstrates solid critical thinking and problem solving skills to analyze & solve moderate to complex problems
• Drives tasks/small initiatives

Compensation And Benefits

This position is eligible to earn a base salary in the range of $55,000 to $70,000 annually depending on job-related factors such as level of experience. Compensation for this role also includes eligibility for short-term incentive compensation and deferred incentive compensation subject to individual and company performance. Please click here for a list of benefits for which this position is eligible

Please click here for a list of benefits for which this position is eligible.

Key has implemented a role-based Mobile by Design approach to our employee workspaces, dedicating space to those whose roles require specific workspaces, while providing flexible options for roles which are less dependent on assigned workspaces and can be performed effectively in a mobile environment. As a result, this role may be Mobile or Home-based, which means you may work primarily either at a home office or in a Key facility to perform your job duties.

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