Senior Accountant

PenFed Credit Union • Mclean, VA • 1h ago

Overview

PenFed is hiring a (Hybrid) Senior Accountant at our Tysons, Virginia location. The primary purpose of this job is to apply comprehensive knowledge of accounting principles, concepts, practices, and standards in performing complex duties related to preparing and analyzing financial information to record transactions, prepare reports, and review and verify accuracy. This position will also work with consultants, auditors, and others to analyze and provide information on operational, reporting, or system impact related to policy changes and new products; contribute to special projects; and may train staff.

Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of job duties and the position will perform other duties as assigned.

Compile, review, analyze, and record financial information to the general ledger. Complete monthly closings.

Prepare balance sheet and profit and loss statements, consolidated financial statements, and other accounting schedules and reports.

Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly reconciliations to ensure general ledger account information is accurate, consistent, traceable, and auditable.

Execute and manage timely, accurate transactions.

Identify control weaknesses, communicate to management, and participate in making remedial changes to tighten and enhance controls.

Design and produce reports.

Conduct research and analyses.

Provide requested information to auditors, consultants, and others on significant matters requiring coordination.

May design, modify, install, and/or maintain accounting systems to ensure adequate recognition of financial transactions.

May perform moderately complex accounting projects or participate as a team member on highly complex projects.

Act as point of escalation for Staff Accountants.

This role is responsible for ensuring business continuity.

Qualifications

Equivalent combination of education and experience is considered.

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent required

4+ years of related experience in Accounting

Strong understanding of GAAP accounting required. CPA strongly preferred.

Must have specific examples of preparing and presenting accounting results to stakeholders.

Strong analytical skills, particularly with excel pivots and VLOOKUPS, required.

Must have specific examples of simplifying large data sets using excel.

Intellectually curious with a willingness to work in a dynamic, challenging and rewarding environment.

Strong writing, verbal and presentation skills required.

Experience with monthly accounting close preferred.

Supervisory Responsibility

This role will not supervise staff.

Licenses and Certifications

There are no additional certifications required.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to an indoor office setting with moderate noise.

Most roles require working in an office setting with moderate noise and the ability to lift 25 pounds.

Travel

Ability to travel to various worksites and be on-call may be required.

About Us

Established in 1935, PenFed today is one of the country's strongest and most stable financial institutions with over 2.9 million members and over $31 billion in assets. We serve members in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as in Guam and Puerto Rico. We are federally insured by NCUA and we are an Equal Housing Lender. We are available to members worldwide, via the web, seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day. We provide our employees with a lucrative benefits package including robust medical, dental and vision plan options, plenty of paid time off, 401k with employer match, on-site fitness facilities at our larger locations, and more. Equal Employment OpportunityPenFed management will maintain and observe personnel policies which will not discriminate or permit harassment or retaliation against a person because of race, color, creed, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital status, military or veteran status or obligation, the presence of a physical and/or mental disability or medical condition, genetic information, sexual orientation, and all statuses protected by applicable state or local law in all recruiting, hiring, training, compensation, overtime, position classifications, work assignments, facilities, promotions, transfers, employee treatment, and in all other terms and conditions of employment. PenFed will also prohibit retaliation against individuals for raising a complaint of discrimination or harassment or participating in an investigation of same. PenFed will also reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with a disability so that they can apply for a job or perform the essential functions of a job unless doing so causes a direct threat to these individuals or others in the workplace and the threat cannot be eliminated by reasonable accommodation or if the accommodation creates an undue hardship to PenFed. Contact human resources (HR) with any questions or requests for accommodation at 402-639-8568.

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