The Accounting Department is seeking a detail-oriented Senior Staff Accountant to join our fast-paced and growing organization. As a Senior Staff Accountant, you will be primarily responsible for executing on a variety of financial procedures, including but not limited to, month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closes, general ledger entries, reconciliations, and financial statement analysis. 

Responsibilities:

• Investigate & resolve issues & complete special projects as needed.
• Review reconciliations, journal entries & reports prepared by Associate Accountant or Accountant. Provide guidance/direction to team members as needed for the results of the review.
• Participate in training newly hired Associate Accountants or Accountants.
• Responsibilities impact the achievement of key department &/or functional objectives.
• Contributes to the achievement of department objectives.
• Erroneous decisions or failure to achieve department objectives would normally affect expenditures & resources.
• Able to use judgment to determine if TPA & divisions in providing data have made adequate progress requested. Resolve issue w/ party. Escalate only if needed.
• Ability to work w/out structure & prioritize tasks effectively.
• Represents the accounting department in communications to outside parties. Able to identify potential problems w/out supervision, & develop & present solutions to staff & management.
• Record entries to & perform reconciliations of various complex accounts, including bank accounts, those requiring complex analysis or those w/ high visibility to senior management.
• Prepare various investment schedules & financial reports including balance sheets, income statements, etc. & produce reports for management or outside parties.
• Review financial reports for accuracy.
• Provide analysis of various complex accounts.
• Perform financial analysis, translate data into a management report & make recommendations for the management of financial resources.
• Recommend methods & procedures to improve specific task-related activities & the functioning of the accounting department. Resolve issues w/ other staff or departments w/out management involvement.
• Provide support for internal & external audits, & Third Party Administrators (TPA) data, & back-up support for creation of regulatory financials
• Ability to handle multiple tasks & solve problems independently w/out detailed supervision. Flexibility to perform a variety of detailed accounting functions & meet established deadlines. Able to piece together complex data from multiple sources, & determine if the data is adequate to meet financial reporting requirements for GAAP & for outside agency purposes.
• Provides professional/technical guidance to team members.
• Influences other team members & outside parties regarding existing concepts, processes &/or methodology.
• Operates under general supervision.
• Provides periodic informal work guidance/direction to, & training of team members.
• Assume other duties as directed.

Required Qualifications:

• Generally 5 years demonstrated experience performing detailed accounting functions including preparation of supporting schedules, journal entries, financial statements and account reconciliations.
• BS/BA in Accounting is strongly preferred
• Licensure as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) preferred 
• Strong knowledge of GAAP, internal controls, and accounting procedures.
• Knowledge and ability to translate raw data into input formats that will ultimately generate accurate financial and management reports.
• Aptitude for numbers, strong attention to detail and well organized
• A proactive, self-directed approach with the ability to multi-task, think critically, meet deadlines and learn quickly in a high-volume environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with NetSuite or similar accounting system
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word
• Team oriented with a positive attitude