Staff Accountant

Job Description

At Citizens we're more than a bank and here you'll experience new things, create new opportunities, think beyond your role and make an impact!

The Controller's group within Citizens Bank is seeking an individual to work on the Consumer Reconciliation Team. This individual will perform reconciliation activities for a wide variety of functions in the bank, to include high-risk account reconciliation and complex accounts related to installment products. Since reconciliations represent a critical internal control, these positions will partner with the teams internal customers, working with them to ensure that accounts are reconciled timely and accurately. Additionally, this position will be charged with critically reviewing reconciliation substantiation documents, providing effective challenge when it is needed. This individual will also be deeply involved in accounting system implementations and general ledger maintenance when those activities have an impact on the bank's reconciliations.

Job Functions:

• Prepare general ledger account reconciliations for a variety of accounts
• Supporting month end activities, preparing exposure report for Recon Control Group
• Critically review supporting documentation provided by the bank's lines of business and provide effective challenge to that documentation when necessary
• Ensure that reconciliations and related documentation conform to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and bank policies
• Partner with the various lines of business throughout the bank regarding reconciliation-related accounting issues, including exception management and instruction

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Accounting
• Relevant accounting and/or progressive reconciliation experience in a large multi-divisional/multi-entity company (banking preferred)
• Experience with large general ledger systems (experience with the Oracle general ledger system is strongly preferred)
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Intermediate to advanced skills in Microsoft Office (Excel, Access & PowerPoint)
• Strong quantitative, analytical, interpersonal and organizational skills
• Experience preparing & presenting reports to various levels of management

Required Skills

• Accounting
• Analytical Reasoning
• Auditing
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Curiosity
• Customer-Centricity
• Data Analysis and Synthesis
• Detail Attentive
• Financial Analysis
• Financial Modeling
• Financial Planning
• Financial Reporting
• Financially Savvy
• Fostering Inclusion
• Industry Insight
• Leverages Information
• Motivating Others
• Operating Expense Control
• Persistence and Tenacity
• Reconciliation
• Regulatory Compliance
• Risk Management
• Valuing Diversity and Inclusion
• Workflow Management

About Us

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Citizens, its parent, subsidiaries, and related companies (Citizens) provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, citizenship, physical or mental disability, perceived disability or history or record of a disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, genetic characteristic, marital or domestic partner status, victim of domestic violence, family status/parenthood, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, pregnancy/childbirth/lactation, colleague's or a dependent's reproductive health decision making, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by federal, state and/or local laws. At Citizens, we are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that enables all colleagues to bring their best selves to work every day and everyone is expected to be treated with respect and professionalism. Employment decisions are based solely on merit, qualifications, performance and capability.

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Job Info

• Job Identification 47678
• Job Category Corporate Functions
• Degree Level Bachelor's Degree
• Job Schedule Full time
• Job Shift 1st
• Locations One Citizens Bank Way, Johnston, RI, 02919, US
• Working Hours 40
• Career Site Category Finance and Accounting