The AVP, Controllership - Trust and Intercompany Accounting role will be a key member of the General Accounting Controllership team, responsible for accounting activities related to intercompany transactions, participation, securitization trusts, and other Controllership-related processes. These activities include various period-end close tasks, recording/reviewing manual journal entries, and balancing and reconciling general ledger accounts. This role will be responsible for understanding all owned processes and will serve as the detailed reviewer of related work and deliverables. Additionally, this role will assist with various cross-functional and multi-stakeholder projects within General Accounting, and will periodically support the Accounting Retail Deposits team. The role will gain experience in accounting, financial-close management, financial reporting, project management, and leadership.

Essential Responsibilities:

- Serve as a securitization trust, participation and Intercompany Accounting subject-matter expert, and liaise between Controllership and other stakeholders.

- Prepare and/or review, and understand fair value accounting entries for intercompany transfers of assets.

- Prepare monthly validation of participation active cost centers, including tie-out of gains related to intercompany transfers of assets.

- Evaluate new cost centers for addition to participation agreement

- Oversee intercompany settlement of new volume and collections to ensure intercompany accounts are in balance.

- Prepare quarterly reporting to support SEC and regulatory reports.

- Understand monthly general ledger account reconciliations, including tracking, researching and resolving reconciling items.

- Support the Retail deposits accounting team as needed.

- Manage Controllership team members in projects and work related to securitization, participation, intercompany, and other areas as assigned.

- Drive continuous process improvement and simplification.

- Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned.

Required Skills/Knowledge:

- Master's degree in Accounting or Finance and minimum 4 years accounting experience in Banking or Financial Services industry, or in lieu of a degree minimum 6 years of experience in the Banking or Financial Services industry.

- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

- Personal Computer proficiency (software: MS Office preferred)

- Excellent organizational and follow-up skills

- Excellent communication skills - both oral and written

- Ability to manage multiple & varied priorities

Desired Characteristics:

- CA or CPA preferred

- Controllership experience in a large financial services industry organization.

- Knowledge of banking regulations a plus.

- Oracle GL and Oracle Hyperion product suite.

- Demonstrated team player with collaborative, facilitation and influencing skills.

- Demonstrated ability to create operational guidelines and metrics to facilitate strong process performance.

- Experience working in a fast-paced, changing environment.

- Strong analytical and data manipulation skills.

- Ability to influence and drive cross-functional progress.

- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.