Senior Accountant

Role Summary

The Senior Accountant is located in Lake County, Illinois or Florham Park, New Jersey and is part of the US Finance Shared Services Record to Report (RTR) Operations organization. This role acts as the accounting contact for US bank accounts, interfaces with Treasury and other stakeholders on cash settlements and disbursements, and supports step plans and investment activities. The role focuses on centralizing and executing accounting processes, governance and controls to drive efficiency for global, US regional, and US business unit functions.

Responsibilities

• Works closely with Treasury and other stakeholders to ensure accurate cash posting for US bank accounts (JPM main accounts, various Treasury investment and clearing accounts, and other US entity bank accounts) and posts cash clearing entries for US entities
• Collaborates with Treasury, Benefits, Tax, Business Finance, AP & AR teams to ensure transactions are properly booked and cleared, taking a lead in monthly meetings with Treasury and AP teams
• Reviews, analyzes and validates negative cash journal entries after cash clearing is completed at month end
• Researches uncleared cash items by following up with various teams to identify payment owners and post payments accordingly
• Updates and maintains bank clearing notebook to track payment posting and contact information
• Prepares bank-related open items reconciliation reports
• Prepares and submits Blackline journal entries for Step Plans proposed by Corporate Consolidation team
• Coordinates with treasury on in-house cash (IHC) postings and acquisition/integration transactions
• Reviews and approves Blackline account reconciliations, resolves aged open item issues
• Identifies opportunities to improve process efficiency and effectiveness

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance with 3+ years of accounting experience; CPA or MBA a plus
• Prior experience with treasury activities, AP and AR clearing activities
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail
• Excellent communication and presentation skills across all levels of the organization
• Strong computer skills, particularly Excel and SAP; experience with HFM preferred