[Hiring] Accountant 3 @Aston Carter

Role Description

Help support a leading provider of insurance, retirement, and workplace benefits during a high-impact financial systems transformation. We're seeking a detail-oriented Accounting Analyst to play a critical role in validating financial data, reconciling accounts, and ensuring the accuracy of accounting records as key business systems transition to a new platform.

This role focuses on reviewing and reconciling large financial data sets as part of a transition to a new mortgage system. You will:

• Validate data transfers between systems.
• Ensure the accuracy and integrity of financial information.
• Support the system migration by reconciling accounts and assisting with audits.
• Help establish and maintain processes and procedures that capture, track, and report financial information in accordance with GAAP, Statutory Accounting Principles, company policy, and other applicable regulations.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience with data reconciliation, GL accounting, and data validation/migration.
• Advanced experience with Excel (pivot tables and VLOOKUPS).
• Strong knowledge with GAAP.
• Experience working with multiple departments through implementation.

Requirements

• Review large financial data sets during the transition to a new mortgage system to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Validate information transfers between legacy and new systems and resolve any discrepancies identified.
• Support the system migration by reconciling accounts and ensuring balances align across systems and records.
• Assist with internal and external audits by providing reconciliations, supporting documentation, and explanations as needed.
• Help set up and refine processes and procedures that properly capture, track, and report financial information in accordance with GAAP, Statutory Accounting Principles, company policy, and regulatory guidelines.
• Review, track, and maintain information in financial systems to ensure accuracy and compliance with GAAP and other accounting regulations.
• Prepare and process accounting transactions on financial subsidiary systems and the general ledger as directed.
• Maintain, balance, and reconcile the general ledger to subsidiary systems and supporting records.
• Assist in preparing regulatory statement reports, financial statements, schedules, exhibits, and related supporting documentation.
• Use Excel functions such as pivot tables, VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, and SUMIF to analyze, reconcile, and validate large data sets.
• Identify, investigate, and resolve reconciliation issues, documenting findings and recommending process improvements where appropriate.

Benefits

• Medical, dental & vision.
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available.
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents).
• Short and long-term disability.
• Health Spending Account (HSA).
• Transportation benefits.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave).

Company Description

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies.

We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500.

We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® Platinum Award winner for both client and talent service.