[Hiring] Senior Financial Reporting Analyst @American AgCredit

Role Description

The Senior Financial Reporting Analyst performs advanced accounting, financial and regulatory report preparation, analytics, data stewardship, and control activities that support accurate, timely, and compliant financial and regulatory reporting. The position provides the specialized capability needed for the Financial Reporting function to operate beyond recurring report preparation and to serve as a key control point for shareholder reporting, regulatory compliance, financial governance, systems implementation, data integrity, and organizational decision-making.

The role is expected to operate with significant independence, apply advanced knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and Farm Credit reporting requirements, exercise professional judgment in complex accounting and reporting matters, and influence outcomes through cross-functional partnership.

Essential Duties

• Prepare and review the Association’s financial, shareholder, regulatory, and District reporting in compliance with GAAP, FCA regulations, District Bank requirements, and established internal standards.
• Apply advanced technical accounting and reporting knowledge to research, analyze, and resolve complex or emerging financial reporting matters; document conclusions and communicate impacts to appropriate stakeholders.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for reporting processes, data flows, and data elements, including Alteryx workflow development, testing, and issue resolution.
• Critically evaluate and challenge the accuracy, completeness, and consistency of data used in financial and regulatory reporting; identify anomalies, investigate root causes, and coordinate timely resolution.
• Perform and review general ledger account reconciliations and documentation that facilitate management review, regulatory examinations, and internal and external audits.
• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities, including journal entries, loan and general ledger extracts, analysis of significant accounts, reporting validations, and communication of close status.
• Lead the development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of Financial Reporting workflows, work instructions, documentation, and training materials to support consistent execution, audit readiness, knowledge transfer, and operational scalability.
• Leverage Power BI, Power Query, Alteryx, Excel, and other approved tools to develop and maintain reports, automate recurring activities, analyze trends, respond to audit requests, and support ad hoc business needs.
• Provide expertise related to the Association’s data catalog and financial-reporting data requirements; help define business data elements, ownership, lineage, controls, and reporting uses.
• Evaluate internal controls over financial reporting within assigned processes; identify weaknesses or inefficiencies and recommend enhancements that improve control effectiveness, compliance, documentation, and automation.
• Coordinate and support internal and external audits, regulatory examinations, and related requests by preparing clear, complete, and well-supported documentation.
• Train and mentor team members on reporting requirements, systems, data, controls, and procedures, helping build technical depth and reduce reliance on individual subject matter experts.
• Proactively identify, communicate, and implement process improvements that increase efficiency, consistency, data quality, control effectiveness, and scalability.
• Represent Financial Reporting and American AgCredit professionally in communications with auditors, examiners, and other internal stakeholders.
• Strengthen controls and governance through higher-quality review, reliable documentation, disciplined data stewardship, and sustained audit readiness.
• Serve as a trusted subject matter expert for Financial Accounting and Association priorities, providing technical leadership, advancing key initiatives, and influencing cross-functional decisions that strengthen reporting, governance, and organizational performance.
• Build scalable financial reporting capabilities by formalizing process ownership, subject matter expertise, cross-training, and knowledge transfer.
• Improve efficiency and effectiveness through thoughtful use of data, systems, analytics, automation, and process redesign.
• Support organizational growth and complexity by providing advanced technical capacity for expanding regulatory, shareholder, system, and data requirements.
• Connect accounting execution with enterprise data and reporting initiatives so that financial information remains complete, consistent, traceable, and decision-useful.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of general accounting procedures, GAAP, financial reporting, regulatory reporting, general-ledger processes, and internal controls.
• Experience preparing and analyzing regulatory Call Reports for financial institutions, including interpretation and application of regulatory reporting requirements.
• Experience working with financial systems, data flows, reporting tools, and technology-enabled process improvements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Accounting, or Finance.
• At least six years of progressively responsible financial reporting experience.
• CPA license preferred. Maintains required continuing professional education requirements.
• Diversified financial services industry experience preferred.

Benefits

• Commitment to agriculture and the communities we serve.
• Family friendly work environment.
• Investment in employee development.
• Medical, Dental and Vision coverage.
• Outstanding 401k – automatic 3% employer contribution, plus match up to 6%.
• Generous Paid Time Off (Vacation accrued at 21 days annually, Sick Days accrued at 15 days annually, 12 paid holidays, plus 16 hours of volunteer time).
• Competitive Incentive Compensation Plan.
• Disability & Life Insurance.
• Employee mental, physical, and financial wellness programs.
• The position is bonus eligible based on association and personal performance.