Staff Accountant

Job Description

Job Description

Stellantis Financial Services (SFS) is the new captive finance company for one of the world's leading automakers and a mobility provider with iconic brands including Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Citroën, Dodge, DS Automobiles, Fiat, Jeep®, Lancia, Maserati, Opel, Peugeot, Ram, Vauxhall, Free2move and Leasys.

Our exciting growth provides opportunities to advance your career as we successfully lead products and services from a small to midsize company in just a few years.

Join our world class team and culture and contribute to our core mission which is enhancing our customer's experience.

Summary : The Staff Accountant will be responsible for assisting with the daily cash management process, preparing balance sheet reconciliations including bank reconciliations, month-end and year-end closing, making journal entries, and maintaining prepaid and other accruals.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following.

• Maintains the company’s accounting records
• Analyzes and reconciles balance sheet accounts
• Prepares ad-hoc and other reports as directed by management
• Reconciles general ledger data to various sub-ledger and system data
• Responsible for month-end closing activities preparing journal entries
• Identifies ways to promote efficiency within the financial reporting process to implement and / or incorporate best practices
• Work with payment processing to resolve account variances.
• Prepares daily cash reports for management.
• Reassignment of loans to appropriated segment (re-pooling)
• Assist with the management of cash (cash receipts, cash reconciliations)
• Reconciliation of balance sheet accounts to various sub-ledger.
• Perform daily balancing and reconciliation for various cash lockbox accounts.
• Maintains and balances subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, reconciling transactions, and resolving discrepancies
• Protects the organization’s value by keeping information confidential
• Research and address issues timely
• Adherence to department policies and procedures and compliance with SOX requirements
• Support the lease and commercial portfolio as needed
• Manage the GAP / Auxiliary prepayment process
• Support the monthly prepaid expense amortization and reconciliation
• Perform post-close analysis & research items and take appropriate as instructed
• Assist with the compilation and completion of quarterly reporting PBC schedules
• Other duties may be assigned.

Qualifications and Competencies Required :

• Experience
• A minimum of 1 year experience in accounting, payment processing, or related field.
• Education
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting
• Skills required :
• Collects and researches data; Uses intuition and experience to complement data; Strong analytical skills
• Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; Gathers and analyzes information skillfully; Develops alternative solutions
• Responds promptly to customer needs; Responds to requests for service and assistance; Meets commitments.
• Maintains confidentiality; Listens to others without interrupting; Keeps emotions under control; Remains open to other ideas and tries new things.
• Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; Listens and gets clarification; Responds well to questions;

Participates in meetings.

• Writes clearly and informatively; Edits work for spelling and grammar; Presents numerical data effectively; Able to read and interpret written information.
• Balances team and individual responsibilities; Exhibits objectivity and openness to other views; Gives and welcomes feedback;

Contributes to building a positive team spirit

Treats people with respect; Keeps commitments; Works with integrity and ethics; Upholds organizational values.

Must live within a commutable distance of one of the following cities : Atlanta, GA, Dallas, and Houston TX.

Physical Requirements :

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Sitting for long periods of time, standing, walking, close vision for computer work, speaking, hearing, lift and / or move up to 10 lbs.

Reasonable accommodation will be reviewed upon request.

Stellantis Financial Services, Inc (SFS) is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing its employees an environment that is free of harassment, discrimination, and intimidation.

It is the policy of SFS to comply with all applicable employment laws and regulations and to provide equal opportunity for all qualified persons and to not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity or expression, change of sex, and / or transgender status or any protected status.

Candidates must possess authorization to work in the United States. This policy applies to recruitment and placement, promotion, training, transfer, retention, rate of pay and all other terms and conditions of employment.

Employment and promotion decisions will be based solely on merit, ability, achievement, experience, conduct and other legitimate business reasons.

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