Accounting Business Analyst - Buffalo, United States - Lighthouse Technology Services

Description

• Lighthouse Technology Services is partnering with our client to fill their Accounting Business Analyst position This is a 2+ month contract opportunity and can be remote in the United States. This role will be a W2 employee of Lighthouse Technology Services.

• Provide support from an accounting or investor reporting standpoint for loan and/or deposit conversions and upgrades for all lending and deposit systems, which may include general ledger interfaces and automated balancing functions.
• Using technical solutions, support the improvement and implementation of existing and new processes related to accounting for various lending and/or deposit products that enhance Department efficiency and effectiveness.
• Support the creation of business requirements documents, functional requirements and testing and implementing of those new requirements.
• May support the monthly closing of the general ledger by analyzing and interpreting account fluctuations and completing monthly and quarterly reporting. May process manual functions in the absence of an automated solution.
• Prepare monthly variance analyses, reconciliations, tests of accounting data integrity and work paper review.
• Review the Bank's accounting transaction documentation for completeness and accuracy; research account variances.
• May provide report deliverables to business partners and investors as required.
• Support the integration of acquired portfolios to the Bank's systems.
• Complete research to resolve reconciliation reporting discrepancies as needed; document and communicate discrepancies to business partners and clients as applicable.
• May serves as user administrator to various Bank and investor systems.

• Bachelors degree and a minimum of 1 years accounting, audit and/or financial institution experience, or in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 5 years higher education and/or work experience, including a minimum of 1 years accounting, audit and/or financial institution experience. Bachelors degree in Accounting (or Finance with significant Accounting coursework) preferred.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong knowledge of pertinent software products.
• Experience working under critical time constraints.
• Strong data management experience.
• Knowledge and application of GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles).
• Previous experience working with Power Automate solutions