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Senior Accountant - RJ Bank in St. Petersburg, FL at honor foundations

Date Posted: 10/29/2024

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Job Description

Job Summary:


Under general supervision, uses extensive knowledge and skills obtained through education and experience to prepare financial statements, budgets and other financial analysis reports for complex business units and to analyze and reconcile all general ledger accounts. Guidance is provided to perform varied, complex accounting functions with responsibility for making extremely complex decisions. Evaluation, originality and ingenuity are required to locate, select and apply appropriate procedures, processes and techniques to specific assignments. Resolves or recommends solutions to complex problems. Regular contact with senior management and other internal customers is required to identify, research, and resolve accounting issues and problems.


Essential Duties and Responsibilities:


  • Uses general ledger accounting software to prepare monthly financial statements, budgets and reports.
  • Researches and makes recommendations to resolve unusual or irregular transactions.
  • Reconciles general ledger accounts, prepares analyses and completes other monthly general ledger closing procedures.
  • Responds to internal/external auditor issues and problems.
  • Assists in the administration of the organization’s annual budget.
  • Prepares surveys to be submitted to industry organizations and publications.
  • Allocates costs to individual organizational entities and analyses the impact of cost allocation on individual financial statements.
  • Analyzes securities trading clearance procedures.
  • Researches issues regarding application of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) to allocating costs and preparing financial statements.
  • Recommends process improvements to increase efficiency in processing or analyzing financial information.
  • Assists in training others.
  • Resolves extremely complex accounting problems.
  • Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.



    • Job Requirements

    Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:


    Knowledge of:


  • Advanced accounting concepts, practices and procedures.
  • Accrual based accounting practices.
  • Accounting software packages.
  • Cost allocation concepts and practices.
  • Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).


    Skill in:


  • Reviewing, interpreting and analyzing financial statements.
  • Resolving unusual transaction and accounting discrepancies.
  • Preparing financial statements, budgets and management reports.
  • Allocating costs and evaluating the impact on financial statements.
  • Preparing surveys.
  • Researching GAAP issues.
  • Operating standard office equipment and using required software applications to produce correspondence, reports, electronic communication, spreadsheets and complex databases.


    Ability to:


  • Implement changes to standard procedures when required by specific situations and circumstances.
  • Make independent decisions and solve more complex accounting problems.
  • Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with all organizational levels.
  • Explain or clarify financial information to all levels of management.
  • Provide training to others.
  • Organize, manage and track multiple detailed tasks and assignments with frequently changing priorities in a fast-paced work environment.
  • Provide a high level of customer service.


    Educational/Previous Experience Requirements:


  • Bachelor’s Degree (B.A.) in accounting or finance and a minimum of five (5) years experience in preparing and analyzing financial information or
  • A minimum of four (4) years accounting experience in the financial services industry.
    ~or~
  • Any equivalent combination of experience, education, and/or training approved by Human Resources.


    Licenses/Certifications:


  • None required.
  • Raymond James Bank is an EOE/AA and VEVRAA Federal Contractor
  • Priority will be given to protected veterans
  • EOE/AA: Female/Minorities/Disabled/Protected Veterans/LGBT

    At Raymond James our associates use five guiding behaviors (Develop, Collaborate, Decide, Deliver, Improve) to deliver on the firm's core values of client-first, integrity, independence and a conservative, long-term view.



    We expect our associates at all levels to:

    Grow professionally and inspire others to do the same

    Work with and through others to achieve desired outcomes

    Make prompt, pragmatic choices and act with the client in mind

    Take ownership and hold themselves and others accountable for delivering results that matter

    Contribute to the continuous evolution of the firm

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    THE HONOR FOUNDATION IS A 501(C)(3) TAX EXEMPT, NATIONAL NON-PROFIT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION. TAX ID # 46-2952873