CSI Financial is actively hiring for a Senior Account specialized in mortgage originations. To learn more about the role, email your resume to Tina at [Click Here to Email Your Resumé]
POSITION: SENIOR ACCOUNTANT - ORIGINATIONS
The Senior Accountant will play an instrumental role in building out the newly formed originations accounting group, a component of a highly collaborative Accounting and Finance department. In addition to working directly with the accounting and finance team, this individual must build strong working partnerships across the company including business unit leaders and other key stakeholder, most notably the retention department and the capital markets team. This role, reporting to the VP of Accounting, will have considerable exposure across the organization and will be responsible for all aspects of the originations accounting functions as well as participating on recurring project teams within Our Client.
PRIMARY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Oversee day-to-day originations accounting functions including recording daily funding and sales, reporting warehouse line utilization, accounting for hedges/derivatives, identifying and curing discrepancies
- Prepare journal entries for daily cash activity, reconcile cash accounts daily, and create and distribute associated reporting
- Complete month-end tasks including preparing and recording segment specific accruals, hedging/derivative entries, and FMV adjustments
- Help design, implement, and document policies and procedures as well as the workflows and systems that support them
- Routinely identify and implement process improvements to enhance internal controls and efficiencies
- Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations and collaborate with the necessary parties to substantiate and cure any items as needed
- Assist with financial statement preparation and analysis as needed
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance
- 5-7+ years of mortgage originations accounting experience required, servicing accounting experience a plus
- Knowledge and understanding of full cycle accounting including journal entries, AP processes, accruals, and reconciliations
- Knowledge, understanding, and ownership of the banking aspects including working with warehouse banks, ensuring the inventory reports are accurate and reconciled, and ensuring the haircut accounts maintain adequate funding
- Experience with mortgage origination loan origination software (LOS) required
- Advanced Excel skills required, including pivots and lookups, macros, and other advanced functions
- Experience with designing, implementing, and document processes and procedures
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment within an organization that is growing rapidly
- Time management skills and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail in preparing schedules including reconciliations
- Proactive learner who enjoys solving problems and a variety of challenges
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and take ownership of work product
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Mortgage Servicing Experience preferred
- Experience with Oracle NetSuite preferred
- Experience with Black Knight Empower preferred
- SQL experience preferred
