Financial Reporting Accountant jobs in West Orange, NJ

Overview

SMBC is seeking a Vice President position to work in the Bank Accounting Department located in Jersey City, NJ. This Vice President will help to initiate, plan, execute, monitor, and close large-scale projects across the Controllers Group by driving defined projects/workstreams; serving as a supporting personnel to the key primary contact and working closely with key business and technical stakeholders to identify and monitor project requirements, activities, milestones, and deliverables. This Vice President will have a strong desire to build and maintain relationships across SMBC along with exemplifying strong written/verbal communication, problem solving skills, and critical thinking.

Responsibilities

• Ability to develop and maintain Project Plans and Project Documents (e.g., Project Charter, Stakeholder Register, Issue Log) in accordance with the Project Life Cycle (i.e., Initiation, Planning, Executing, Monitoring & Controlling, & Closing).
• Coordinate and consolidate workstream status reports, track workstream schedules and milestones, risks, issues, and observations that needs management’s attention within a program/project.
• Ability to create and maintain budget and resource plans for project execution and fiscal year planning.
• Conduct periodic meetings (e.g., daily, weekly, and monthly basis) for the Controllers Group.
• Coordination with external and internal auditors for the audit related activities.
• Coordination and negotiation with external consulting firms and vendors.
• Prepare and edit Weekly Project Status Reporting materials including concise and clear visual artifacts to support management understanding.
• Track cross-workstream dependencies, milestones, and serve as the facilitator and note taker of cross-workstream meetings and other project related meetings with relevant stakeholders.
• Assist with the creation and management of the project management plan.
• Ability to identify, escalate, and mitigate project issues and risks across workstreams and projects.
• Provide oversight for project management artifacts, such as project plans, project charters, business cases, and status reports.
• Understand the challenges/issues/goals that business departments are facing and swiftly consider appropriate solutions.
• Draft, review, and edit business requirement documents by gathering and analyzing business user requirements from key stakeholders.
• Draft test plans to perform and conduct Quality Assurance / User Acceptance Testing.
• Coordinate and support Quality Assurance / User Acceptance Testing calls including overview and test execution.
• Support the creation and maintenance of business workflows, procedure manuals, and monthly/quarterly accounting analyses.
• Draft and deliver training materials for end users.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Computer Science, Engineering, or related business fields.
• 5 years of industry experience (i.e., financial industry experience highly preferred)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• PMP Certification preferred but not required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft applications and other applications, such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Project.
• Excellent project management skills, including the ability to work collaboratively across functional teams.
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and work with shifting priorities.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and documentation skills.
• Detail oriented and well organized.
• Ability to work independently as well as within a group setting.
• Ability to balance and prioritize critical responsibilities to meet all necessary deadlines timely.