Senior Accounts Receivable Accountant - Operations

The Senior Accountant, Accounts Receivable reports to the Accounts Receivable Manager and is responsible for ensuring the accounting for our loan receivable balance is in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and other regulatory requirements. Designs and executes financial controls and reporting to ensure payments and loan adjustments are processed timely, appropriately and fairly stated on the financial statements.  

Essential Functions  

• Develop and implement internal controls and procedures to safeguard company assets and ensure the integrity of financial information, including reconciliation controls 

• Processing payments (checks, ACH, credit card, wire transfers) and apply them to customer accounts 

• Reconcile customer accounts, investigate discrepancies, and resolve billing issues 

• Identifies opportunities for automation and operational process improvement 

• Translate operational or system changes into clear accounting requirements, ensuring downstream impacts are identified and addressed early 

• Partners with Legal, Compliance and Account Servicing teams on error remediation and compliance with processing 

• Identify, implement and manage solutions to improve processes focused around legal and accounting regulations to ensure compliance is achieved 

• Works with external auditors on financial statement and SOC 1 audit 

• May evaluate new accounting processes and perform accounting research on new business transactions to determine appropriate accounting 

• Escalate cross‑functional risks, issues, or ambiguities promptly with clear options and recommended solutions 

• Other duties as assigned by Accounting Operations Management 

Required Education and Experience 

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, or related field, or commensurate work experience required

• CPA preferred 

• 4 years of progressive experience in accounting or 3 years of public account experience required 

• Experience and working knowledge of U.S. GAAP required 

• Financial industry experience preferred 

• Attention to detail and accuracy required 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills required 

• Proficient in the utilization of Microsoft Office Suite  

• Proficiency in working with large data sets, preferred 

• Ability to thrive in a fast paced work environment  

Physical Demands 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, stand, walk, visualize, talk, hear, and handle or touch objects or controls. The employee may occasionally lift, push, or pull up to 20 pounds.  

This position is an office-based position where you must be able to sit for long periods of time. The employee will be working on a computer 90% of the time.