Senior corporate accountant

Ally and Your Career Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and that’s more than some cliché people put on job postings. We live this stuff! We see our people as, well, people - with interests, families, friends, dreams, and causes that are all important to them. Our focus is on the health and safety of our teammates as well as work-life balance and diversity and inclusion. From generous benefits to a variety of employee resource groups, we strive to build paths that encourage employees to stretch themselves professionally. We want to help you grow, develop, and learn new things. You’re constantly evolving, so shouldn’t your opportunities be, too? Work Schedule: Ally designates roles as (1) fully on-site, (2) hybrid, or (3) fully remote. Hybrid roles are generally expected to be in the office a certain number of days per week as indicated by your manager. Your hiring manager will discuss this role's specific work requirements with you during the hiring process. All work requirements are subject to change at any time based on leader discretion and/or business need. The Opportunity The Senior Accountant position is within the Controller’s Group reporting to a Manager within the Corporate Accounting and Shared Services Team (CASST). The candidate would be primarily responsible for supporting the work needed to reconcile the enterprise’s cash, cash clearing, and suspense accounts. This person would also work with teams across the enterprise to provide solutions for new processes and products with a cash impact. Finally, this person will support any other ad-hoc or project work within the Corporate Accounting Team, including automation efforts and support for the implementation of a new ERP. The Work Itself

• Prepare certain cash, cash clearing, and suspense journal entries and account reconciliations (monthly and daily) including complex accounts which require heavy collaboration with business partners across the organization to identify, research, and correct discrepancies
• Identify and implement improvements and automation opportunities in cash-adjacent processes
• Support 10-Q / 10-K and Regulatory reporting
• Strive to become a SME in the cash space working to understand the many systems, entries, and teams involved in recording cash
• Drive audit compliance within areas of responsibility and liaise with internal and external audit teams during reviews
• Assist in supervising our offshore cash accounting team
• Coordinate with a number of groups across the enterprise in support of new products and processes with a cash impact
• Assist in analytical accounting support to the internal and external business partners.
• Assists in the resolution of accounting problems that arise
  

Skills The Skills You Bring

• 3+ years previous work experience in accounting or finance related field
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance
• CPA (or equivalent) preferred
• Possesses advanced MS Excel skills (pivot tables, v-lookups, etc.)
• Experience with SAP, OneStream, or Workday preferred
• Previous experience with complex bank and cash clearing reconciliations preferred
• Previous experience with automation tools such as Power Query/PowerBI preferred
• Should possess general technical accounting skills
• Exhibit a strong work ethic and high degree of self-motivation
• Sound oral and written communication skills
• Ability to organize data, perform independent analysis, and provide explanations/conclusions to management
• Ability to work with limited supervision while applying previous experience to execute all but the most complex tasks
• Ability to lead small projects or contribute meaningfully to larger projects
  

How We'll Have Your Back Ally's compensation program offers market-competitive base pay and pay-for-performance incentives (bonuses) based on achieving personal and company goals. Our Total Rewards program includes industry-leading compensation and benefits plus additional incentives that are designed to meet your needs and those of your family so you can get the most out of your career and your life, including:

• Time Away: 11 paid holidays, 20 paid time off days, and 8 hours of volunteer time off, yearly (paid time off is prorated based on start date)
• Planning for the Future: plan for the near and long term with an industry-leading 401K retirement savings plan with matching and company contributions, student loan pay downs and 529 educational save up assistance programs, tuition reimbursement, employee stock purchase plan, and financial learning center and financial coach access.
• Supporting your Health & Well-being: flexible health and insurance options including medical, dental and vision, employee, spouse and child life insurance, short- and long-term disability, pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions, Healthcare FSA, critical illness, accident & hospital indemnity insurance, and a total well-being program that helps you and your family stay on track physically, socially, emotionally, and financially.
• Building a Family: adoption, surrogacy and fertility assistance as well as paid parental and caregiver leave, Dependent Day Care FSA back-up child and adult/elder care days and childcare discounts.
• Work-Life Integration: other benefits including Mentally Fit Employee Assistance Program, subsidized and discounted Weight Watchers® program and other employee discount programs.
• Other compensations: depending on the role for which you are considered, you may be eligible for travel allowances, relocation assistance, a signing bonus and/or equity.
• To view more detailed information about Ally’s Total Rewards, please visit this link:
  

Who We Are: Ally Financial is a customer-centric, leading digital financial services company with passionate customer service and innovative financial solutions. We are relentlessly focused on "Doing it Right" and being a trusted financial-services provider to our consumer, commercial, and corporate customers. For more information, visit Ally is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic disposition or any other reason protected by law. We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at . Ally will not discriminate against any qualified individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. Base Pay Range : An individual's position in the range is determined by the scope and responsibilities of the role, work experience, education, certification(s), training, and additional qualifications. We review internal pay, the competitive market, and business environment prior to extending an offer. Emerging 70000 Experienced 95000 Expert 120000 Incentive Compensation: This position is eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan.