Senior Associate - Bond Accounting

Responsibilities :

• Bank Reconciliations - Conduct bank reconciliations for bond-related cash flows, ensuring accurate matching of interest payments, principal receipts, and trade settlements between bank statements and accounting records. High-volume, routine reconciliations with minimal complexity
• Asset Reconciliations - Perform asset reconciliation for bond portfolios, ensuring accurate alignment between internal accounting systems, custodial records, and trade data, with timely resolution of discrepancies related to interest, principal, and settlement activities.
• Financial Statement Preparation : Generate balance sheet and P&L reports using Prologue Financials and / or QuickBooks, ensuring accuracy and completeness for client reporting.
• Bond Accounting Activities : Accurate posting of journal entries related to bond transactions (interest income, amortization, pay-downs, and realized gains / losses)
• Variance Analysis : Identify and explain variances in reconciliations and financial reports, and recommend corrective actions to improve accuracy and efficiency.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance automation, streamline workflows, and improve data integrity in bond accounting processes.

Required Background & Qualification :

Skills Required

Financial statement preparation, Quickbooks, Excel, Variance Analysis, Bank Reconciliations