**Essential Duties and Responsibilities** + Manages the preparation of SEC filing support (10-Q, 10-K and other regulatory reporting) including management discussion and analysis, description of business, financial statements including footnotes and supporting schedules. + Researches and evaluates the effect of new accounting and SEC pronouncements. Develops and assists in the implementation of new accounting requirements. + Reviews existing and potential accounting policies for consistency and compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and SEC requirements. + Manages the preparation of the Bank’s year end audited financial statements and footnotes. + Manages the preparation of quarterly financial package to senior management. + Manages finance presentations for Board of Directors package. + Manages various financial close processes. + Reviews accounting memos and work done by others in the financial reporting department. + Supervises SEC Reporting senior associates and staff. + Manages relationships with, and assists, internal and external auditors in the review of quarterly and annual financial information and provides additional information as needed. + Recommends solutions to extremely complex accounting problems. + Coordinates implementation, maintenance, and enhancement of systems and tools used to support SEC filings and internal reporting. + Recommends process improvements to increase efficiency in processing or analyzing financial information. + Reviews SEC filings of entities in our peer group and provides recommendations for any changes in our filings based upon these reviews. + Instructs and trains others on the disclosures associated with policies approved by the Accounting Policy Committee, Disclosure Committee, or management as needed. + Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned. **Knowledge of** + SEC reporting; including 10-K, 10-Q. + Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). + Advanced accounting concepts, practices and procedures. + Accounting software packages. **Skill in** + Reviewing, interpreting and analyzing financial statements. + Analyzing and proposing solutions to unusual transactions and accounting discrepancies. + Researching GAAP & SEC issues. + Interpreting and applying policies and procedures. + Promoting effective coordination between department and other functional areas. **Ability to** + Work additional hours during preparation of quarterly responsibilites. + Implement changes to standard procedures when required by specific situations and circumstances. + Work independently, make decisions and suggest resolutions to complex accounting problems. + Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with all organizational levels, including senior management. + Explain or clarify financial information to all levels of management. + Provide training to others. + Organize, manage and track multiple detailed tasks and assignments with frequently changing priorities in a fast-paced work environment. + Supervise, instruct and develop SEC Reporting senior associates and staff. + Provide a high level of customer service.