Dallas, United States of America
The Controllership function is responsible for the operations and controls surrounding accounting, tax and financial reporting of the institution. This function’s responsibilities demonstrates expertise in processing transactions, recording accounting entries, managing the general ledger and reconciliations, and interpreting and complying with technical accounting matters and financial reporting disclosure requirements. Through the Controllership function, stakeholders receive relevant insight and commentary on transaction-level and financial results for analysis and decision making.
Essential Functions

• Administers the processing, accounting entries, reconciliations, reporting, analysis, and documentation of assigned job areas within the Corporate Accounting Team.
• Analytics related to expenses, accruals, and other financial statement accounts.
• Creates and/or improves current accounting and reporting processes; recommends enhancements or improvements.
• Manages relevant accruals and maintains accrual position report for ease of tracking
• Reconciles Corporate Accounts, including payroll related accounts from HR Workday subsystem to the General Ledger
• Maintains monthly processes related to accruals and books monthly journal entries
• Informs, gains input, and supports decision making by the sharing of knowledge, status, needs, and issues across business lines.
• Guides and assists junior level professionals as needed.
• Prepares / Reviews, reconciles, or analyzes accounting entries, transactions and general ledger and consolidation results.

Other Functions

• End to end deep dive reviews and transformation routines.
• Reporting tools, analytics, and enhancements.
• Special projects as requested

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree: Accounting or Finance
• 5 years Relatable experience in accounting, financial reporting, or auditing field equivalent work experience. Experience in expense accrual process and analyzing expenses.

Licenses & Certifications - Preferred: CPA - Certified Public Accountant
Skills And Abilities

• Demonstrated competence of accounting practices and procedures, including US GAAP/IFRS and regulatory reporting standards
• Strong understanding of expense accrual process with relevant experience
• Practical analytical and accounting skills.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to focus on details to ensure and maintain data accuracy, and demonstrate holistic understanding of accounting and financial report.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to effectively handle multiple projects simultaneously in a deadline driven environment.
• Ability to multi-task and adhere to deadlines.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Intermediate to Advanced experience with MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, MS Access.
• Ability to demonstrate continuous improvement through training.

At Santander, we value and respect differences in our workforce and strive to increase the diversity of our teams. We actively encourage everyone to apply.
Santander is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
This job description does not list all of the job duties of the job. You may be asked by your supervisors or managers to perform other duties. You may be evaluated in part based upon your performance of the tasks listed in this job description. The employer has the right to revise this job description at any time. This job description is not a contract for employment and either you or the employer may terminate at any time for any reason.
Masters of Science (MS) English
Primary Location: Dallas, TX, Dallas
Other Locations: Texas-Dallas
Organization: Santander Consumer USA Inc.