Senior Accountant

At First Republic, we care about our people. We offer extraordinary client service in private banking, private business banking, and private wealth management. Founded in 1985, we believe that personal connections are everything and our success is driven by the relationships we form with our colleagues and clients. You’ll always feel empowered and valued at First Republic. 

Incredible teams doing exceptional work, every day. 

Under general supervision, the Senior Accountant will perform a variety of routine duties in the Accounting Department which includes, but is not limited to daily and monthly reconciliation, analysis and certification of various General Ledger accounts, research of outstanding items and inputting journal entries. 

What you’ll do as a Senior Accountant: 

• Reconcile, analyze and certify various General Ledger accounts within daily and monthly deadlines.
• Prepare journal entries with proper documentation
• Identify, research, investigate, and problem-solve GL account and/or internal control issues
• Communicate and work with various business units to resolve outstanding issues.
• Support the accounting team in meeting month end closing deadlines.
• Assist management on audit request and responding to inquiries from internal and external auditors.
• Assist in providing detailed support to Accounting Management on financial reports, schedules and regulatory reporting.
• Assist in various projects as needed, such as analyze and prepare trend analysis to management.
• Perform duties & responsibilities specific to department functions & activities.
• Performs other duties & responsibilities as required or assigned by supervisor.
• Organize and maintain updated accounting procedures respective to assigned tasks.
• Adhere to company policies in protecting and preserving confidentiality of bank and clients information.
• Responsibilities include the following: 1) adhering to and complying with all applicable, federal and state laws, regulations and guidance, including those related to Anti-Money Laundering (i.e. Bank Secrecy Act, USA PATRIOT Act, etc.), 2) adhering to Bank policies and procedures, 3) completing required training, 4) identifying and reporting potential suspicious activity to the BSA/AML Officer, and 5) knowing and verifying the identity of any customer(s) that enters into a relationship with the Bank.

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES:

• 3+ years of GL experience in accounting and/or banking environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills. 
• Results-oriented and works well in a fast-paced environment with an ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Self-motivated; able to execute tasks and manage multiple priorities
• Requires excellent verbal and communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail, good analytical skills and team oriented.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office required.
• Managed and analyze large amounts of data; Excel skills are required.
• Oracle and Hyperion knowledge desired.
• Provides extraordinary service.
• Furthers the First Republic Bank culture and values.