Analyst-Accounting

Job Summary

The Analyst works collaboratively with other staff in the Accounting Department to support Company’s business initiatives. This role requires that the Analyst works closely with stakeholders to collect requirements and produce deliverables in the form of data sets or reports to drive business decisions. The Analyst verifies data integrity and validity of information and must possess strong analytical and reconciliation skills with ability to interpret, analyze, reconcile data and present the result in professional manner. The role also requires understanding of internal control concepts and experience in applying them in day-to-day activities.

Essential Functions/Performance Dimensions and Tasks

The essential functions of the position include, but are not limited to:

Essential Functions

• Perform review and audit of reimbursement invoices for the loan portfolio
• Complete client billings, review and prepare payment disbursement and billing batches for processing
• Perform reconciliation of REO reimbursement invoices and inventory reconciliations for various clients to support disbursements and billings
• Participate in month end close process by ensuring the integrity and accuracy of information
• Prepare monthly financial reporting, variance analysis, quarterly forecasts and annual budget
• Prepare aging analysis and other reconciliations for various clients
• Participate and provide analytical and operational support in new business initiatives
• Prepare standard and ad-hoc reports and analysis as requested to support departmental process
• Escalate issues to proper department or supervisor for resolution or reassignment
• Research solutions when necessary to complete the task and to improve process efficiency

Service Excellence

• Conduct periodic audits or assessments to identify corrective action needed for deficiencies
• Create new and maintain existing customized reporting, templates, models, metrics, and process documentations
• Communicate audit or assessment results and findings to management, clients or vendors as directed
• Review findings and suggest process improvements for departmental efficiency
• Maintain existing process documentation and create process documentation for new processes
• User Acceptance Testing, as necessary

Service Excellence

• Respond to client’s, vendor’s and customer’s requests or questions as needed via phone, email, portal or fax
• Train vendors, clients or customers on internal processes when needed
• Work collaboratively with vendors, customers, clients and internal staff to increase productivity, promote cost savings, and fosters the adoption of the industry best practices

Other functions, duties, and tasks as assigned

Management retains the discretion to add to or change the duties of the position at any time.

Job Specifications

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or related field
• License: CPA or in progress of obtaining CPA is a plus
• Experience: One to three years of accounting experience in financial analysis, reporting, and billing. Prior experience with a mortgage servicer or mortgage services provider is a plus.

KSAO’s:

Required Knowledge: Principles and processes for providing customer service; structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar; Microsoft Office (emphasis on Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Internet Explorer)

Essential Skills:

Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times; Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents; Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively; Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others’ reactions and understanding why they react as they do; Time Management: Managing one’s own time and the time of others. Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people; Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems; Persuasion: Persuading others to change their minds or behavior; Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making; Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action; Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems; Conflict Resolution: Using verbal and nonverbal communication skills to successfully resolve conflicts; Problem Solving: Identifying and working through details of a problem to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

Essential Abilities:

Oral Expression: ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand; Oral Comprehension: ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences; Speech Recognition: ability to identify and understand the speech of another person; Speech Clarity: ability to speak clearly so others can understand; Written Comprehension: ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing; Written Expression: ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand; Inductive Reasoning: the ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events); Deductive Reasoning: ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense; Problem Sensitivity: ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem; Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

Job Context: The majority of work will be performed indoors in an environmentally controlled setting. Some property inspections and conferences will require travel and performing work outside of a controlled office setting. The work environment also includes: business casual; frequent contact with others via e-mail, telephone, face-to-face, letters and memos; daily decisions which have high impact on co-workers and company results; a high level of autonomy within highly structured process flows; and, may frequently include working beyond 40 hours per week.

Vendor Resource Management makes reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an employee or applicant for employment unless the accommodation would impose undue hardship on the operation of the business in accordance with applicable law. If you require an accommodation in the application process, please call (972) 232-6365 or email accommodations@vrmco.com.