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Vanguard

Staff Accountant

Vanguard, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States, 19087

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Join Vanguard as a Staff Accountant, where you’ll provide critical financial and analytical support to designated business units. In this role, you’ll lead the development and enhancement of control standards, ensuring compliance and operational efficiency. This hybrid position offers the opportunity to contribute to strategic financial initiatives within a collaborative and mission-driven environment.

Responsibilities

Executes all corporate accounting close activities for assigned functional areas. Prepares monthly general ledger account reconciliations and reviews, approves, and posts journal entries. Reviews team\'s work for accuracy and compliance.

Responsible for processes around analysis of domestic and international business operations and obligations to ensure accurate recording of financial position. Assists in the preparation and communication of monthly financial results to management.

Identifies issues independently. Leads efforts to research issues, develop recommendations, resolve complex issues, and implement changes.

Designs, recommends, and implements internal control procedures that ensure proper recording and reporting of financial position and prevent significant errors in accounting records.

Prepares and produces monthly reports and returns required by the senior management and regulators. Support external auditors during annual audit.

Coaches and provides training to temporary administrators to ensure timely and accurate completion of tasks.

Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum of three years related business experience. Financial accounting experience preferred.

Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Finance or Accounting degree preferred.

CPA preferred

Our commitment to equal employment opportunity

Vanguard is an equal opportunity employer. Vanguard is committed to providing all crew members a working environment that is free from discrimination, prejudice and bias. Through this Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy, Vanguard reaffirms its commitment to equal employment opportunity for all applicants and crew members without regard to race, color, national origin or ancestry, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, veteran or military status. In addition, Vanguard prohibits discrimination based on genetic information, as well as any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on Vanguard. Please inform

careers@vanguard.com

if you need assistance completing this application or to otherwise participate in the application process.

Seniority level

Associate

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Accounting/Auditing

Industries

Financial Services and Accounting

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