Accountant

ECMC Group is a nonprofit corporation focused on helping students succeed through financial tools, services, and innovative programs. The Accountant is responsible for day-to-day accounting operations, month-end close, financial reporting, investment accounting, tax and audit support, variance analysis, and continuous improvement of accounting processes and controls.

What you'll do:

• Performs month end close activities with increasing ownership for assigned areas, including preparing and posting journal entries, maintaining schedules, reconciling intercompany activity, and completing financial statement tie outs
• Prepares and maintains complex general ledger activity including balance sheet account reconciliations; research variances, resolve reconciling items, and document conclusions
• Processes routine accounting transactions and maintain accounting estimates to ensure appropriate coding, documentation, and adherence to internal controls
• Provides and maintains documentation with respect to account variances, roll forwards, supporting schedules, financial statement ratios, cash flows, explanations, and other key accounting schedules, ensuring workpapers are accurate, well-supported, and audit ready
• Performs investment accounting and reporting activities with increasing ownership, including accounting for structured finance products, capital activity tracking, waterfall support, and compilation/analysis of valuation inputs and disclosures
• Supports recurring and ad hoc FP&A activities, including planning templates, variance support, and compiling inputs for forecast and budget cycles
• Assists external audit and tax compliance activities by preparing schedules, compiling supporting documentation, and responding to auditor and advisor inquiries with accurate, timely, and comprehensive information
• Serves as the primary owner for assigned accounting processes and accounts, coordinating cross-functional inputs, managing deliverables and deadlines, proactively resolving issues, and driving continuous improvements to process efficiency, internal controls, and reporting quality
• Owns accounting areas end-to-end, serving as the primary point of contact to coordinate inputs, manage deadlines and deliverables, resolve issues proactively, and identify opportunities to improve process efficiency and control design
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned

What they're looking for:

• • Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field
• • 1+ years of progressive accounting, auditing, or financial reporting experience
• • Foundational knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and financial reporting concepts
• • Experience preparing journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules
• • Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including advanced Excel skills such as pivot tables, lookups, formulas, and data analysis techniques
• • Bachelor's degree in accounting
• • Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license or active pursuit of CPA certification
• • Public accounting experience
• • Experience supporting month-end close, audits, tax reporting, or financial statement preparation
• • Experience in financial services, banking, investment management, structured finance, or nonprofit organizations
• • Familiarity with Workday Financial Management or other enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems
• • Experience working in a complex, multi-entity or multi-company environment

Benefits:

• Hybrid work arrangement with attendance in office Monday - Wednesday in Minneapolis, MN.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance plan options, with a generous employer subsidy.
• Company paid life and disability insurance.
• Pre-tax flexible spending accounts.
• Robust wellness programs.
• Generous 401(k) plan with a company match up to 6% and additional discretionary contribution potential.
• Holiday time off.
• Paid time off accrual starting at 20 days/year.
• Commuter subsidy.
• Tuition reimbursement up to $10,500/year for approved programs.