Lead Accountant – Reconciliation & Controls

KeyBank; Town of Amherst (NY); Hybrid; USD 57,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

KeyBank is seeking a Lead Accountant to join the Corporate Reconciliation team. You will perform complex reconciliations, analyze exceptions, and contribute to internal controls and process improvements across multiple bank applications.

You will collaborate with Lines of Business to resolve issues and support regulatory reporting and audits. The role emphasizes mentoring analysts, leading project work, and ensuring timely delivery while upholding Key's policies.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of Accounting or Finance Audit experience (required).
• 1+ years of Project Experience (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Perform complex reconciliations, fundings or settlements with ability to design future requirements.
• Resolve complex reconciliation exceptions, and manage stales
• Prepare, analyze, coordinate and complete secondary review/approval for regulatory reporting
• Lead training sessions with multiple team members for new processes
• Document new departmental procedures, update changes to existing procedures, and/or review procedures
• Provide support for moderate to complex critical incidents or production issues
• Complete audit requests, while understanding the risks and controls that are being audited
• Process APA batch or funding entries and complete 2nd level approvals
• Coordinate and participate in testing of corporate and departmental projects and communication of risks, issues or defects
• Write and execute test cases/scripts for corporate projects
• Serve as subject matter expert in multiple products/systems
• Support monitoring and testing of internal control including completing quality reviews for complex departmental functions/GRC testing and coordination
• Ensure proper accounting principles/mapping for reconciliations and settlements
• Analyze and elevate line of business and stale reporting/scorecarding and analytics
• Manage large initiatives and projects involving Corporate Reconciliation and/or internal business partners
• Proactively identify and implement areas of improvement in all aspects of current functions
• Mentor and provide in-depth knowledge transfer to analysts within the department
• Other duties as assigned by management
• Performs other duties as assigned; duties, responsibilities and/or activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice
• Complies with all KeyBank policies and procedures, including without limitation, acting professionally at all times, conducting business ethically, avoiding conflicts of interest, and acting in the best interests of Key's clients and Key.

Skills

Financial data interpretation

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory knowledge (SOX)

Analytical problem solving

Leadership/mentoring

Effective communication

Change management

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Tools

SAP

Oracle

BlackLine

Excel

Power BI

Job description

KeyBank is seeking a Lead Accountant to join the Corporate Reconciliation team. You will perform complex reconciliations, analyze exceptions, and contribute to internal controls and process improvements across multiple bank applications.

You will collaborate with Lines of Business to resolve issues and support regulatory reporting and audits. The role emphasizes mentoring analysts, leading project work, and ensuring timely delivery while upholding Key's policies.