Remote Accounting Analyst — GAAP & Data Reconciliation

Aston Carter; Happy Valley (OR); Remote; USD 41,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision

401(k) Retirement Plan

Pre-tax and Roth post-tax conversions

Job summary

Aston Carter seeks a detail-oriented remote Accountant 3 to validate financial data, reconcile accounts, and support the migration to a new mortgage system. This contract role emphasizes GAAP compliance, data integrity, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure accurate records during a major systems transformation.

Ideal candidates bring 3+ years in data reconciliation, strong Excel skills (Pivot, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP), and experience with GL accounting across departments, with attention to

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience with data reconciliation, GL accounting, and data validation/ migration
• Advanced experience with Excel (pivot tables and VLOOKUPS)
• Strong knowledge with GAAP

Responsibilities

• Review large financial data sets during the transition to a new mortgage system to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Validate information transfers between legacy and new systems and resolve any discrepancies identified.
• Support the system migration by reconciling accounts and ensuring balances align across systems and records.
• Assist with internal and external audits by providing reconciliations, supporting documentation, and explanations as needed.
• Help set up and refine processes and procedures that properly capture, track, and report financial information in accordance with GAAP, Statutory Accounting Principles, company policy, and regulatory guidelines.
• Review, track, and maintain information in financial systems to ensure accuracy and compliance with GAAP and other accounting regulations.
• Prepare and process accounting transactions on financial subsidiary systems and the general ledger as directed.
• Maintain, balance, and reconcile the general ledger to subsidiary systems and supporting records.
• Assist in preparing regulatory statement reports, financial statements, schedules, exhibits, and related supporting documentation.
• Use Excel functions such as pivot tables, VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, and SUMIF to analyze, reconcile, and validate large data sets.
• Identify, investigate, and resolve reconciliation issues, documenting findings and recommending process improvements where appropriate.

Skills

Data reconciliation

GL accounting

Data validation

GAAP

Tools

Pivot tables

VLOOKUP

XLOOKUP

SUMIF

Job description

Aston Carter seeks a detail-oriented remote Accountant 3 to validate financial data, reconcile accounts, and support the migration to a new mortgage system. This contract role emphasizes GAAP compliance, data integrity, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure accurate records during a major systems transformation.

Ideal candidates bring 3+ years in data reconciliation, strong Excel skills (Pivot, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP), and experience with GL accounting across departments, with attention to