Manager, Enterprise Financial Reporting

At CoBank, our Manager, Enterprise Financial Reporting is an integral member of the Financial Reporting Department who manages all reporting aspects of CoBank’s loan portfolios. Primary duties to include preparing financial reports and analyses for regulatory agencies, shareholders, and executive management while ensuring compliance with internal controls, generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), and other regulatory requirements. Duties will also include performing special project work to support the business needs of the Controller Division, including system implementation support and data validation.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manages senior staff who exercise latitude and independence in assignments. Develops staff on specific projects and controls deployment of resources.
• Responsible for performance management of reports. Provides coaching and career development support.
• Responsible for policy and strategy implementation. Accountable for the completion of assigned processes or programs. Acts autonomously on most decisions.
• Prepares and reviews regulatory and shareholder analysis and reporting, with particular focus on CoBank’s loan portfolio. Coordinates compilation and reconciliation of all aspects related to loan reporting, which includes the management of loan data from CoBank’s affiliates.
• Prepares certain financial sections of CoBank’s Shareholder and District reports while maintaining effective communications and data analysis to ensure disclosures are appropriate, accurate and complete.
• Maintains department controls, processes, and procedures to ensure CoBank’s financial reports comply with GAAP, regulatory requirements, Sarbanes-Oxley, and industry practice.
• Maintains effective source data controls and change management over the reporting of CoBank’s loan accounting portfolio and ensures changes to source data are well documented, thoroughly vetted and effectively incorporated into CoBank’s reporting deliverables.
• Maintains current knowledge of accounting and regulatory rules and evaluates the impact to CoBank’s financial statements by researching accounting issues, recommending appropriate treatment and assisting in implementing such recommendations.
• Identifies opportunities to streamline processes to improve efficiency in the reporting of CoBank’s loan portfolio and works with other CoBank stakeholders to ensure effective implementation.
• Prepares other reports on an ad-hoc basis required for financial analytics on various key initiatives.
• Identifies opportunities for robotic process automation within CoBank’s reporting capabilities and maintains effective controls over spreadsheets.
• Manages, trains and develops Financial Reporting staff.
• Participates in technology system implementations, upgrades and enhancements.
• Assists with special projects, and performs other duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or relevant discipline.
• Five (5) or more years of financial reporting and/or corporate accounting experience, combined between public accounting and industry, preferably in banking or the financial services

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing people, strongly preferred
• Master’s degree and/or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license, strongly preferred
• Advanced knowledge of GAAP accounting concepts.
• Advanced technology and business process skills in Hyperion, Essbase, Hyperion Reports and Hyperion SmartView preferred.
• Proven skills in financial reporting analysis, research and technical writing.
• Efficient organization and time management skills, including the ability to manage workload, prioritize competing commitments, and complete assignments in accordance with established deadlines.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in a team environment.
• Strong attention to detail and customer service orientation.
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively and build relationships with associates and management at all levels across the bank.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

Special Requirements

• Availability for occasional work outside normal business hours during peak reporting periods.
• Ability to function competently in a hybrid working environment.