Senior Accountant / Analyst Job at ASCENDING, Bethesda, MD

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  • ASCENDING
  • Bethesda, MD

Job Description

Position Title: Senior Accountant / Analyst
Location: Bethesda, MD (Flexible Hybrid)
Employment Type: Full-Time

Overview:
We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Senior Accountant to join our dynamic and expanding finance team. This role is ideal for a candidate with a strong foundation in financial operations, capital structure management, and investor reporting within a mortgage or structured finance environment. You will play an integral part in ensuring accurate consolidated financials, managing complex investment vehicles, and optimizing financial reporting processes.

This position is based at Bethesda, MD headquarters and offers a flexible work arrangement. The role includes a competitive compensation package and benefits, with the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to a fast-scaling mortgage investment platform.

Core Responsibilities:

General Accounting & Consolidated Reporting

  • Prepare and record journal entries across multiple legal entities and lines of business
  • Perform account reconciliations involving loans, debt instruments, equity positions, REO, and investment assets
  • Generate monthly consolidated financial statements and supporting detail
  • Lead and support monthly and quarterly financial close activities
  • Coordinate cash-related tasks such as loan fundings, capital contributions, and investor distributions

Investor and Bond-Related Reporting

  • Compile monthly reporting packages for institutional and limited partner investors
  • Create detailed securitization reporting, including payment waterfalls and loan performance summaries
  • Assist with regulatory and internal compliance reporting for credit facilities and structured financing

Loan and Servicing Operations

  • Match subservicer data with internal records and general ledger balances
  • Record and reconcile transactions for loan acquisitions, payoffs, sales, and servicing advances
  • Monitor and track rehab fund draws and validate monthly loan tape data submissions

Treasury and Cash Operations

  • Prepare and manage daily cash movement schedules, wire instructions, and liquidity tracking
  • Analyze and report daily and monthly cash positions across business units

Transaction Execution & Accounting

  • Facilitate loan sales, asset transfers, and payoffs from an accounting and execution standpoint
  • Liaise with capital providers and internal teams to ensure precise transaction entries

Financial Planning & Modeling

  • Develop and update cash flow forecasts and liquidity projections
  • Assist in evaluating portfolio performance and supporting capital planning initiatives

Process Optimization & Strategic Projects

  • Identify opportunities to enhance reporting and reconciliation workflows
  • Support external audit preparation and internal audit initiatives
  • Contribute to the onboarding of new credit lines, securitizations, and financing vehicles

Qualifications & Skills:

  • In-depth understanding of U.S. GAAP, consolidation, and loan accounting principles
  • Advanced proficiency in Excel; experience with ERP/accounting systems and servicing platforms is a plus
  • Strong organizational and multitasking abilities in a deadline-driven environment
  • ​​​​​​​Effective communicator with analytical thinking and cross-functional collaboration skills

Minimum Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field (CPA or CPA-track preferred)
  • 4+ years of relevant accounting experience within mortgage finance, structured credit, or fund administration
  • ​​​​​​​Hands-on experience with structured finance reporting, securitizations, or warehouse lending is a strong plus

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement: We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Job Tags

Full time, Flexible hours,

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