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Accountant - Senior

Comerica Incorporated
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 7 Aug 2025

About the role

POSITION SUMMARY:

Analyze financial information and prepare financial reports to determine or maintain record of assets, liabilities, profit and loss, or other financial activities within the company.  Perform any combination of routine calculating, posting, and verifying duties to obtain primary financial data for use in maintaining accurate accounting records.

 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

  • Create and post journal entries to the general ledger

  • Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations, as assigned
  • Maintain fixed asset schedules for internal/GAAP books, federal tax, and state tax, including asset additions, transfers and disposals
  • Expense account variance analysis at month-end closing, as assigned
  • Create required reports for management 
  • Assist with request from various departments and management
  • Prepare of various tax returns, which may include personal property tax, sales/use tax, gross receipts tax, and franchise tax returns
  • Prepare various external audit schedules and analysis, as assigned 
  • Performs other related duties as assigned or described in Company policy

JOB REQUIREMENTS: 

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance 
  • Minimum of three years' working experience in Accounting 
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel
  • Superb attention to detail 
  • Strong communication, planning and organizational skills, and the ability to multi-task and prioritize
  • Desire to work in a challenging, fast-paced environment

 

VALUED BUT NOT REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

 

Education: Knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics (Great Plains)

Experience: Healthcare Industry experience

 

REPORTING TO THIS POSITION:

 

N/A

 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:

 

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

Physical Demands: 

While performing the essential function of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; lift; carry, use hands to handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hand and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop; kneel, crouch or crawl, talk, hear and lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.

 

Work Environment:

While performing the essential function of this job, the employee will be exposed to working conditions commensurate with a traditional office environment.

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