Accounting Manager- Ford Credit Bank

Ford Ford · Auto · Salt Lake City, UT +1 · Finance

This role is for an Accounting Manager at Ford Credit Bank, a new industrial bank focused on financing Ford vehicles and offering savings accounts. The position involves implementing and overseeing accounting, financial, and regulatory reporting processes, ensuring compliance with U.S. GAAP and banking regulations, and driving automation in accounting tasks. The role requires strong analytical skills, experience in banking accounting and regulatory reporting, and collaboration across teams.

What you'd actually do

  1. Implement and perform various aspects of our accounting, financial, and regulatory reporting processes
  2. Oversee and support the delivery of accounting-related tasks and projects
  3. Establish and oversee reporting for product profitability
  4. Research, interpret, and document technical accounting guidance including regulatory and capital treatment guidance
  5. Create and implement ideas for automation using data analytic tools

Skills

Required

  • CPA license preferred with bachelor’s or master’s degree in accounting required
  • Minimum of 7 years’ experience in accounting or auditing preferably in the banking industry
  • Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP
  • Strong understanding of Bank Regulatory Reporting inclusive of Basel
  • Proficient in Microsoft Excel, including data analysis techniques
  • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills
  • Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with all levels of the organization
  • Proven ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Experience with internal controls over financial reporting
  • Ability to generate ideas for improvement and implement those ideas independently
  • Experience collaborating with cross-functional team members to navigate white-space and implement solutions

Nice to have

  • Prior Big 4 public accounting experience or equivalent experience with an SEC registrant
  • Positive, “can-do” attitude
  • Experience with SAP

What the JD emphasized

  • Strong understanding of Bank Regulatory Reporting inclusive of Basel