Why you'll LOVE Sagent:
You could work anywhere. We know you are talented and looking for something inspiring and impactful. A place where you will make a difference and have a great time doing it!
By choosing Sagent, you can be part of our mission to make loans and homeownership simpler and safer for all consumers.
Sagent powers servicers and consumers. You power Sagent!
About the Opportunity: The Accounting Specialist will play a pivotal role in the Accounting Function, contributing to the development and maintenance of accounting policies, controls, and systems. This position requires a candidate with a solid theoretical knowledge base, specific functional expertise, and the ability to provide guidance using technical expertise.
Your day-to-day at Sagent:
Policy and Controls:
- Assist in managing the development, implementation, and adherence to accounting policies and procedures, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant financial reporting.
- Assist in designing, implementing, administering, and reporting of relevant internal control procedures.
- Spearhead fiscal controls to safeguard the organization's assets.
Financial Reporting:
- Drive the preparation of financial reports, including balance sheets, cash flow statements, income statements, and profit and loss statements.
- Complete assigned account reconciliations and support accurate and timely month- and year-end close.
- Assist in GAAP accounting research and apply GAAP policies as appropriate.
- Review and interpret financial reporting rules and regulations, ensuring compliance with industry standards.
Accounting Systems:
- Develop, implement, and maintain accounting systems, such as Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, and Journal Entries.
- Maintain focus on continuous operational improvement opportunities and, where required, participate in the design and implementation of financial systems and other tools to drive continuous improvement in relevant processes.
- Oversee the review and interpretation of financial reporting rules and regulations.
Project Monitoring:
- Manage and develop monthly reports of expenditures and revenues for projects.
- Lead the preparation of liabilities, record of assets, and other financial transactions.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with other finance and non-finance teams, as well as external providers, to maintain and update shared processes, tools, and reporting activities.
Tax Compliance:
- Prepare federal, state, and local reports and tax returns, ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements.
Revenue Recognition:
- Drive the setup of procedures and processes for capturing, tracking, and reporting revenue, including deferred revenue, in accordance with the company's revenue recognition policy.
- Oversee the generation of revenue reports for internal and external use.
Financial Analysis:
- Interpret records and reports for managers and stakeholders, providing valuable financial analysis.
Billing Details and Compliance:
- Lead the maintenance, review, and tracking of billing details within financial systems, ensuring accuracy.
- Oversee compliance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and other accounting regulations.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Prepare manual journal entries, including but not limited to cash, prepaids, fixed assets, and intangible asset accounts.
- Provide audit support as needed.
- Perform any additional duties as assigned by the CAO / Assistant Controller.
We would love to hear from you if you have:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, or relevant discipline required
- 1 - 2 years of experience in accounting or audit required
- Application of theoretical knowledge to achieve accounting goals through individual work.
- Strong Excel skills.
- Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 (a plus).
- CPA certification (a plus).
- Specific functional expertise in accounting gained through formal education and experience.
- Ability to provide guidance to others as a project manager or lead, demonstrating technical expertise.
Perks!
As a Sagent Associate, you will be eligible to participate in our benefit programs beginning on Day #1! We offer a comprehensive package including Remote/Hybrid workplace options, Health Benefits, Unlimited Flexible Time Off, Family Planning Services, Tuition Reimbursement, Paid Family Leave, 401(k) Matching, Pet Insurance, LinkedIn Learning, Virtual Social Experiences, Career Pathing, Focus Time Fridays and much, much more!
Why Sagent?
Sagent is transforming the mortgage servicing industry by bringing the modern experience customers now expect from loan originations to loan servicing. Our platform lets customers manage their home-owing lives from anywhere while giving servicers lower costs, scale compliance and higher servicing values through full market cycles.
Sagent is a joint venture that combines Fiserv Inc.'s decades of market-leading fintech expertise with Warburg Pincus' skill in growing technology companies. We hire innovators and doers to disrupt the last and most complex frontier of lending and housing. We're growing fast and need you to help shape our future.
Sagent is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
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What We Do
Sagent powers banks and lenders to make loans and homeownership simpler and safer for millions of homeowners. We bring the modern experience customers now expect from loan originations to loan servicing, where lifetime customer relationships are managed and grown. Sagent platforms let consumers manage their home-owning lives from anywhere.
Why Work With Us
We are authentic! No big egos here. We are passionate about our mission to improve the lives of servicers by providing human-centered experiences and creating the same for homeowners as they manage the single largest asset purchase of their lives....their home!
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