GuideStone
Senior Accountant - GSIS (GuideStone Investment Services) Operations
Dallas, TX · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 1 day ago
Data AnalysisAccessibilityFinancial AnalysisAccountingExcelValuationProcess ImprovementProblem SolvingCritical ThinkingGAAPFinancial ReportingInternal AuditVariance Analysis
About the role
- We have a culture that values excellence, teamwork, humility, integrity, compassion and stewardship.
- We serve those that serve the Lord with the integrity of our hearts and the skillfulness of our hands (Psalm 78:72).
Responsibilities
- Oversee and maintain the Investment Book of Record (IBOR) and Accounting Book of Record (ABOR) for GSIS client accounts, ensuring accuracy across custodial, manager, and internal data sources.
- Own the reconciliation process for investment, accounting, and private-fund data across systems, resolving discrepancies and ensuring the integrity of all portfolio and transaction records.
- Manage and validate data within Addepar, ensuring accurate accounting treatment of transactions, valuations, performance inputs, and exposures, with a focus on consistency between investment and accounting records.
- Support custodial reconciliation and validation processes for GuideStone Funds, including trade activity, cash movements, and NAV verification, identifying exceptions and coordinating resolution to maintain accounting integrity.
- Perform detailed review and reconciliation of private fund activity, including capital calls, distributions, income allocations, and valuation updates, ensuring proper accounting recognition and accurate reflection in portfolio records and up-to-date tracking for Unfunded Commitments.
- For new clients, lead onboarding and reconcile private fund transactions based off client and fund manager records to ensure seamless tracking of unfunded commitments and prior capital activities and valuations.
- Documentation, Controls, Process Improvement & Operational Support
- Maintain robust documentation of accounting processes, reconciliation procedures, and control activities to support audit readiness, internal controls, and consistent execution across the team.
- Maintain and organize client notices, statements, and records, ensuring accessibility for client-facing and operational teams.
- Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency, scalability, and control environment of accounting and reconciliation workflows, with emphasis on reducing manual intervention and strengthening data integrity.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in accounting.
- Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills for reconciliation, validation, and analysis, including advanced functions and the ability to manipulate and transform data into usable formats.
- Ability to work across multiple data sources and ensure financial data consistency.
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in written form, to internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to take on complex projects and work independently.
- follows established procedures and demonstrates the ability to learn quickly.
- Must have complete confidentiality regarding GuideStone business matters and those of its clients.
- Experience GuideStone!
Nice to have
- Experience working in fund accounting, fund administration for private funds, or public accounting (e.g. audit or assurance servicing investment, fund or financial service clients) preferred.
- Experience with accounting systems or sub-ledgers
- portfolio accounting systems (Addepar or similar) preferred.
- Exposure to private fund accounting, fee billing, and custodial reconciliation preferred.
- CPA license required.
- Interest in pursuing a CIPM or CAIA is a plus.
Benefits
- We offer employees a generous benefits package, flexible work schedules, the opportunity to be involved in community outreach and tuition reimbursement.
- In addition, the position provides trained backup coverage for GSIS Cash Desk trading and cash-movement operations to support overall team resilience and continuity.
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