Director Accounting - Assistant Controller

The Assistant Controller is a key member of the finance leadership team partnering with the Controller and accounting leaders to oversee the accounting function and ensure accurate, timely, and reliable financial reporting. This role leads core processes such as month-end close, general ledger governance, reconciliations, intercompany accounting, consolidation, preparation, and financial analysis.

The Assistant Controller evaluates accounting policies, journal entries, and financial reports to ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP and company policies while supporting strong internal controls, audit readiness, and scalable operations in a regulated loan servicing environment.

Additionally, this role develops and manages the accounting team through coaching, performance management, and mentorship to build a high-performing and compliant organization.

Principal Duties

• Lead monthly and annual close processes, including reconciliations, consolidations, eliminations, variance analysis, and assist in producing timely and accurate financial statements.
• Govern the general ledger, including preparation and review of complex journal entries, accounting policies, and chart of accounts integrity.
• Oversee balance sheet integrity by managing reconciliations, resolving reconciling items, and maintaining strong controls.
• Manage intercompany accounting activities and elimination entries, supporting multi-entity consolidation and legal entity reporting.
• Review and deliver financial reporting and analytical insights to senior management, partnering cross-functionally to explain results and support business decision-making.
• Propose, implement, and maintain internal controls, develop and document accounting policies, procedures, and operating standards, and support audit and regulatory requirements.
• Lead, coach, and develop the accounting team, providing technical guidance, serving as backup as needed, driving process improvements, and performing other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or other related field, or equivalent experience.
• Five plus years of experience applying accounting principles and theories.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage an accounting staff.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products and SQL queries.
• Prior experience using General Ledger systems.
• Maintain a calm demeanor while managing multiple projects with competing deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Graduate degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or other closely related field.
• Mortgage or Financial Services industry experience.
• CPA License.
• Ability to multi-task.
• Adaptability to change.

Benefits

Paid Sick Days, 401K, Flexible Spending Accounts, Tuition Reimbursement

Skills

Accounting, Accounting Close, Accounting Consolidation, Accounting Policies, Balance Sheet, Business Support, Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Coaching, Corporate Policies, Cross-Functional, Decision Support, Finance, Financial Analysis, Financial Control, Financial Reporting, Financial Statements, General Ledger Accounting, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Internal Audit, Journal Entries, Leadership, Legal Reports, Loan Servicing, Maintain Compliance, Mentoring, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Product Family, Multitasking, Operations Processes, People Management, Performance Management, Policy Evaluation, Process Improvement, Project/Program Management, Reconciliation, Regulatory Requirements, SQL (Structured Query Language), Team Lead/Manager, Technical Leadership, Time Management, Variance Analysis

About the Company

Select Portfolio Servicing Inc

Who we are

Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc. (SPS) is an industry leading mortgage servicer. Founded in 1989, SPS is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah with an office in Jacksonville, Florida. At SPS, our on-going mission is to provide servicing solutions that exceed expectations.

To this end, we work closely with our customers to understand their unique situations and provide the right solutions for their individual circumstances.

Our Mission

To provide servicing solutions that exceed expectations.

Our Culture

Integrity

• We work honestly and fairly with all customers, clients and co-workers.
• We foster an open and collaborative work environment.
• We follow all regulatory guidelines.

Intelligence

• We do things right the first time.
• We invest in our people through targeted and timely training.
• We make decisions based on fact and analysis.

Intensity

• We work hard to exceed expectations.
• We always honor our client and customer commitments
• We deliver superior service to every customer, every client, every day.

At SPS, we provide servicing solutions that exceed expectations. We are committed to acting with integrity, intelligence and intensity to do the right thing, the right way, the first time. For our clients, the investors and trusts who own the loans we service, this means that we are transparent about our practices and results.

For our customers, the homeowners, doing the right thing means not only servicing their loans accurately and efficiently, but taking extra steps to provide assistance when needed. We work closely with each customer to understand their unique situation. Based on this information, we develop customized solutions that meet both their short and long-term needs.

Company Size

1,500 to 1,999 employees

Industry

Banking

Founded

1989

Website

https://www.spservicing.com/