Accountant

Job Description

General Ledger Accountant II | Stewart Title

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Stewart Title, initially hybrid in the Greater Houston area during training, transitioning to fully remote upon successful completion. Stewart Title is a global real estate services company, providing title insurance, settlement, underwriting, and lender services, recognized as a 2024-2025 Best Company to Work For by U.S. News & World Report and a 2025 Top Workplace by USA Today. This role is critical for collecting, analyzing, monitoring, and reporting on the organization’s financial matters, ensuring compliance with financial policies, internal controls, and professional standards. The General Ledger Accountant II contributes directly to the company’s smart growth by upholding financial integrity and supporting its vision to become the premier title and real estate services company.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Hybrid, Greater Houston

• Mission: Responsible for managing and ensuring compliance with the organization’s financial policies, internal controls, and professional standards, encompassing general accounting, fixed assets, accounts payable, expense reimbursement, and revenue accounting.
• Tech Stack: Excel

What You’ll Actually Do
• General Ledger Management: Prepare accurate and complete journal entries for monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, covering general accounting activities.
• Financial Analysis & Reporting: Review title office P&L activity, perform detailed balance sheet reconciliations, investigate variances or unusual trends, and support financial statement preparation and internal management reporting.
• Compliance & Audit: Maintain accounting information and system integrity in accordance with US GAAP and other regulating bodies, ensuring readiness to support internal and external audit requests.
• Process Optimization: Solve moderately complex to complex accounting problems and analyze possible solutions using technical experience and judgment to drive continuous process improvement and automation initiatives.
• Cross-functional Collaboration & Mentorship: Act as a resource for colleagues, collaborating with AP, AR, & FP&A teams to resolve accounting discrepancies, develop Excel models and reporting tools, and provide guidance to less experienced team members.

The Must-Haves
• Background: This role requires a strong understanding of US GAAP and month-end close processes; a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field is preferred.
• Experience: Typically requires 2+ years of related work experience.
• Skills: Demonstrated proficiency in Excel; strong organizational skills to maintain accounting information and system integrity; excellent communication skills to explain complex information in a straightforward manner.