Payments and Deposit Product Accounting Manager Senior

• Serve as a Controller workstream lead in Payments-related projects and collaborate with IT, business product stakeholders and other members of the Controller department to ensure project initiatives are met.
• Partner with Treasury Management Deposit Operations and Payment Delivery Services on design of transactional processing flows supporting accurate accounting for all new products. Ensure payments and deposit operational accounting processes are well documented and understood by relevant stakeholders.
• Oversee and advise on development, implementation, and administration of the organization's payment and deposit management platforms that impact accounting flows.
• Ensure changes to the accounting flows and downstream reconcilement activities are designed and tested appropriately.
• Make recommendations for process improvements, including providing technical accounting expertise and best practices for establishing new processes focused on driving effective change and reduction of manual work.
• Engage Payments division senior management when their subledger systems or operations have problems resulting in a financial impact.
• Manage complex relationships with senior leadership, establish relationships with various department leaders and colleagues, and drive consensus across the organization on difficult topics.

• Provide accounting subject matter expertise and support to Controller Senior Officers tasked with oversight of Enterprise Payments and Deposit matters.
• Responsible for robust understanding of all accounting activities posted to the general ledger from upstream deposit subledger and payments applications, including aligning or dictating the design of those accounting entries.
• Support Accounting Systems team in GL integration troubleshooting as necessary.
• Review of general ledger activities for Corporate Banking and Treasury Accounting functions and responsible for analyzing net interest income, card services income and deposit service charge income for the Corporation.
• Partner with Accounting Policy area as needed to provide guidance on how to appropriately operationalize the desired accounting treatment for new or unusual transactions.
• Provide relevant information to management and regulators in accordance with monthly, quarterly and annual closing and reporting deadlines.

• Partner with Product Support teams in evaluation of vendor SOC1s to ensure effective internal controls are maintained by vendors to support SOX/ERCG requirements.
• Assists regulatory and financial reporting teams in data design and analysis as necessary from the Deposit & Payments systems for preparation of certain reports and filings.
• Provide effective risk management oversight of department and manage internal and external audit engagements impacting areas of responsibility.
• Ensure sound accounting controls and design accounting treatment of new or changed processes. Identify risks and establish controls and ensure control elements are performed regularly and effectively.
• Develop and manage personnel to ensure trained, capable personnel perform responsibilities.
• Proactively engage in team development goals, including requiring more timely robust verbal feedback to ensure team members are meeting expectations of their professional roles and responsibilities.
• Provide feedback to department managers and team leads to address identified performance gaps promptly.
• Foster a culture of operational excellence and continuous improvement.
• Other duties, as assigned.

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university in Accounting
• 10 years or more experience in Advanced accounting experience necessary, preferably in the areas of payments, deposits, liquidity or revenue products
• 7 years of experience with demonstrated ability to deconstruct and reconstruct workflows/processes with the intent to mitigate risks, enhance controls and/or improve efficiencies
• 5 years of experience in direct management and supervision
• 5 years of experience with developed knowledge of financial systems and common banking platforms
• 5 years of experience with developed knowledge of regulations and industry activities/policies in the subject matter areas

• CPA (Certified Public Accountant)

About Comerica
We know our employees are critical to our overall success and we are dedicated to investing in their future. One of the ways we do this is to offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package designed to recognize and reward individual performance, as well support health, well-being, development and security for our colleagues and their family. Total Rewards consists of cash compensation, development and flexible benefit programs designed to meet individual needs today and in the future. Your salary will be commensurate with your work experience and our programs are reviewed regularly to ensure each remain competitive. We are proud to offer benefits such as health and welfare programs, strong retirement benefits, and generous paid time off programs. You and your eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children, can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits, 401(k) and pension, income protection benefits such as life insurance, AD&D, and supplemental health programs to offset unexpected health care expenses. We also have a variety of time off programs for things like vacation, sick time, disability, and parental leave. Eligibility for some programs varies based on employment status and tenure.

Upon offer, Comerica conducts a comprehensive background and fingerprint check. Your fingerprints will be used to check the criminal history records of the FBI and may be subscribed in the FBI's Record of Arrest and Prosecution Background ("RAP Back") service, which provides ongoing notification to the Company of any updates to your criminal history.

NMLS certification requirement: where applicable, a favorable background check screening, credit check, fingerprint check, and NMLS certification is required in accordance with the SAFE Act.

Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA) is a financial services company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and strategically aligned into three major business segments; the Commercial Bank, the Retail Bank, and Wealth Management. Comerica's colleagues focus on relationships, and helping people and businesses be successful. In addition to Texas, Comerica Bank locations can be found in Arizona, California, Florida and Michigan, with select businesses operating in several other states, as well as in Canada and Mexico.

Comerica is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer - disability/veteran.