AVP Accounting

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Metropolitan Commercial Bank ("MCB" or the "Bank") is a New York City-based, full-service commercial bank providing tailored banking solutions to businesses, institutions, and individuals. Founded in 1999, MCB operates banking centers in Manhattan and Boro Park, Brooklyn, within New York City, as well as in Great Neck on Long Island, New York, and Lakewood, New Jersey. The Bank also maintains a private client office in Miami, Florida.

Metropolitan Commercial Bank offers a comprehensive suite of commercial, business, and personal banking products and services to small businesses, middle-market and corporate enterprises, private and public institutions, municipalities, and local government entities.

Metropolitan Commercial Bank has earned national recognition for its financial performance, innovation, and strategic growth. The Bank was named one of Newsweek's Best Regional Banks in 2024 and 2025. Additionally, MCB recently received Editor's Choice recognition at the Banking Tech Awards USA for Digital Onboarding & Omnichannel Banking and in 2026, the Bank earned Great Place To Work certification and received the Web Award Standard of Excellence for MCBankNY.com.

For more information, please visit the Bank's website atMCBankNY.com.

Position summary:

Reporting to the Assistant Controller, Assistant Vice President is to support the corporate controller's accounting team. This will include processing month end procedures and balance sheet reconciliations for more complex accounting activities. The ideal candidate is a "self-starter", with the ability to work independently with limited supervision, keeping all relevant parties apprised of developments. This person must also fit well in our small company work environment.

Standard 4-day in-office requirement, 1 day remote (of your choosing)

Responsibilities

• Prepare month end close procedures on a timely basis which includes preparing journal entries in the general ledger, researching and analyzing variances in general ledger activity in account balances.
• Perform assigned daily and monthly balance sheet reconciliations in M-Files which includes the FRB reconciliation and promptly investigate and clear reconciling items. This involves ongoing communication with the Loan Servicing Team, Cash and Deposit Operations team, and Human Resources.
• Support the Assistant Controller with required quarterly and annual documentation and testing. Continuously review and update accounting processes as needed to be in line with policies and procedures. Compile documentation for internal and external audits.
• Assist and complete special projects and ad hoc requests. Respond to requests for various departments across the Bank.
• Develop and update documentation procedures for key areas including account reconciliations and accounting processes. Identify process gaps and continuously work on process improvement in accounting systems and reporting.
• Review of daily process and reconciliations performed by staff accountant.
• Compilation and preparation of regular tax filings; quarterly commercial rent tax and sales tax return; annual filings of Form 1099-NEC and withholding tax return

Qualifications & Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting with 5 years of relevant work experience
• CPA or CPA seeking candidate
• PC proficient, including Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, and Word)
• Good working knowledge of GAAP and bank accounting principles
• Should be able to complete tasks in a timely manner and work independently
• Excellent verbal and communication skills, and strong service and team orientation
• Driven by a passion and curiosity to continuously learn how various technological systems, including AI, can enhance the work that you do.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills

• 5+ years total in a banking environment. Finxact core banking, AFS loan servicing, and Prologue general ledger is a plus.

Potential Salary: $105,000 - $120,000 annually

This salary range reflects base wages and does not include benefits, bonus, or incentive pay. Salary bands are purposefully wide ranging to encompass the different factors considered in determining where a candidate falls in the range, including but not limited to, seniority, performance, experience, education, and any other legitimate, non-discriminatory factor permitted by law. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed here.

Metropolitan Commercial Bank provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.