We are offering a contract employment opportunity for a Sr. Accountant based in West Des Moines, Iowa. This role primarily focuses on supporting end-to-end trade processing and data management for a variety of derivative products in the telecom industry. The Sr. Accountant will work with various teams to manage settlements, perform data management functions, review and reconcile trade bookings, oversee third-party providers, and manage legal-document trading agreements.Responsibilities:• Work collaboratively with Derivative Portfolio Management, Derivative Trading, Legal, Treasury, and Investment Accounting teams.• Manage settlements associated with derivative trade events, margin requirements, cash management, and collateral.• Ensure appropriate flow of data into internal trade execution and booking platforms as well as downstream to accounting, reporting, and other stakeholder platforms.• Review and reconcile trade bookings and legal trade documentation to ensure trades flow correctly.• Oversee third-party providers, analyze complex issues, and coordinate with them to resolve any arising issues.• Manage legal-document trading agreements and understand differences among ISDAs, CSAs, MCAs, and associated agreements across different legal entities and trading partners.• Develop and enhance a culture of prudent risk management within the team and wider organization.• Gain exposure to cleared and bilateral collateral, futures, portfolio reconciliation, options, FX, Swaps, and the trade events associated with each derivative activity.• Utilize skills such as Account Reconciliation, Balance Sheet Reconciliation, Bank Reconciliations, General Ledger, Journal Entries, Microsoft Excel, Month End Close, NetSuite, Oracle, SAP, and Derivative Accounting.