**Primary Purpose**:
With limited supervision, responsible for the more skilled accounting activities associated with maintaining complete and accurate accounting records.
**Essential Duties and Responsibilities**:
Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job.
Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below.
Specific activities may change from time to time.
- Compile and prepare external and internal financial data
- Review accounting issues and procedures and make recommendations regarding the implementation of the accounting policies
- Work with internal auditors, insurance examiners, and external auditors to answer questions and provide backup
- Participate in the identification and development of new processes, analytical tools and reports to meet the needs of management
- Maintain journals or subsidiary ledgers
- Analyze and reconcile accounts; research cause of discrepancies and take action to ensure accounts are balanced
- Review, prepare and maintain standard accounting journal entries, including both recurring and ad-hoc entries requiring some calculation of data
- Assist with adhoc requests and recommend process improvements
- Participate in the review and evaluation of existing and proposed internal controls or manual and automated operations to safeguard company assets and to comply with government regulations
JOB REQUIREMENTS
**Minimum Skills and Competencies**:
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Bachelor's Degree or in-lieu of degree equivalent education, training and work-related experience
- Proficient English and Spanish
- Must possess effective verbal and written communication skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
- Understanding of related accounting principles and transactions based on assigned responsibilities.
- Effective organization and time management skills with the ability to work under pressure and adhere to project deadlines
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to establish working relationships with individuals at varying levels within the organization
- General understanding of the insurance industry and organizational relationships of the company; as well as, an understanding of the functions of other departments
**Desired Skills**:
- Analyze and synthesize complex information to form options and recommendations; utilize effective research and investigative techniques
- Effective problem solving skills
- Demonstrates initiative and desire to grow within the department
- High attention to detail