Accountant, Financial Reporting

Unum; United States; Remote; USD 45,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to employee success and well-being. This role focuses on financial reporting and analysis, ensuring compliance with accounting standards while providing valuable insights to drive business decisions. With a commitment to inclusion and diversity, the company fosters a supportive environment where every team member can thrive. Enjoy competitive benefits, including generous PTO and a robust 401(k) plan, as you contribute to meaningful work that impacts millions. If you're ready to grow your career in a dynamic setting, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Short & Long-Term Disability

Generous PTO

401(k) Employer Contribution

Mental Health Support

Career Advancement Opportunities

Student Loan Repayment Options

Tuition Reimbursement

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required or comparable work experience.
• Must be CPA eligible or have an active plan to pursue.
• 0-3 years of accounting experience.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for financial transactions analysis and reporting.
• Prepare and distribute financial statements for regulatory agencies.
• Assist with tax controversies and notices.

Skills

Financial Accounting

Managerial Accounting

Taxation

Financial Reporting

Excel Skills

Communication Skills

Project Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

General Ledger Systems

Reporting Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Job Posting End Date: May 22

When you join the team at Unum, you become part of an organization committed to helping you thrive.

Here, we work to provide the employee benefits and service solutions that enable employees at our client companies to thrive throughout life’s moments. And this starts with ensuring that every one of our team members enjoys opportunities to succeed both professionally and personally. To enable this, we provide:

• Award-winning culture

• Inclusion and diversity as a priority

• Performance Based Incentive Plans

• Competitive benefits package that includes: Health, Vision, Dental, Short & Long-Term Disability

• Generous PTO (including paid time to volunteer!)

• Up to 9.5% 401(k) employer contribution

• Mental health support

• Career advancement opportunities

• Student loan repayment options

• Tuition reimbursement

• Flexible work environments

*All the benefits listed above are subject to the terms of their individual Plans.

And that’s just the beginning…

With 10,000 employees helping more than 39 million people worldwide, every role at Unum is meaningful and impacts the lives of our customers. Whether you’re directly supporting a growing family, or developing online tools to help navigate a difficult loss, customers are counting on the combined talents of our entire team. Help us help others, and join Team Unum today!

General Summary:This position performs intermediate-level accounting and financial analysis specializing in Financial Reporting. The position will provide accounting and financial analyses working individually or with others that serve to inform and ground business decisions. Responsibilities may include leadership and/or participation in the development of, implementation of, and adherence to accounting/financial procedures that will improve operations, consistency, controls, process efficiency, and effectiveness of the functional area.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for basic to intermediate analysis and reporting of financial transactions in accordance with US GAAP, UK GAAP, IFRS, and Statutory accounting standards.
• Prepares, records, analyzes, and reports accounting transactions and ensures the integrity of accounting records for completeness, accuracy and compliance with accounting policies and principals.
• Prepares and distributes periodic financial statements for various governmental and/or regulatory agencies such as NAIC, SEC, or State Insurance Regulators.
• Conducts research regarding the impact to financial statements of potential changes to accounting rules proposed by accounting standards setters.
• Develops, implements, and communicates to management on new policies and processes to comply with newly issues accounting standards.
• Assist with implementation of timely, cost-effective planning strategies designed to create value and enhance the Company’s worldwide financial position.
• Participate in regular monthly, quarterly, and annual financial cycle.
• Prepare, verify, reconcile, and balance accounts related to the specific financial area to maintain control and accuracy over accounting and reporting by identifying discrepancies and their cause and recommendations for corrective action.
• Prepare more complex accounting and financial analysis for designated area and routine reports for manager.
• Assist with tax controversies and notices, by responding to information requests, preparing workpapers, gathering other supporting documentation, and corresponding to exam agents to support the company’s tax position.
• Act as liaison with Treasury when sending quarterly federal and state cash payments to various government agencies, ensuring proper approvals are obtained and payments are made on a timely manner.
• Demonstrate understanding of analysis by applying knowledge and anticipating issues and demonstrate ownership of assigned tasks or processes.
• Make recommendations regarding the process of creating the assigned complex analytics as well as recommendations regarding the results of the analytics.
• Maintain various systems and data assets that support the specific financial areas (e.g., accounting, planning, and administrative systems). Assumes ownership of the data in the system or assets related to the assigned analysis.
• Partner with business areas to provide requested accounting/tax research, analysis, information, and data.
• Maintain a specialized working knowledge in assigned tasks and analysis of Unum’s products, services and business processes including, their specific business area, the issues and technical skills required to support the area.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Job Specifications

• Bachelor’s degree required or comparable work experience that well prepares or qualifies the individual for the work to be performed. Master’s degree a plus
• Must be CPA eligible or have an active plan to pursue.
• 0-3 years of accounting experience
• Demonstrates some knowledge and/or a proven record of success in financial accounting, managerial accounting, taxation, and financial reporting systems including Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and current accounting policies and procedures.
• Basic understanding of the components of multiple financial statements and how they interact with one other.
• Detail oriented with good intuitive reasoning.
• Ability to respond quickly and positively to change.
• Developing customer service/teamwork skills within job area.
• Highly motivated individual able to take direction from managers and developing skills to solve problems with little guidance from managers.
• Strong project management skills, including ability to prioritize work while working on multiple projects keeping track of and meeting due dates.
• Demonstrate strong oral and written communication skills, analytical and interpersonal skills, and ability to interact in an effective manner with all levels of personnel.
• Intermediate EXCEL Skills
• General ledger systems and reporting tools experience preferred.
• Proficient in Word and PowerPoint
• Exhibit customer service skills in working with functional area team and other resources to complete assigned work.

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Unum and Colonial Life are part of Unum Group, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of employee benefits to companies worldwide. Headquartered in Chattanooga, TN, with international offices in Ireland, Poland and the UK, Unum also has significant operations in Portland, ME, and Baton Rouge, LA - plus over 35 US field offices. Colonial Life is headquartered in Columbia, SC, with over 40 field offices nationwide.

Unum is an equal opportunity employer, considering all qualified applicants and employees for hiring, placement, and advancement, without regard to a person's race, color, religion, national origin, age, genetic information, military status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or protected veteran status.

The base salary range for applicants for this position is listed below. Unless actual salary is indicated above in the job description, actual pay will be based on skill, geographical location and experience.

$45,600.00-$86,200.00

Additionally, Unum offers a portfolio of benefits and rewards that are competitive and comprehensive including healthcare benefits (health, vision, dental), insurance benefits (short & long-term disability), performance-based incentive plans, paid time off, and a 401(k) retirement plan with an employer match up to 5% and an additional 4.5% contribution whether you contribute to the plan or not. All benefits are subject to the terms and conditions of individual Plans.

Company:

Unum