Accounting Associate

Novatae Risk Group; Birmingham (AL); Remote; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the insurance sector is seeking an Accounting Operations Specialist. This remote role focuses on Surplus Lines Tax Filings, maintaining compliance records, and collaborating with regulatory authorities. Ideal candidates should possess a strong understanding of insurance taxation and excellent problem-solving capabilities.

Qualifications

• 1+ years experience in compliance within the insurance industry.
• Strong understanding of insurance taxation and regulatory compliance.
• Exceptional attention to detail and organization skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate Surplus Lines Tax Filings ensuring compliance with regulations.
• Evaluate GL Account Reports and identify discrepancies.
• Support Business Units with payment-related inquiries.

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Communication

Problem-solving

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

In your capacity as an Accounting Operations Specialist at Novatae Risk Group, LLC, you will take on a key position in our operations, primarily concentrating on Surplus Lines Tax Filings. Your crucial responsibility will be to guarantee rigorous compliance with surplus lines tax regulations and guidelines. This encompasses accurately and promptly submitting surplus lines tax forms, meticulously maintaining compliance records, and facilitating productive communication with regulatory authorities. This office role calls for acute attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and a comprehensive understanding of commercial insurance taxation. This will be a remote role.

Qualifications:

• Responsible for weekly and monthly GL Account Report Maintenance and identify improvements/discrepancies.
• Work within the accounting operations team to improve processes by having a thorough understanding of all processes and then elicit requirements using document analysis, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis.
• Refund analysis, Direct Bill,and reconciliation.
• Surplus Lines and Taxes support within the insurance industry.
• Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, and abstract up from low-level.
• Utilize analytical tools to identify opportunities for cost savings / efficiency improvement.
• Support Business Units by investigating and resolving ad-hoc payment related inquiries.
• Primary contact for brokers, business partners, and external vendors to address policy discrepancies.
• Develop thorough understanding of Accounting Operations functions and make recommendations for process improvements.

Requirements:

• Proven experience (1+ years) in compliance positions within the insurance industry.
• In-depth understanding of insurance taxation and regulatory compliance.
• Exceptional focus on detail and organizational aptitude.
• Competency in industry-specific software and the Microsoft Office Suite.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication capabilities.
• Capacity to work both independently and as a collaborative team contributor.
• Robust analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Familiarity with surplus lines tax requirements specific to various states.

Equal Employment Opportunity
At Novatae Risk Group, we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our products, and our community to flourish. Novatae is honored to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, or Veteran status. In addition, Novatae makes reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant or employee with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.

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