Finance & Accounting Innovator

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company; Columbus (OH); Hybrid; USD 97,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

medical/dental/vision

life insurance

short and long term disability

paid time off with 18 days per year

nine paid holidays

401(k) with company match

pension plan

business casual attire

and more

Job summary

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company in Columbus, OH seeks a Consultant, Accounting to join Financial Business Services. The role focuses on controllership, policy development, and regulatory reporting within a technology-enabled finance environment.

The ideal candidate has 6+ years of accounting experience, GAAP expertise, CPA progress, and strong data analytics with Excel. The position is exempt and requires office presence on a hybrid schedule.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate studies in accounting, finance or business administration; accounting major and degree preferred.
• Progress towards CPA preferred.
• Six or more years of related accounting experience; insurance experience preferred.
• GAAP and/or STAT knowledge and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates the research, analysis and implementation of new and/or revised accounting policies and procedures.
• Advises senior management on acquiring data, records, analyzing and preparing complex accounting transactions and statements.
• Responsible for development and submission of complex accounting and financial transactions required to ensure accurate reporting at all levels.
• Advises management of the accuracy of all reports, forms and data provided to internal and external clients/customers.
• Coordinates development of actions/policies to deal with unfavorable financial situations as disclosed by accounting analysis.
• Functions as the specialist on changes to GAAP and/or STAT regulatory requirements which ultimately impact the submission of financial documents.
• Acts as project lead in development and design of new and enhanced systems and processes within the assigned area(s).
• Guides the preparation and analysis of the most complex pro-forma financial data required for compliance with new requirements.
• Provides advice to management on applying financial data and analysis to solve administrative and operating problems.
• Coordinates and owns the preparation of complex financial information to provide to auditors, IRS, state examiners and other regulatory agencies.

Skills

General ledger knowledge

Reconciliations

Journal entries

Variance analysis

Year-end reporting / Audit

Data analysis

Pivot tables

Lookups

Data validation

Working with large datasets

Education

Undergraduate studies in accounting/finance/business administration

Tools

Excel

Job description

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company in Columbus, OH seeks a Consultant, Accounting to join Financial Business Services. The role focuses on controllership, policy development, and regulatory reporting within a technology-enabled finance environment.

The ideal candidate has 6+ years of accounting experience, GAAP expertise, CPA progress, and strong data analytics with Excel. The position is exempt and requires office presence on a hybrid schedule.