Investment Accounting Analyst

rgare; United States; Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

RGA, a Fortune 200 global reinsurer focused on life and health solutions, seeks an Accounting Analyst to perform and coordinate investment accounting operations of moderate complexity in support of close, reporting, controls, and audit activities.

You will execute reconciliations, analyze data, prepare standard and ad hoc reports, and contribute to data visualization and documentation to reflect changes in guidance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting/Finance or equivalent related work experience.
• Microsoft Office 365 (Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint).
• 2+ years accounting or auditing experience.
• Demonstrated leadership behaviors in project or team settings (non-supervisory).

Responsibilities

• Perform and coordinate complex reconciliations involving significant judgment, multiple systems, or extended investigation.
• Lead resolution of long‑aged or high‑impact reconciling items by coordinating inputs across Investment Operations, Treasury, and external banking partners.
• Assess patterns and systemic drivers of reconciliation issues and synthesize findings for senior team members.
• Support month‑end and quarter‑end close activities by resolving complex cash matters critical to reporting timelines.
• Extract data from defined sources to prepare standard and ad hoc reports for assigned processes.
• Analyze results for reasonableness, identify variances and trends, and prepare draft explanations for internal review.
• Enhance assigned reporting deliverables to reflect changes in reporting requirements, templates, or guidance provided by management.
• Support data visualization and reporting enhancements by preparing underlying analysis and documentation.
• Execute assigned activities in compliance with internal controls, documentation standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure supporting documentation is complete, accurate, and retained in accordance with control expectations.
• Participate in control remediation efforts and projects by providing analysis, documentation, and execution support under direction.
• Identify control issues or risks encountered during assigned work and escalates appropriately.
• Respond to auditor and reviewer requests by gathering and preparing relevant supporting documentation for assigned areas.
• Provide factual explanations of assigned processes and results, escalating complex inquiries or judgment‑based questions for review.
• Collaborate with Finance, Investments, and other internal partners to support assigned investment accounting processes.
• Participate in cross‑functional projects as a contributing team member, providing analysis and execution support.
• Communicate clearly and professionally with stakeholders regarding assigned deliverables and timelines.
• Analyze assigned investment accounting processes to identify root causes of recurring issues, inefficiencies, or control gaps.
• Implement approved enhancements to processes, reconciliations, reports, or controls, ensuring changes are documented and communicated.
• Participate in projects to improve reporting quality, timeliness, automation, or control effectiveness across assigned portfolios or processes.

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical thinking

Professional judgment

Communication skills

Education

BA/BS in Accounting/Finance

2+ years accounting/auditing experience

Tools

PAM

Bloomberg

Power BI

Alteryx

SQL/Query

Power Query

Job description

You desire impactful work.

You're RGA ready

RGA is a purpose-driven organization working to solve today's challenges through innovation and collaboration. A Fortune 200 Company and listed among its World's Most Admired Companies , we're the only global reinsurance company to focus primarily on life- and health-related solutions. Join our multinational team of intelligent, motivated, and collaborative people, and help us make financial protection accessible to all.

A Brief Overview

The Accounting Analyst is an intermediate professional role responsible for performing and coordinating assigned investment accounting operations activities of moderate complexity. The role applies accounting knowledge and professional judgment within established frameworks to support financial close, reporting, controls, and audit activities. Work is performed with growing independence, while complex, non‑routine, or policy‑driven matters are escalated for guidance and review.

What you will do

Reconciliation Activities:

• Perform and coordinate complex reconciliations involving significant judgment, multiple systems, or extended investigation.
• Lead resolution of long‑aged or high‑impact reconciling items by coordinating inputs across Investment Operations, Treasury, and external banking partners.
• Assess patterns and systemic drivers of reconciliation issues and synthesize findings for senior team members.
• Support month‑end and quarter‑end close activities by resolving complex cash matters critical to reporting timelines.

Data Analysis & Reporting

• Extract data from defined sources to prepare standard and ad hoc reports for assigned processes.
• Analyze results for reasonableness, identify variances and trends, and prepare draft explanations for internal review.
• Enhance assigned reporting deliverables to reflect changes in reporting requirements, templates, or guidance provided by management.
• Support data visualization and reporting enhancements by preparing underlying analysis and documentation.

Internal controls :

• Execute assigned activities in compliance with internal controls, documentation standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure supporting documentation is complete, accurate, and retained in accordance with control expectations.
• Participate in control remediation efforts and projects by providing analysis, documentation, and execution support under direction.
• Identify control issues or risks encountered during assigned work and escalates appropriately.

Audit‑related activities :

• Respond to auditor and reviewer requests by gathering and preparing relevant supporting documentation for assigned areas.
• Provide factual explanations of assigned processes and results, escalating complex inquiries or judgment‑based questions for review.

Collaborate cross-functionally:

• Collaborate with Finance, Investments, and other internal partners to support assigned investment accounting processes.
• Participate in cross‑functional projects as a contributing team member, providing analysis and execution support.
• Communicate clearly and professionally with stakeholders regarding assigned deliverables and timelines.

Process Effectiveness & Improvement:

• Analyze assigned investment accounting processes to identify root causes of recurring issues, inefficiencies, or control gaps.
• Implement approved enhancements to processes, reconciliations, reports, or controls, ensuring changes are documented and communicated.
• Participate in projects to improve reporting quality, timeliness, automation, or control effectiveness across assigned portfolios or processes.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Required:

• Bachelor's Degree in Arts / Sciences (BA/BS) in Accounting/Finance or equivalent related work experience required
• Microsoft Office 365 (Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint)
• 2+ years accounting or auditing experience
• Demonstrated leadership behaviors in project or team settings (non‑supervisory).

Skills and Abilities

Required:

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in complex, judgement-based data entry and reconciliation.
• Analytical and problem‑solving skills to address moderately complex issues within established frameworks.
• Ability to apply professional judgment appropriately and recognize when escalation is required.
• Strong organizational skills to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work independently on assigned tasks while collaborating effectively within a team.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills for explaining analyses and results to internal stakeholders.
• Coachable and curious - actively seeks feedback to strengthen professional judgment, expands technical and analytical skills, and applies learning to improve performance on moderately complex assignments within established accounting frameworks.

Preferred:

• Experience with PAM, Bloomberg, Power Query, SQL/Query skills, Power BI, Alteryx.

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