Senior Accountant

oldrepublic; Oak Knoll (MN); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

401(k) plan with match

Paid time off

Holidays

Training and tuition assistance

Job summary

Old Republic seeks an experienced Senior Accountant to manage multi-entity reconciliations, intercompany eliminations, equity accounting, allocations and subsidiary accounting in a hybrid role based in Minnetonka, MN.

The role includes journal entries, month-end close, audit support, internal controls and complex reconciliations, with in-office attendance at least two days per week, including Wednesdays.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting and 5+ years of accounting experience.
• Experience with consolidation and intercompany transactions and high-volume financial reconciliations.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and accounting software.
• Experience with title insurance and premium accounting, a plus.
• Workday experience, a plus

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the month-end close process with complex journal entries and multis-entity transactions.
• Own intercompany, elimination and equity accounting processes and models.
• Pursue knowledge of underwriter premium splits and statutory guidelines for GAAP compliance.
• Partner with management to streamline multi-entity financial workflows.
• Perform reconciliations for balance sheet accounts and provide variance explanations.

Skills

Consolidation and intercompany

High-volume reconciliations

Excel

Accounting software

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting

Tools

Workday

Microsoft Excel

Accounting software

Job description

Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced, highly motivated, organized, detail-oriented Senior Accountant who can manage accounting processes related to multi-entity reconciliations, intercompany eliminations, equity accounting, allocations, and subsidiary accounting. Responsibilities include processing journal entries, completing month end close, audit support, executing internal controls and completing complex account reconciliations.

This is a hybrid position and will require in-office attendance at our Minnetonka, MN location at least two days/week including mandatory Wednesday's.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Coordinate the month-end close process, including recording complex journal entries, maintaining a detailed checklist, communicating with subsidiary business partners, and proactively troubleshooting issues as they arise throughout the close. Record and process multi-entity transactions and subsidiary adjustments into the general ledger.
• Own and facilitate the intercompany, elimination and equity accounting processes, including designing new allocation rules and maintaining existing models.
• Pursue knowledge of underwriter premium splits, minority interest calculations, and statutory guidelines, coordinating proper GAAP and statutory regulatory accounting.
• Partner with field management and corporate treasury to initiate process improvements and streamline multi-entity financial workflows where possible.
• Perform account reconciliations for related balance sheet accounts, including high-volume intercompany accounts, providing robust support for all account balances. This also entails providing detailed variance explanations for specific accounts, researching reconciling items, and partnering with the business to identify process improvements as needed.
• Investigate and resolve discrepancies between field transaction records and the general ledger.
• Assist with audits (internal, external, regulatory, or underwriter-driven) by providing entity-specific reports, transaction ledgers, and required compliance documentation.

Knowledge and Skills Required:

• Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting and 5+ years of accounting experience.
• Experience with consolidation and intercompany transactions and high-volume financial reconciliations, a must.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and accounting software.
• Experience with title insurance and premium accounting, a plus.
• Workday experience, a plus

Communication and Interpersonal Skills:

Excellent professional written, verbal, listening and communication skills.

Must be a personable, positive, and professional representative of the company.

Ability to foster, develop and maintain professional and collaborative working relationships. Must be able to get along with others, i.e., peers, employees, supervisors, outside customers, and vendors. Lead by positive example.

Ability to collaborate and interact effectively and professionally with all levels of management, employees and customers by email, phone, video conferences and in person.

Actively listens and is mindful of the role body language, gestures and other nonverbal actions can play in communication.

Physical/Mental Demands:

The ability to work with confidential information.

The ability to perform under pressure and be flexible with disruptions throughout the workday.

Repetitive and continual keyboard activity and interaction with display monitors is required.

Local/daily travel by automobile and overnight business travel by air and/or automobile may be required.

Position's Pay Range :

$95,000 - $100,000/annually

Benefits may include:

• Comprehensive medical, prescriptions, dental and vision plans
• 401(k) plan with a discretionary company match
• Shareholder Purchase and Reinvestment Plan
• Basic life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance premium paid by the company
• Voluntary supplemental life insurance for employees, spouses and dependent children
• Fertility and Family Building Benefits
• Paid Disability benefits
• Paid time off programs
• 11 Company paid holidays per year
• Flexible spending account
• Health savings account (available to High Deductible Health Plan participants only)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Educational Assistance Program
• Voluntary benefits, such as Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Pet Insurance and Accident Insurance
• Title insurance policies and certain escrow services for the employee's primary personal residence at no charge
• Transportation benefit plan for mass transit,

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