Senior Accountant — GAAP, Automation & Insights

BerkleyNet (a Berkley Company); Manassas (VA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 99,000; Full time

Job summary

BerkleyNet in Manassas, VA seeks a Senior Accountant to own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close, reconcile accounts, and deliver management reporting with strong GAAP discipline.

You will analyze financial and operational data, develop dashboards, automate processes, and work with cross-functional partners to strengthen controls and drive timely, accurate financial information in a fast-paced environment. Experience with Power BI and SQL is preferred.

Qualifications

• Three to five years of progressive professional accounting or finance experience, including ownership of complex close, reconciliation, reporting, or analytical responsibilities.
• Knowledge of GAAP and internal controls; insurance accounting, statutory reporting, or workers compensation experience is preferred.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and demonstrated ability to organize, analyze, validate, and communicate information from multiple data sources.
• Experience with data-preparation tools and with improving or automating a financial process
• Experience with analytics and workflow automation tools. Familiarity with Power BI and SQL, and the ability to retrieve data from a data warehouse is preferred.
• Ability to learn and use approved AI-assisted tools responsibly, validate outputs, exercise professional judgment, and protect confidential information.
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills, including the ability to identify patterns, isolate root causes, assess risk, and recommend practical solutions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain accounting and analytical conclusions to non-financial audiences.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, meet deadlines, and maintain accuracy in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated curiosity, learning agility, collaboration, and willingness to challenge existing processes constructively.

Responsibilities

• Own assigned areas of the monthly, quarterly, and annual close, including preparation and review of complex journal entries, account reconciliations, supporting schedules, and management reporting.
• Apply sound accounting judgment to ensure compliance with GAAP, statutory, regulatory, internal-control, and corporate reporting requirements.
• Investigate unusual activity, reconcile differences, identify root causes, and resolve accounting or data issues at the source; clearly communicate risks, impacts, and recommended actions.
• Combine financial, policy, claims, and operational data to perform trend, variance, exception, and root-cause analyses that explain business performance.
• Develop clear dashboards, visualizations, and management-ready narratives that translate analytical findings into decisions and actions for financial and non-financial audiences.
• Define and maintain trusted metrics, data definitions, and validation controls to improve the completeness, accuracy, consistency, and usability of financial information.
• Identify repetitive, manual, or control-sensitive activities suitable for redesign or automation; map current processes, quantify effort and risk, and help implement sustainable solutions using approved tools.
• Test automated outputs, establish appropriate controls, document procedures, maintain implemented solutions, and measure benefits such as reduced cycle time, errors, or manual effort.
• Partner across Finance, Operations, Technology, Underwriting, Claims, and Corporate functions to frame business questions, improve processes, and deliver reliable outcomes.
• Support audits, regulatory requests, special projects, system implementations, and other initiatives requiring accounting, analytical, or process expertise.
• Share knowledge, create clear documentation, and help strengthen the Finance team’s accounting, analytical, automation, and technology capabilities.
• Constructively challenge inefficient practices, test new ideas, and foster a collaborative, innovative, and psychologically safe workplace.

Skills

GAAP knowledge

Advanced Excel

Power BI

SQL

Data preparation tools

Analytics & automation tools

AI-assisted tools

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Independent work

Curiosity & learning agility

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

CPA or CPA candidate

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Data warehouse access

Job description

BerkleyNet in Manassas, VA seeks a Senior Accountant to own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close, reconcile accounts, and deliver management reporting with strong GAAP discipline.

You will analyze financial and operational data, develop dashboards, automate processes, and work with cross-functional partners to strengthen controls and drive timely, accurate financial information in a fast-paced environment. Experience with Power BI and SQL is preferred.