Senior Reinsurance Accountant – Growth, Automation & Controls

National Life Group; Montpelier (VT); On-site; USD 87,000 - 127,000; Full time

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Job summary

National Life Group in Montpelier, VT is seeking a Reinsurance Senior Accountant with extensive experience in reinsurance accounting to join a growing team. You will review settlements, prepare journal entries, and strengthen internal controls across the insurance ledger.

This senior role collaborates with Financial Reporting, Risk Management, Legal and IT to standardize processes and implement automation, including AI-based tooling, while maintaining accuracy and deadlines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• Three to five years of accounting experience within the insurance industry.
• Strong grasp of accounting principles, especially regarding internal controls.
• Advanced skills in Excel.
• Demonstrated analytical, problem-solving, and reconciliation abilities.
• Keen attention to detail and the capacity to meet deadlines in a dynamic work setting.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Capability to work independently as well as collaborate across teams.
• Proven ability to develop strong working relationships and operate with a partnership-focused approach.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, review, and reconcile periodic reinsurance settlement statements.
• Carry out monthly and/or quarterly ledger close procedures, including preparing reinsurance journal entries, reconciliations, and analyses.
• Validate data from both internal systems and external reinsurers, investigating any discrepancies that arise.
• Maintain records that are accurate, thorough, and well-documented to support settlements, underlying assumptions, and reconciliations.
• Identify and pursue opportunities to improve processes, focusing on standardization and automation where possible.
• Review and provide support for the implementation or updating of new and existing reinsurance agreements.
• Work collaboratively with reinsurers to foster effective relationship management.
• Support audits, regulatory reporting, and respond to other ad hoc requests as necessary.
• Collaborate across functions with teams such as Financial Reporting, Risk Management, Legal, Internal Audit, Pricing, Product, IT, Operations, and Investments.
• Identify, evaluate, and leverage emerging technologies, including generative AI and automation solutions and workflow tools, to drive measurable improvements in reporting efficiency, control effectiveness, and scalability.

Skills

Excel

Analytical thinking

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

Job description

National Life Group in Montpelier, VT is seeking a Reinsurance Senior Accountant with extensive experience in reinsurance accounting to join a growing team. You will review settlements, prepare journal entries, and strengthen internal controls across the insurance ledger.

This senior role collaborates with Financial Reporting, Risk Management, Legal and IT to standardize processes and implement automation, including AI-based tooling, while maintaining accuracy and deadlines.