Sr. Accounting Consultant - General Accounting

Florida Blue; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 109,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

Florida Blue in Jacksonville seeks a seasoned accounting professional to lead critical financial reporting and analysis. You will prepare audited and statutory financial statements, memos, and disclosures, working with senior leaders and external auditors to ensure accuracy and compliance.

The role emphasizes expertise in GAAP and statutory accounting, with potential supervisory responsibilities and collaboration across internal partners to resolve complex financial issues and strengthen

Qualifications

• 6+ years related work experience in accounting.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance required.
• Postgraduate degree preferred.
• Public accounting experience (Big 4 preferred).
• Insurance industry accounting experience, including statutory accounting.
• Professional designation -CPA preferred.
• Supervisory/management experience.

Responsibilities

• Prepare the audited financial statements, cash flow statements, accounting memos, and GAAP/statutory disclosures for internal and external stakeholders.
• Provide subject matter expertise and integration activities for accounting standards and financial processes with senior leaders.
• Review statutory journal entries, financial statements, and disclosures.
• Collaborate with finance leadership to propose solutions and inform decision making.
• Provide leadership and coaching to teams to drive positive change.
• Serve as an integration point to resolve financial issues while enforcing policies and mitigating risk.

Skills

Accounting expertise

GAAP knowledge

Financial analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

CPA preferred

Postgraduate degree

Job description

Job Summary:

Consultants are seasoned, subject matter experts who apply specialized technical and general accounting knowledge, typically as an individual contributor, in matters that require special interpretation or expertise. They participate in and/or lead critical, high-risk, complex initiatives, programs and projects, have frequent contact with internal and external business partners, facilitate/ influence strategic thinking and direction and influence peers and leaders across the organization to act on issues that have organization-wide impact. This consultant role requires technical and general accounting knowledge and experience and requires accounting research and the preparation of various key deliverables as described below.

Essential Functions:

• The essential functions listed represent the major duties of this role, additional duties may be assigned.


• Preparation of the audited financial statements, cash flow statements, accounting memos, accounting analysis under GAAP and statutory accounting standards, Board presentations and other information.This information is presented to internal stakeholders, executive leadership, and the external auditors.


• Provides subject matter expertise, consultation and integration activities for various accounting standards and financial processes working with senior leaders internal and external to the organization.


• Performs review of statutory journal entries, financial statements and disclosures.


• Facilitates creative/innovative thinking with finance leadership and business partners to generate solutions and decision-making for business issues/problems, and/or recommendations.


• Provides leadership, direction, coaching and input to affect positive change for workgroups and/or business partners.


• Serves as integration point for internal and external business partners to resolve financial issues while enforcing policies and procedures and mitigating financial risk and safeguarding assets.

Required Qualifications:

6+ years related work experience. Experience DetailsGeneral Accounting Experience

Related Bachelor's degree required in Accounting or Finance

Preferred Qualifications:

Postgraduate degree

Public accounting experience (Big 4 preferred)

Insurance industry accounting experience, including statutory accounting

Professional designation -CPA preferred

Supervisory/management experience

What We Offer:

As a Florida Blue employee, you will be at the heart of GuideWell’s vision – to lead the nation in transforming health through compassionate, connected, and technology-enabled care that delivers personalized value and empowered living.

To support your wellbeing, comprehensive benefits are offered. As an employee, you will have access to:

• Medical, dental, vision, life and global travel health insurance;


• Income protection benefits: life insurance, short- and long-term disability programs;


• Leave programs to support personal circumstances;


• Retirement Savings Plan including employer match;


• Paid time off, volunteer time off, 10 holidays and 2 well-being days;


• Additional voluntary benefits available; and


• A comprehensive wellness program

Employee benefits are designed to align with federal and state employment laws. Benefits may vary based on the state in which work is performed. Benefits for intern, part-time and seasonal employees may differ.

To support your financial wellbeing, we offer competitive pay as well as opportunities for incentive or commission compensation. We also conduct regular annual reviews with pay for performance considerations for base pay increases.

Annualized Salary Range: $109,300 - $177,600

Typical Annualized Hiring Range: $109,300 - $136,600

Final pay will be determined with consideration of market competitiveness, internal equity, and the job-related knowledge, skills, training, and experience you bring.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to cultivating a work experience where everyone feels like they belong and can perform at their best in pursuit of our mission. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.