What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Accountant position at Berkley?
Company Details
2025 Business Insurance Best Places to Work winner, Berkley Southwest offers commercial property and casualty products and services through independent agents in Arizona, Arkansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. We maintain a strong local presence in each of our markets, keeping underwriting and support close to the customer.
Now more than ever, financial strength is critical to a successful, long term insurance relationship. Berkley Southwest is a member company of W. R. Berkley Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, whose insurance company subsidiaries are rated A (Superior) by A.M. Best. #LI-LD1 #LI-HYBRID
The company is an equal opportunity employer.
Responsibilities
The Senior Accountant will assist with several aspects of accounting, financial analysis and controllership for multiple business units within W. R. Berkley Corporation. The Senior Accountant will perform an interesting mix of core responsibilities and assist with key initiatives. The Senior Accountant will have an ownership and continuous improvement mindset, with the opportunity to utilize technology to enhance efficiencies.
Key functions:
- Prepare monthly journal entries and assist in the maintenance of the general ledger system, including asset management and accounts payable modules
- Assist with financial reporting
- Assist with financial analysis, including time sensitive ad hoc information requests
- Assist with controllership, especially as it relates to the preparation of account reconciliations
- Key performance indicators, dashboards and scorecards
- Operating plans, budgets and reforecasts
- Corporate initiatives
- Business unit initiatives
- Continuous improvement and enhanced efficiencies
- Leverage technology
- Issue resolution
- Consistently demonstrate W. R. Berkley Corporation’s core competencies and innovation behaviors
These responsibilities are to be carried out primarily in Berkley Southwest’s Coppell, Texas office or Continental Western Group’s Urbandale, Iowa office in order to facilitate in-person collaboration with colleagues and to provide immediate support when called upon.
Education requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration
- Minimum 3 years of accounting and/or financial analysis experience
- Minimum 3 year of financial systems experience preferred
- Basic knowledge of the Property and Casualty insurance industry preferred
- Advanced financial application and/or data management skills (i.e., Excel and SQL, etc.)
Qualifications
Qualifications:
This position will be assessed based on the following elements of performance:
- Accountability - appropriate use of time and resources, meeting deadlines and minimizing errors
- Initiative - proactively seeking projects, asking questions and requesting help when needed
- Critical thinking - identifying problems as they arise, proposing new solutions and asking “why”
- Customer service - communicating with and addressing the needs of our internal customers
- Teamwork - effectively collaborating with stakeholders within and outside of our department
- Professional growth - developing business acumen, communication skills and technical proficiencies
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, customer-oriented environment in multiple computer systems simultaneously
- Ability to consistently demonstrate W. R. Berkley Corporation’s core competencies and innovation behaviors
- Must be able to work in a hybrid 4-1 work environment. Presently, most employees work in the office Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and work remotely on Friday. Days are not flexible, nor is full-time work from home an option at this time.
- Must meet work from home requirements to participate in this program
- The Company is an equal employment opportunity employer
Additional Company Details
We do not accept any unsolicited resumes from external recruiting agencies or firms. The company offers a competitive compensation plan and robust benefits package for full time regular employees. The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment.Sponsorship Details
Sponsorship not Offered for this Role