Senior Staff Accountant

Overview

Position Summary: The Senior Staff Accountant applies principles of GAAP accounting to prepare financial reports and to analyze financial information.   

Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:  - Compiles and analyzes financial information to prepare entries to accounts, such as general ledger accounts, documenting business transactions. - Lead the month-end close process for multiple business units, ensuring all journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and analyses are completed accurately. - Cash Management - performs detailed reconciliation for both cash accounts and intercompany loan accounts to ensure that both sides of each area balance on the accounting system. Determines cash needs for Single Business Units (SBU’s). Performs bank reconciliations and set up ACH for expenditures. - Performs statistical analyses to determine trends, estimates, and significant changes, and writes narrative reports explaining findings. - Performs variance and ratio analysis and presents results to upper management - Analyzes financial information detailing assets, liabilities, and capital, and prepares balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports to summarize and interpret current and projected company financial position for other managers. - Audits contracts, orders, and vouchers, and prepares reports to substantiate individual transactions prior to settlement. - Determines proper handling of financial transactions and approves transactions within designated limits. - Monitors compliance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), Statutory Accounting Principles (SAP), and company procedures. - Reviews, investigates, and corrects errors and inconsistencies in financial entries, documents, and reports. - Installs, modifies, documents, and coordinates implementation of accounting systems and accounting control procedures. - Devises and implements system for general accounting. Consistently looks for ways to improve processes, automating where possible. - Designs and maintains pro formas for current and proposed contracts to determine pricing and profitability. - Makes recommendations regarding the accounting of reserves, assets, and expenditures. - Conducts studies and submits recommendations for improving the organization's accounting operation. - Collects appropriate data and prepares federal, state, and local reports and tax returns.   -Supervisory Responsibilities:  Potential   Competencies: - Strong organizational and interpersonal skills - Excellent written and verbal communication skills - Detail oriented - Ability to multi-task and work independently - Task oriented, and deadline driven 

Qualifications

Qualifications:  - At least four years of accounting experience required. - At least four years of GAAP accounting is required. - Supervisory or management experience a plus. - Insurance industry experience a plus. - Statutory accounting experience a plus.   Education and/or Experience: A Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting is required. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: CPA is a plus. Computer Skills: Advanced knowledge of Excel required.  Experience in QuickBooks preferred. Environmental Factors/Physical Demands: Work is performed in an office environment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to have the ability to maintain active customer and employee communication; access, input and retrieve information from the computer system; enter alpha-numeric data into a computerized system often while listening on the telephone. May be subject to repetitive motion such as typing, data entry and vision to monitor. May be subject to bending, reaching, kneeling, stooping and lifting to thirty (30) pounds.   Other Responsibilities: This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. - Adheres to the policies and procedures of Company - Maintains strict confidentiality of client, company and personnel information - Demonstrates a strong commitment to the mission and values of the organization - Adheres to company attendance standards - Performs other duties as assigned   At-Will Employment (Florida): Please note that employment in Florida is at-will, and either you or Premier Family of Companies (“PFC”) may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause or notice. Nothing in this letter creates a contract for continued employment.   Drug Free Work Place: Premier Family of Companies and its affiliates is committed to providing a safe, healthy, and productive work environment for all employees. To achieve this, PFC maintains a smoke-free and drug-free workplace. Candidates who receive a conditional offer must complete a pre-employment drug screen.  Random and post-incident testing may also be required. HP123