Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Liberty Mutual Insurance is seeking a Senior Accountant in Financial Reporting. The role involves independently planning and monitoring the completion of book close processes and financial reports, while ensuring effective communication and continuous process improvements.
Responsibilities
- Oversees functions of the monthly, quarterly and annual book close cycles, monitoring timely completion and escalating issues for resolution
- Accurately and efficiently performs accounting activities of increasing complexity
- Creates increasingly complex financial statement schedules, audit support schedules and other reports in a timely manner. May perform detailed review of other team members` schedules
- Researches and applies accounting policy to business issues that arise
- Establishes, documents and performs internal control procedures to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting
- Understands how data flows through the financial systems to the accounting function in order to identify issues and take action to address them
- Continually assesses the business value and efficiency of the work performed, making suggestions for improvements and collaborating with others in implementing them
- Leads or actively participates in increasingly complex department projects and continuous improvement activities
- Fosters the development of teammates by sharing expertise and experience through training or reviewing their work. May provide feedback on performance
Skills
- Independently plans and monitors the completion of bookclose processes and financial reports in a deadline focused environment, while ensuring that issues are escalated as needed
- Uses increasing expertise to process detailed information with high levels of accuracy and to research and apply accounting policy
- Communicates effectively with other units and management to plan work, gather information, and present results
- Leads efforts to continuously improve processes to produce relevant financial reports in the fastest, most efficient means possible
- Oversees functions of the monthly, quarterly and annual book close cycles, monitoring timely completion and escalating issues for resolution
- Accurately and efficiently performs accounting activities of increasing complexity
- Creates increasingly complex financial statement schedules, audit support schedules and other reports in a timely manner
- May perform detailed review of other team members` schedules
- Researches and applies accounting policy to business issues that arise
- Establishes, documents and performs internal control procedures to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting
- Understands how data flows through the financial systems to the accounting function in order to identify issues and take action to address them
- Continually assesses the business value and efficiency of the work performed, making suggestions for improvements and collaborating with others in implementing them
- Leads or actively participates in increasingly complex department projects and continuous improvement activities
- Fosters the development of teammates by sharing expertise and experience through training or reviewing their work
- May provide feedback on performance
- Must demonstrate attention to detail in a fast-paced work environment and the ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously to achieve results
- Must be able to communicate effectively with teammates and others, leading meetings and interacting with increasingly higher levels of management to gather information and effectively present results/recommendations
- Bachelor`s degree (Accounting or Finance) and a minimum of 3 years of accounting or finance experience preferred
- Advanced knowledge of Excel and Microsoft Word is preferred
Benefits
- Flexible Time Off Annual Accrual - days: 15
- Some roles at Liberty Mutual have a corresponding compensation plan which may include commission and/or bonus earnings at rates that vary based on multiple factors set forth in the compensation plan for the role.
- Comprehensive benefits
- Workplace flexibility
- Professional development opportunities
- A host of opportunities provided through our Employee Resource Groups
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