Staff Accountant
$60,000–$80,000 year
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Prepare routine journal entries, accruals, and supporting documentation while completing bank, credit card, and general ledger reconciliations. Support monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities by maintaining workpapers and escalating issues promptly. Process accounts payable and receivable transactions, manage insurance billing activities including payment applications and broker commissions, and respond to internal and external inquiries. Assist with financial reporting, external audits, tax filings, and year-end regulatory activities such as Forms 1099. Utilize Sage Intacct, Bill.com, and Google Workspace to document processes, streamline workflows, and identify opportunities to improve accuracy and controls. This developing role offers exposure to the accounting needs of a growing specialty insurance organization, with a focus on building ownership of routine general ledger activities.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or a closely related field with sufficient accounting coursework
- One to three years of relevant accounting experience; a strong accounting internship or cooperative education experience may count toward the requirement
- Working knowledge of GAAP, general ledger accounting, journal entries, reconciliations, and basic financial statement relationships
- Proficiency with spreadsheets and modern business technology, with the ability to learn new financial systems quickly
- Consistent attention to detail, sound judgment, and the ability to protect confidential financial and business information
- Ability to organize recurring work, meet close and payment deadlines, communicate barriers early, and shift priorities when business needs change
- Professional written and verbal communication, a service-oriented approach
- Ability to work effectively in ARU's collaborative remote environment during established business hours
- Demonstrates intellectual curiosity about artificial intelligence and a commitment to developing proficiency in identifying and applying AI tools to improve accounting processes, analysis, and decision-making
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without the need for current or future sponsorship
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in insurance, financial services, an MGA/MGU, or another regulated industry
- Experience with Sage Intacct, Bill.com, Google Workspace, ERP systems, billing, payment processing, or broker/commission accounting
- Exposure to financial reporting, external audits, internal controls, premium accounting, statutory accounting principles, or regulatory filings
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