Investment Accounting Associate – Governance

Investment Accounting Associate

Investment Controllership Governance

Controllers Organization

Full-Time, Hybrid, Boston, MA

The Opportunity

This Investment Accountant role is a newly created position that will be a key addition to our Investment Controllership Governance team. The position reports to the Director of Investment Controllership Governance and resides within the Financial Controllership team, a critical team within the Controllers Organization which aspires to be best in class financial stewards for MassMutual. This is an opportunity for an individual who thrives in a highly dynamic and agile accounting environment to collaborate across teams focused on solid execution and improving outcomes. We are seeking an accounting professional who wants to join a highly motivated team of professionals focused on proactively driving the development and execution of process improvements, meaningful analysis and improved coordination with the business partners for investment activities.

The Team

This recently formed team is responsible for the ensuring the integrity of the accounting information received from the Investment Operations securities system. This team is highly focused on the control environment supporting this purpose. To this end, the team works closely with its critical partners, Investment Operations and Investment Controllership. The team looks to leverage technology and resource opportunities to ensure an efficient and effective approach to maintaining and improving these processes and controls.

The Impact

In this role you will work with a Director of Investment Controllership Governance and be a key person owning oversight of reviewing, reconciling and analyzing financial data across the insurance companies and subsidiaries, ensuring controls are conducted and exceptions resolved accurately and timely within Investment Controllership. Through the nature of this role, which involves coordinating and facilitating with multiple teams within MassMutual, you will have visibility to leadership within Controllers Organization as well as more broadly across Corporate Finance and into Investment Management.

Your responsibilities will include, among others, the following tasks :

• Reviewing, researching and resolving daily, monthly and historical exceptions across multiple security types and accounting platforms
• Analyzing and interpreting financial information, processes and controls to ensure accuracy and compliance with company policy and regulations
• Proposing resolutions to new and existing processing errors and / or deficiencies
• Collaborating with internal teams to resolve items and address investment-related issues.
• Communicating results to MassMutual’s finance leadership on a monthly basis, including any potential exposure for the Company
• Participating in problem solving to improve quality, cycle times, increase efficiency, and improve employee engagement and customer satisfaction within the Investment Controllership team
• Identifying areas of risk and / or improvement within the existing processes and controls across the investment ecosystem and making recommendations to continuously improve the end-to-end process
• Participating in and / or leading increasingly complex continuous improvement activities
• Partnering with teams, including but not limited to Securities Controllership, Investment Operations, Financial Reporting & Controls and ERM
• Actively participating in the implementation of the Company’s new ledger and other key projects
• Managing priorities effectively and adapting quickly to achieve goals while developing efficiencies in the execution of processes & controls
• Thrives in a complex corporate structure and comfortably switch gears and alter course to adapt to changing circumstances
• Thrives in an environment whereby the team is inspired, engaged and motivated by identifying opportunities to learn and grow

The Minimum Qualifications

The Ideal Qualifications

What to Expect as Part of MassMutual and the Team

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