Senior Accountant, Retail

Senior Accountant

Founded in 2011, World is one of the fastest-growing insurance brokers in the U.S. with over 2,200 employees in over 210 offices across North America. We specialize in personal and commercial insurance lines, surety and bonding, employee benefits, financial and retirement services, and human capital management solutions.

Position Summary : As part of the corporate accounting function, the Senior Accountant will support the preparation of the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements on the GAAP basis of accounting.

Your duties and responsibilities include, but not limited to :

• Maintain appropriate general ledger entries and account reconciliations.
• Ensure necessary journal entries are booked, all underlying roll forwards and account reconciliations are accurate.
• Prepare and / or review various P&L and balance sheet adjusting or monthly closing entries.
• Review accounts payable bills for proper GL coding.
• Prepare and / or review monthly memos summarizing P&L activity.
• Communicate with other corporate functions as needed.
• Prepare and / or review entries for entities not utilizing World's centralized agency management system.
• Work on monthly consolidation of newly acquired agencies.
• Ensure all accounting tasks are performed correctly, according to GAAP and company policy.
• Monitor and review financial transactions in the general ledger to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Work on P&L variance explanations for monthly reporting deliverables to senior management and the Board.
• Participate in the mid-year and annual audit process.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and controls to be more efficient and effective.
• Perform ad hoc projects and / or financial analysis.

Required qualifications :

Equal Employment Opportunity : At World Insurance Associates (WIA), we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our products, and our community to flourish. WIA is honored to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, or veteran status. In addition, WIA makes reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant or employee with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.

Compensation : This position is located in New Jersey. The base salary for this position at the time of this posting may range from $95,000 to $105,000. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including business needs, experience, level of responsibility, and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package and variable pay programs.